Editorial By Scott Zielsdorf Students struggling with time management, motivation or anything else inhibiting academic success: there is hope. NAIT has services available for post-secondary students struggling to manage their time in an increasingly difficult school...
NAIT’s campus bar to remain closed until fall 2021
NAIT’s campus bar, The Nest Taphouse and Grill, is keeping its doors shut until the Fall semester of 2021. Originally set to reopen this semester, the bar and grill initially postponed its relaunch date and is now remaining closed amid COVID-19 safety concerns. The...
Point Counter Point: E-Sports
By Orrin Farries & Scott Zielsdorf Orrin Farries Sports Editor, Rugby Hooligan, Hoop Head What makes a game a sport? Competition is a prerequisite, a dose of physical adeptness is pleasant, and a sporting ‘clubhouse’ culture is also a boon. Videogames is an...
Facemasks and shields: The new reality of on-campus labs
Students finding themselves back on campus this semester will be walking into a very different school than the one they left last winter. NAIT has made it clear that safety during COVID-19 is one of the school’s primary concerns, with strict new rules and regulations...
Student Service Fair goes virtual
This year, NAIT’s annual Student Service Fair is going virtual. The event serves as a means for students to connect with the services that support them on campus. Nicole Blomme, a career/employment liaison for Transition Services, says the event is a great opportunity...
Editorial: Finding your normal amidst the ‘new normal’
My brief time spent attending Christan youth conferences taught me a concept called the “the mountaintop moment", which in essence is the feeling of an emotional high one gets from an enlightening experience. The idea being that time spent in an inspiring, emotional...
NAITSA Senate and presidential nominations now open
Nominations are now open for the 2020-2021 NAITSA student senate election and the executive council by-election for a new president. Students have until Sep 28 to nominate themselves, or someone they know for the role of student senator or executive council president....
NAITSA launches new student life website
NAITSA is creating a new space for students to get involved with school activities. Although the website is still in the works, ookslife.ca (Ooks Life) is now officially available for students to explore. Originally all NAIT campus organizations and events were hosted...
U-Pass may be suspended for fall term
NAITSA is asking to strike the charge to students for the U-Pass in the Fall 2020 semester. Due to a shift in course delivery as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, students will no longer be eligible for U-Pass in the fall semester. According to the current U-Pass...
Alberta’s COVID-19 contact tracing app first of its kind in Canada
The provincial government released its contact tracing app “ABTraceTogether” earlier this month, making Alberta the first Canadian province to implement a tracing application for COVID-19 cases. The app is a new method of COVID-19 containment that digitally traces who...










