For the seventh consecutive year, NAIT has been named one of the top employers in Alberta. The annual competition, held by Alberta’s Top Employers, named the 70 best places to work on Feb. 21. The criteria include: work atmosphere, training and skills development; and...
Bullying is never acceptable
Are you being bullied? Or are you, knowingly or inadvertently, a bully? Bullying is defined as repeated intimidation towards a less powerful person or persons, and always involves power or control. Bullying can include physical abuse (or threat of abuse), however in...
Legal pot and the campus
Canadian post-secondary schools, including NAIT, are looking to blaze the trail in determining best practices for cannabis on campuses once it is legalized later this year. The process of crafting campus regulations in response to new legislation began last semester....
Pressure’s building – Study
A new study on campus set to be published next week is reporting that students are experiencing declining levels of the overall student experience at NAIT and higher levels of stress and anxiety. The Idea Marketing Club conducted a student survey in December with the...
Solar Trade Show passes through NAIT
On Mar. 3, the Solar Energy Society of Alberta, and many other industry experts came to NAIT for the Solar Trade Show. This free event was an opportunity for professionals to show the latest innovations in the realm of solar energy. With demonstrations of several...
Four students are looking at greener options for NAIT
Join the movement to reduce NAIT’s environmental footprint One of the major issues today is concern for the environment. NAIT already has many initiatives in place to reduce NAIT’s environmental footprint, but is there room for improvement? That’s what four students...
Defibilliators missing from five locations
It appears someone is taking NAIT’s emergency equipment. Five defibrillators or AED’s have been stolen in the span of a month from 2nd floor F-wing, main CAT floor, 1st floor U Building, Y building (Spartan) and the A Building corridor. Christine Bannerman, Supervisor...
NAIT Alert App
NAIT has released a new mobile app to increase safety on campus. The new NAIT Alert app is an emergency notification software that makes it easy to respond and take the required actions in the event of an emergency. The program allows users to make an emergency call,...
STI testing falls short
Local campuses could be doing more to educate, prevent and test for sexually transmitted infections in students. In April 2014, the University of Calgary attempted to break the Guinness World Record for the most people tested for STIs within 24 hours at the same...
Sugar babies…sugar daddies
Student loan debt is one major problem facing postsecondary students today. Canadian student debt nears $30 billion and the unemployment rates for grads always seem to be going up. It’s hard to get a job without a degree and with this uncertainty, why not seek a...