NAIT's video game production club is set up to do just that: produce video games. While NAIT used to have a club with a similar idea, this club is new. Mihiri Kamiss, the club's President, sees the new video game production club as somewhat of a “spiritual successor”...
Holiday budgeting: Student edition
The holiday season is one of giving, but it can easily also become the season of spending. From buying presents, to surviving school, to possible holiday vacations – the money always runs tight as the holidays approach students. I asked NAIT students and alumni for...
Behind the screen: Filmmaker spotlight with Danny Chamberlin
Watching a film as an audience member is typically quite easy. Movie-goers simply have to clap and enjoy the output of a filmmaker’s hard work. However, as award-winning filmmaker Danny Chamberlin knows, executing a film from script to screen takes persistent...
Club feature: Gamers of Dungeons and Dragons
NAIT hosts many clubs around campus, from technology to marketing. One club aims to go beyond that with settings of epic battles in lands unknown. They create stories that are interactive in almost every way, with like-minded people shaping the story together. Gamers...
NAIT Instructor by day, Supermodel by night
If you are like me, most of your knowledge about the fashion world might come from the classic movie Zoolander, which is full of stereotypes of dumb models and eccentric fashion designers. Talking to Jacqueline Biollo, who recently got to walk the runway in New York...
Students planting trees for change
As an effort to care for the environment within the Edmonton area, NAIT students volunteered on September 18th to plant trees in the North Edmonton neighbourhood of Klarvatten. The event was led in tandem with Root for Trees, an organization whose purpose is to...
Learn how to cook with NAITSA
NAITSA and The Centre for Culinary Innovation are excited to host “How To: Cook …” events through Ookslife. These events teach participants how to cook select dishes with fresh ingredients and a provided recipe. Two events are scheduled each semester in the fall and...
Spirituality and self-expression: NAIT Chaplain reflects through visual art
Students often lead chaotic lifestyles. Managing classes, jobs, studying, relationships and self-care often leaves little time for spiritual respite. Especially during stressful life changes, even students who don’t consider themselves spiritual might feel an urge to...
Networking in the age of introverts
Introverts are a unique breed. They like hibernating in their homes on a rainy day in a fort built out of books to regain energy, only coming out of hiding to go to work or school. When the term networking or icebreaker is spoken around them, they go back into hiding....
eSports club at NAIT rebuilding an interconnected community for student gamers
Gamers can look forward to a rapidly evolving community with the reopening of the eSports Club at NAIT (ESAN). With games like League of Legends, Valorant, Super Smash Brothers and Apex Legends, there’s a space for all types of gamers. Pierce England, the new...