By Stephanie Swensrude A referendum on the U-Pass will take place from February 5 to 11. The referendum needs two-thirds of students to vote “yes” to pass, and if passed, it will go into effect in September 2021. NAITSA has negotiated a new five-year contract with the...
By Ayanna Fata The Great North Concrete Toboggan Race (GNCTR) began in 1974 by D. H. Simmonds, President of The American Concrete Institution. It has since become a student-run multidisciplinary challenge that includes university students from across Canada, the...
The NAIT career centre has been steadily updating its catalogue of job openings for students and alumni despite the ongoing pandemic. Cindy Bustamante, Career and Employment Liaison with NAIT’s Career Services said that there have been 152 new job postings added in...
By Zachary Flynn Nominations for the NAITSA executive elections are now open and will run until Tuesday, January 26 at 4:00 p.m. NAIT students can run for the president, vice president-academic, vice president-external and vice president-internal positions for the...
By Zachary Flynn Students will now have to pay for parking on campus for the winter semester, albeit, at a reduced rate. The A/B parkade and lots C, HP, L, M, P and Y will see a $4 per hour rate. Daily rates for the A/B parkade, lots CATH, E, G, HPH, M, P, S, SLC, Y...
By Zachary Flynn NAIT is choosing to maintain its early January start to the winter semester, despite moves by the provincial government and the University of Alberta to move back start dates by one week. “We are confident our health and safety protocols, which are...
By Jerilyn Kotelniski, NAITSA President & Acting VP External Apply for the Covid-19 Student Relief Bursary until December 4. NAIT & NAITSA worked together to fund this $100,000 bursary. The bursary will help students who are experiencing urgent financial...
By Zachary Flynn NAIT has raised over $150,000 for the COVID-19 Student Relief fund despite the financial hardships that have been seen in many households over the last nine months. The Student Relief fund received $50,000 each from the NAIT fund and NAITSA, over...
By Kallandra Weatherbee NAIT is hosting their first virtual talent show for residents at CapitalCare Norwood on Dec. 4. Students can perform live virtually or send in a pre-recorded video of their talents. They are welcome to showcase any type of skill and are able to...
Despite COVID-19 the show must go on and NAIT’s got talent still proceeded this year. There were many great submissions ranging from artists to singers to more obscure talents. This year the contest was completely virtual, using NAITSA’s Instagram stories to allow the...
