By Mia Hildebrandt When COVID-19 hit and I moved back to Winnipeg from Edmonton, I admit that I was not eating great. I was constantly snacking on something, eating frozen, processed food and generally eating way more than I regularly did. Part of it was out of...
By Alessandra Medeiros, VP Academic, NAITSA Not an online learner? If you answered yes, welcome to the majority! Too bad COVID-19 did not leave us with a choice but to migrate to the online world. I am sure you can name at least 3 online meeting platforms right now…...
By Tanya Spencer, Lead for Student Counselling and Chaplaincy Six months ago, if a NAIT student told me they hadn’t left the house for several weeks, that they had to force themselves to buy groceries, that they avoided in-person classes and public parks, and insisted...
By Karlie Mickanuik When I was in kindergarten I wanted to be a racecar driver when I grew up. My dreams were crushed when I was told “girls can’t be racecar drivers”. When I was eight I wanted to be an astronaut. I watched one movie with a black hole in it and...
By Mia Hildebrandt As a part-time Safeway employee this summer; I’m fully aware of all the changes that have occurred due to the coronavirus pandemic. Changes that may have interrupted your regular grocery shopping routine, but please, next time you're picking up...
By Stephanie Swensrude I like learning about languages, even though I find it very challenging. I often get waves of motivation where I’ll go on Duolingo for four hours straight, but get discouraged when I realize French has over 20 tenses. I think humans don’t give...
By Elijah O’Donnell Well Folks, there's no doubt about it. Skies are bluer, the sun shines hotter and that weird transition from winter to now that us Edmontonians are supposed to call spring has come and gone again. It's summer. There are a lot of things that I look...
By Erica Cawagas “Bury Your Gays” is a literary trope that has appeared in books since the 19th century. Books using this trope usually features a same-gender couple where one of the lovers is dying and the other realizes they were never actually gay, often running...
By Karlie Mickanuik I am debating deferring my classes to a future semester to better my education, but I don’t want to. If my classes at NAIT are to be completely online I am unsure my education will set me up for success when I graduate. Everything can change in a...
By David Madawo From his humble beginnings in highschool photography, Tyrell Kerr Douglas, also known as Kerrtisy, has captured Edmonton’s hip hop scene with expertise. Kerrtisy’s first foray into digital visual media was taking pictures of architecture and his...
