By Chris Avery Leon Hsu, NAIT Alumni and Canadian Taiwanese citizen, believes Taiwan’s proactive measures have kept the cases of COVID-19 in Taiwan low. As of March 21, Taiwan reported only 153 confirmed cases, and 2 deaths. Hsu says Taiwan stresses the importance of...
By Karlie Mickanuik The long awaited tuition increase is officially coming to NAIT. NAIT students received an email in early March directly stating that tuition rates will be increasing for the 2020-21 academic year. All programs will see an increase in tuition of...
By Chris Figliuzzi I had planned to write about how I have spent the last 2 years fighting, fighting with doctors, administrators, and heads of hospitals. I had planned on telling you how it was like a weight had been lifted when I was told I would receive a kidney...
By Nicole Murphy A family from Edmonton currently living in New York City sends this message back home to Canada: “Overreact.” The family of five has made the decision to shelter-in-place to help slow the spread of COVID-19. The normally bustling city has been the...
By Scott Zielsdorf The students’ association at NAIT (NAITSA) will remain largely unchanged despite recent school budget cuts. As the school and students association are two separate organizations NAITSA has its own budget and will operate as normal. NAITSA President,...
By Karlie Mickanuik Edmonton’s fashion scene primarily uses exports to get raw materials for clothing items, they were feeling the impact of the virus weeks before there were cases in Alberta. With the pandemic the world is facing, exports of any kind have become more...
By Stephanie Swensrude Kellee Kryba, an English teacher from Edmonton, has been indoors for the greater part of two months in her apartment in Shanghai. This is after recommendations from the Chinese government to remain indoors to slow the spread of COVID-19. She...
By Elijah O'Donnell On the morning of Friday, March 13, an instructor in one of NAIT’s Culinary programs told their class that two other students in the culinary program had been quarantined due to the potential Covid-19. “I was very scared, and I still kind of am. It...
By Madison Gummow Toilet paper is nowhere to be found, pro-sports seasons are being put on hold and entire countries are in a state of lockdown. Now, NAIT is feeling the impact of the Coronavirus disease. Despite The UofA closing its doors, NAIT issued a statement...
By Mia Hildebrandt Animal health technology students are headed out of the country to practically apply their skills. In June Dr. Elaine Degrandpre is taking 10 students to Grenada, an island in the Caribbean. Dr. Degrandpre said she reached out to a colleague who...
