By: Larissa Nothof The Mosaic Festival, formerly known as Global Village, is an event partnership between NAIT International, NAITSA, and the Nîsôhkamâtotân Centre at NAIT with the goal to promote inclusion and diversity. “It is important to endorse, diversity and...
Gold, silver and bronze for Ooks
The NAIT Ooks badminton team brought home a full set of medals from the CCAA national championships in Nova Scotia.
Esports come to NAIT
“NAIT Athletics has been one of the groups that have been interested in trying to support the longterm vision of an [eSports] varsity team or sports club – hopefully, representative of the Ook.”
Record-breaking final year
In his fifth and final year with the Ooks, Samson Cleare made sure to leave his mark on the team and on the ACAC Men’s Basketball league before he leaves.
Concussions within the Ooks
Concussions aren’t uncommon with the NAIT Ooks. To keep players safe, they go through rigorous concussion protocol.
The mental toll of injuries
One week before the 2019 ACAC Men’s Volleyball Provincials, starting setter, Mitch Lewington fracture his ankle.
“It’s definitely flattening. It kinda sucks to practice all year and not be able to play in finals,” said Lewington.
Student services prepare artificial intelligence
By: Eryn Pinksen The Student Services Centre is training artificial technology (AI) to give students another option to get their questions answered. Given the name Lumi, short for IllumiNAIT, the AI chatbot finished collecting student questions at the beginning of...
First-year women’s hockey player sets records
By Jordan Tougas Photo by Railene Hooper Most of the Ooks records that have been broken this year have been done so by fourth or fifth-year players, but a first-year women’s hockey goalie has made her mark with the Ooks. Kaitlyn Slator broke the ACAC record on...
Ooks curling wins ACAC championship
After a full weekend of games, the NAIT Ooks mixed curling team is bringing home the ACAC Championship. The mens team took home silver, while the womens team won bronze.
Women’s basketball player breaks 3-point record
By Josh Hui Week after week, Sydney Hurlburt consistently shoots three-pointers - and a lot of them. Hurlburt has always been a sharpshooter in her time with the Ooks and now she’s in their record books. She hit two three-pointers in a 69-50 Ooks victory over the GPRC...