By Orrin Farries The Ooks men’s hockey team posted a nearly-perfect preseason, going 4-1 and scoring 20 goals, followed up with an opening weekend series sweep of the SAIT Trojans scoring 7 goals across the 2 contests. This Ooks squad is oozing goal-scoring potential,...
New Coach Leading the Ooks
By Zachary Flynn After spending the last seven seasons as one of the assistant coaches of the Ooks’ men’s volleyball team, Greg Gulash is leading the Ooks as they start their season. The Ooks finished their opening season with a perfect 2-0 record, beating Concordia...
BioSci Students Have a Hoot
By Isabelle Martel Thirty NAIT students got a rare opportunity to help with the owl-banding process at the Beaverhill Bird Observatory. Students were able to handle the beautiful birds while learning about the migration routes, survivorship, and populations of...
Chaplains Accessible for Student Support
By Emily Devereux A survey taken at NAIT last spring showed that religious students felt discriminated against on campus. NAIT offers an interfaith Chaplaincy Service to staff and students and Tanya Spencer, the lead of student counselling and chaplaincy, said the...
Freedom of Speech a Priority on Campus
By Nicole Murphy The Alberta Government has asked all post secondary schools to align with a freedom of speech policy created out of Chicago. The Chicago Principles were implemented after a series of students at various schools wanted to stop controversial speakers...
Suicide Prevention Campaign Launched in Edmonton
By Linda Shaw On Sep. 10, Edmonton launched a campaign for suicide prevention, education and awareness. It is called 11 of Us because eleven is the number of people that attempt or die by suicide each day in Edmonton. Eleven is eleven too many. 11 of Us was developed...
Interim President to Begin December 16
By William Doney NAIT announced an interim president to begin Dec.16 when Dr. Glenn Feltham retires. Dr. Ray Block will step into the shoes of President and CEO of NAIT. Dr. Block is currently NAIT’s vice-president administration and CFO. The search is on for NAIT’s...
Life After NAIT: “up to 85 percent of jobs found through networking”
By Mahmuda Sheikh As students prepare to graduate this winter, NAIT is hosting a few events to help them explore all of their options entering the workforce. Life After NAIT is an event happening at the Fresh Express cafeteria from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Oct. 29 and...
Men’s Basketball Profile
By Zachary Flynn Slav Kornik Head Coach What used to be a side job for Slav Kornik is now his full-time gig as he returns to NAIT as the head coach of the men’s basketball team. Kornik, a graduate of the radio & television program, spent over a decade in the news...
Women’s Volleyball Profile
By Zachary Flynn Benj Heinrichs Head Coach “They’re just all in. This has been the most fun I’ve had so far since I’ve been at NAIT and it’s just a group that’s willing to go as hard as they can and want to learn,” said women’s volleyball head coach Benj Heinrichs....