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...
A team of researchers at NAIT are looking to set global standards in freshwater microplastic tracking. They are measuring microplastic levels in the North Saskatchewan River for the first time ever. Dr. Paolo Mussone, the chair of applied bio/nanotechnology industrial...
It’s got to be tough to be a part of a movie where 95 per cent of the cast is being out-performed by a Chimpanzee. Jack the Chimpanzee is the obvious star in the movie MVP: Most Valuable Primate. The movie follows the story of Jack, who escapes from a university once...
One north Edmonton shop owner is forced to watch his game store sit empty due to new mandatory health restrictions put in place by the Alberta Government in November. “I’d rather have the lockdown happen now than have a month of [these restrictions], and then be...
The NAIT Ooks and the ACAC are looking to foster a new online esports community following the cancellation of the to-be-shortened winter 2021 season. Alberta Collegiate Smash is the league’s premiere tournament running on November 21 where competitive esports athletes...
11 days, 10 nights, 3 towns, 3 hostels, and somewhere between 15-20 roommates in total… it was hard to keep track. The 250,000 steps and 170 km hike were easier numbers to track; my phone took care of that. The mountains seemed like the perfect balance where the...
