By: Eryn Pinksen NAIT has acquired 32.79 acres of the Blatchford development plan after a finalized agreement with the City of Edmonton. The long-term plan is to bring the satellite campuses to the main campus, except for Spruce Grove, and to build a NAIT student...
Edmonton band set to play 24-hour fundraiser
Calling all country fans, Edmonton-based country band The Dungarees are back again this Saturday with their 24-Hour-gig-a-thon fundraiser. The Dungarees are a five piece country band who have been playing together for almost a decade, and say they blend the timeless...
(SATIRE) Flat-Earth Conference Goes to Edmonton’s ‘End of the World’ For Proof
Flat-Earthers from across (not around) the globe, have traveled to Edmonton for Thursday’s flat-Earth conference. “Flat-Earthers” are a collective that believe that the spherical-Earth known and proven by science, is flat. To demonstrate their theory, a speaker from...
Indigenous Youth Sports Take Step in Right Direction
The development of Indigenous athletes has historically been in a fashion that suited the “mainstream” Canadian sports systems. The Indian Act and Residential Schools had placed importance on Euro-Canadian sports such as basketball, baseball, and hockey over...
Fostering the next generation of Edmonton musicians
Summer Fun Fest is a free event bringing students to the stage to showcase their musical talents on June 21, 2018. Innovations Music created this event as an opportunity for young musicians to experience performing live and showcase their talent. Organizers...
Edmonton Responds to the Opioid Crisis
Two safe injection sites are now open in Edmonton as part of a response to Alberta’s opioid crisis. The Boyle Street Community Services location opened in March, and the first hospital-based site in North America opened at the Royal Alexandra Hospital in April. In...
Mental health the inspiration for NAIT students advocacy project
Downtown, in a quiet space on the main floor of the Kelley Building, three pieces of drywall hold up a rather significant art installation. This year, a group of first and second year Landscape Architectural Technology students at NAIT decided on this unassuming art...
NAIT Blatchford plan still on
Student housing for NAIT on Blatchford land is “still going to happen,” says NAIT President and CEO Glenn Feltham. Originally reported in 2013, NAIT has had its sights on acquiring and developing a portion of the adjacent former airport land for a few years. Feltham...
49,000-worker shortage seen
An employment shortage of 49,000 workers is expected when older Albertans retire in the next 10-15 years, according to Alberta’s Labour Market Highlights for 2017. Nowhere is this gap being felt more than in oil and gas, where there appears to be a shortfall greater...
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....