https://youtu.be/vEMl7HwmzLI About 200 people gathered in downtown Edmonton Monday evening to show solidarity with Wet’suwet’un land defenders near Houston, B.C. The demonstration was organized by Climate Justice Edmonton. Food Not Bombs YEG provided warm drinks and...
Picture yourself standing in the middle of Roger’s Place, looking out into the packed stands. If every seat in there was filled, that would be the same amount of people that visit the Food Bank every month: around 21 thousand. Now imagine half of those are children....
It’s hard enough to live on the streets in Edmonton, and 2SLGBTQ+ people can have a harder time finding safe shelter. The CHEW Project wants to change that. Around twenty queer teens visit the CHEW Project OUTpost on a regular basis. It is a place to shower, eat, and...
As the drug supply in downtown Edmonton turns more toxic and more people die from opioid poisoning, employees at a Boyle Street pharmacy are hoping more people will start carrying naloxone kits around. “If you have one on you, you could literally save someone’s...
By Stephanie Swensrude Students don’t prioritize career development until their last semester, and that might end up being too late. Although students are famously busy people and it may feel hard to find time to work on it, Nicole Blomme from Career Services at NAIT...
By Stephanie Swensrude NAITSA has partnered with Gud Box to provide fresh produce to the NAIT community. The Gud Box costs $30 and comes with around 20 pounds of vegetables and fruit. It is available to be picked up every second Friday from 12 to 3 p.m., with the...
By Stephanie Swensrude If it’s your first time buying rollerskate equipment in Edmonton, you will Google the nearest shop and find Toe Stop Derby Shop. You’ll plug it into your GPS, but when you arrive at a residential street on the north end, you may be confused, as...
Automation and artificial intelligence is already changing the workplace. There's self-checkout in grocery stores, self-driving cars, and robots in Amazon warehouses. It can feel uncertain entering the job market in the 2020s when you’re not sure if your job will...
NAIT is joining eight other post-secondary institutions in Alberta to require proof of vaccination for all students, staff, contractors and visitors on NAIT campuses. The mandate will go into effect on November 8, but that means that the second dose of a Health...
Over 2,000 campus events happen every year at NAIT, and students can now get rewarded for participating. NAITSA is launching two new platforms to incentivize new students to participate in campus life. One is called Student Pathways, and the other is Milestones, both...
