By Mahmuda Sheikh The Mawji Centre is a resource and support centre for entrepreneurial spirited students from all departments and is not exclusive to business students. Cecile Wendlandt, the director of the centre explains that they help students come up with ideas...
Remembrance Day Service at City Hall Mayor Don Iveson will attend, service to be led by the commanding officer for the Loyal Edmonton Regiment. Seating begins at 9:45 a.m. Service goes from 10:15 – 11:30 a.m. Armistice 100 Tribute at the Alberta Legislature Located at...
By Jonah Peterson One program at NAIT decided to find a way to keep students incorporated and engaged in Remembrance Day. Last year, Carmen Schnirer, the Interim Academic Chair of Graphic Communications, asked students to create a banner for Remembrance Day that...
By Eryn Pinksen The provincial government announced its budget in October and the operating budget for advanced education will be reduced by $200 million. Institutions have been advised to cut costs to administrations before increasing tuition, but they are required...
By Nicole Murphy Alberta post-secondaries are now allowed to increase domestic tuition up to seven per cent each year for the next three years starting in 2020. The policy for international students is that they are told how much their entire education will cost when...
On October 18, thousands gathered on Jasper Ave. to protest against climate change along with Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg. The march began at Jasper Ave. and 108 St. and ended on the steps of the Alberta Legislature Building where Thunberg spoke about the...
By Isabelle Martel Thirty NAIT students got a rare opportunity to help with the owl-banding process at the Beaverhill Bird Observatory. Students were able to handle the beautiful birds while learning about the migration routes, survivorship, and populations of...
By Emily Devereux A survey taken at NAIT last spring showed that religious students felt discriminated against on campus. NAIT offers an interfaith Chaplaincy Service to staff and students and Tanya Spencer, the lead of student counselling and chaplaincy, said the...
By Nicole Murphy The Alberta Government has asked all post secondary schools to align with a freedom of speech policy created out of Chicago. The Chicago Principles were implemented after a series of students at various schools wanted to stop controversial speakers...
By Linda Shaw On Sep. 10, Edmonton launched a campaign for suicide prevention, education and awareness. It is called 11 of Us because eleven is the number of people that attempt or die by suicide each day in Edmonton. Eleven is eleven too many. 11 of Us was developed...
