NAIT Culinary Arts grad and IKA Culinary Olympic silver medalist Crystal Higgins is now executive chef at Beaumont’s beloved Chartier. In January, the French-Canadian restaurant announced that the new executive chef would be introduced to the public through a...
Students pitch wellness-boosting ideas for annual Innovation Challenge
On Feb. 24, the NAIT Mawji Centre held the annual Innovation Challenge, where NAIT students presented solutions in the form of products, services or ideas to a panel of real entrepreneurs. This year, students were asked to come up with innovative ideas to “boost...
An exceptionally snowy season: How NAIT manages winter campus conditions
NAIT’s layout makes for easy winter travel between classes, since most buildings are connected by indoor pedways. But when students do have to brave the winter weather, whether it’s to walk from the LRT, bus stop or parking facilities, campus commutes can feel...
Winter blues on campus: Why classes feel heavier as the days get shorter
Winter in Edmonton brings a major shift in how students experience school. As daylight exposure shrinks and temperatures drop, motivation, energy and connection follow suit. While winter classes are academically no different from fall or spring, the season itself...
NAIT Conservation Biology student self-publishes debut sci-fi novel
A NAIT student has turned a long-kept passion for writing into a published science-fiction novel, blending imaginative storytelling with real-world environmental themes. Related: Capstone project tackles takeout containers at NAIT Artisanal Market Forrest C. Richard,...
Capstone project tackles takeout containers at NAIT Artisanal Market
For those that regularly visit NAIT’s Artisanal Food market, a new container has appeared on the shelves, with a message to return once done so it can be reused. But the sustainable endeavour didn’t start with NAIT — rather, it’s a capstone project from four Bachelor...
The Living Library Series is something your textbook can’t cover
What if people were “books” and you could read one by sitting down and listening? This is the idea with NAIT’s Living Library Series event, which was started in partnership with DestiNAITion Global, the International and Intercultural Community Centre (IICC) and the...
AV & The Inner City: Edmonton’s rising soul stars
From porch concerts to topping charts, soul music group AV & The Inner City is a local, “all-female, vocal-centric” band like no other, and they’re bringing a new and unique flavour to Edmonton’s music scene. Climbing to number seven on CKUA Radio’s top 30...
NAIT’s website maze: What you need to know (and what you don’t)
So we have Brightspace, Ooks Life, Self Service, shop AT NAIT, Moodle, MyNAIT Portal, NAITSA, NAIT Library Services, NAIT Ooks and the official NAIT website. MyNAIT is what sometimes pops up when I search up other things, and Ooks Life is an app? What is Moodle again?...
Neurodivergence as superpower: How one NAIT student wants us to change our perspective
Jola Ilemori, a Bachelor of Business Administration Entrepreneurship student and self-taught comic book artist, is in the process of creating something no one at NAIT (or maybe even in Canada) has seen before. This creation, named Project Delta, is a comic book series...










