Starting in July, parking rates across NAIT campuses will increase. Student parking pass rates will increase on July 1, with other rates taking effect on July 2. Most rates will see an increase, including hourly, daily and parking passes. Related: The ultimate guide...
Bike Month: NAIT’s cycling community is alive and well
I’ve never been big into bikes. To me, cycling is a “once in a while” activity — I’d get on a bike to casually ride around the Stanley Park sea wall on vacation, and sometimes I’d ride my bike as a kid. Until I started dating a cyclist five years ago, I hadn’t given...
Updates on NAIT’s 18 paused programs
In May 2025, NAIT paused 18 programs, and NAIT’s Academic Council has been working their way through the list to decide these programs' fate. The council has finished for the year, after adding one extra meeting in June to finish up. Of the 18 paused programs: 2 were...
New Indigenous stoles represent culture, accomplishments and possibility at convocation
Convocation audience members will notice something new at this year’s celebration: a thoughtfully designed stole, featuring geometric patterns and traditional Indigenous symbols. It’s a new initiative from NAIT’s Nîsôhkamâtotân Centre to celebrate the accomplishments,...
NAIT’s president and CEO will finish in 2027
Laura Jo Gunter, NAIT’s president and CEO, announced she will not return to the role when her contract ends in October 2027. Gunter was reappointed for a two-year term in 2025 after her first term of five years finished. She came to NAIT in 2020 after spending...
NAIT Learning Services and IT develop in-house Accommodation Dashboard
NAIT’s Learning Services has a new service for students who require accommodations. The Accommodation Dashboard, which launched on May 1, is a streamlined online resource for instructors and students to find information about accommodations — and it is completely...
‘Historic investment’: Alberta government officially announces funding for Advanced Skills Centre construction
On Monday morning, the Government of Alberta announced that it will be funding $384 million over three years to help build NAIT’s Advanced Skills Centre (ASC) — an official movement from the building’s modern design concept to its construction phase. The ASC will...
NAIT hosts land blessing ceremony on Advanced Skills Centre site
On Friday, members of the NAIT community gathered where the Advanced Skills Centre (ASC) will be built to participate in a collective blessing ceremony led by NAIT’s Indigenous leaders. Staff and students stood in a circle on the Treaty 6 land as Lonny Potts, a...
All 9 exceptional tuition increases approved for 2026/27
Students in nine programs will face tuition increases after the Government of Alberta approved NAIT’s exceptional tuition increases (ETIs) for the 2026/27 year. The increases will only apply to domestic students starting in Fall 2026 or later; returning students will...
‘Differing perspectives’ from NAIT leaves Advanced Carpentry Technology students seeking answers, compensation
Imagine you’re a few months away from graduation when you find out that you have to take four more exams. Even worse, the exams are each six hours long, said to be very challenging and required to get the industry certification you planned to pursue. This is the...










