Last week’s Board of Governors (BoG) meeting was the final meeting for the spring, with the next to take place Sept. 29. The meeting began by welcoming the new chair, Melanie Bayley, who was previously ATCO’s president. The Board also welcomed Andrea Klymchuk to the...
Mehtab Singh Brar, who ran for president in NAITSA’s 2026/27 Executive Council election, was disqualified after NAITSA’s Chief Returning Officer (CRO) ruled he violated NAITSA’s voter privacy and election interference bylaw. He denies the allegations. Brar, who...
“Slate campaigning” is a term many NAIT students either don’t understand or just ignore, having no practical effect on their daily student life. But for those who do know what it means, particularly those who have run for any NAITSA elective office in recent years,...
There were two major things discussed at NAITSA's third senate meeting on Dec. 3: exceptional tuition increases and the conduct of a senator that earned him a formal warning. Related: What is the NAITSA Senate, and why does it matter? Presentation from External...
When students normally think of NAITSA, they may visualize events, services, or the U-Pass. But offstage, behind closed doors, the NAITSA Senate plays a crucial role in student governance — drafting and passing bylaws and holding the Executive Council accountable....
The NAITSA Senate has passed a new bylaw with clearer rules on how candidates can interact with voters during the campaign period. Called “voter privacy and election interference,” bylaw 7.17 underwent its second reading at the April 2 senate meeting and became...
Editor's note: This is a breaking news situation, more information will be added as it becomes available. We have reached out for comments and will update as we learn more. April 3 Update NAITSA released a statement sharing more details about the decision to...
Editor’s note: This article is a summary of the most important items from the Senate meeting. Conversations have been edited for clarity and brevity. The March 5 NAITSA Senate meeting was an hour long, and covered topics like the upcoming appointment of student...
The NAITSA Senate held their sixth annual meeting of the year on Wednesday Jan. 29. After a vote to move on their consent agenda was passed, the Senate entered their question period. Questions for the President Senator Savatteri began the question period by asking...
Deciding who to vote for NAITSA Executive Council (EC) can be challenging—all students have to decide is a two-minute video, a few paragraphs in the Nugget and whatever the candidates say during their campaign period. We wanted to give the student body a bit more to...
