Fourth-semester culinary students at NAIT are seeing first-hand how professional restaurants across the province are dealing with the pandemic as Ernest’s offers online orders and limited in-person dining for patrons. “We still get to be inside the kitchen, but the...
NAIT is still on track to balance its budget once students return to campus, despite reduced provincial funding, said Jeff Dumont, NAIT’s vice-president administration and chief financial officer. The institution received a 6.3 per cent reduction in funding, a bigger...
After a year of limited in-person networking opportunities, LinkedIn has become a platform for continuing education, networking, recruiting and job applications, and showcasing your best self in an online environment. Melissa Myskiw is an Academic Advisor with NAIT....
I miss the days of sticking around after class to chat with an instructor about life, grabbing drinks at the Nest with classmates, or giving people smiles as I roam the halls of campus. It’s a different world now. Last semester, I knew the faces of eight of my...
Entrepreneurship and gig work come in many forms, and Kaitlyn Walsh has been earning money from her hobbies for over a decade now through her business, ‘Kait Does It!’ Walsh has been using social media and word-of-mouth to gather work for her business which offers...
NAIT held two open houses on Monday, February 22 for staff, students and the public to ask questions and provide feedback on the updated campus development program developed in partnership with Stantec. The current plan works with the four goals: urbanism,...
NAIT announced a flat seven per cent tuition increase for the 2021/22 academic year along with a new tuition model. “This increase aligns with the provincial tuition framework and regulations and is one measure we are taking to reduce our reliance on government...
“I would like to say that I brought some form of innovation that really helped shape polytechnic education, making it more accessible to a larger audience,” said NAIT’s new president and CEO, Laura Jo Gunter, on what she would like herself to be known for at NAIT....
The drop deadline for the Winter 2021 semester will not be extended as it was for the Fall 2020 semester. The deadline remains at 12% of the completion of a class in which a student is enrolled. Students who drop a course before this deadline will have it removed from...
When close-contact businesses such as stores, restaurants and clubs were suddenly closed in March, it left many workers scrambling to figure out how they were going to earn an income. For Cassius, an Edmonton-based dancer working at a club that night, it offered a...
