NAIT’s layout makes for easy winter travel between classes, since most buildings are connected by indoor pedways. But when students do have to brave the winter weather, whether it’s to walk from the LRT, bus stop or parking facilities, campus commutes can feel...
Winter blues on campus: Why classes feel heavier as the days get shorter
Winter in Edmonton brings a major shift in how students experience school. As daylight exposure shrinks and temperatures drop, motivation, energy and connection follow suit. While winter classes are academically no different from fall or spring, the season itself...
NAIT Conservation Biology student self-publishes debut sci-fi novel
A NAIT student has turned a long-kept passion for writing into a published science-fiction novel, blending imaginative storytelling with real-world environmental themes. Related: Capstone project tackles takeout containers at NAIT Artisanal Market Forrest C. Richard,...
Capstone project tackles takeout containers at NAIT Artisanal Market
For those that regularly visit NAIT’s Artisanal Food market, a new container has appeared on the shelves, with a message to return once done so it can be reused. But the sustainable endeavour didn’t start with NAIT — rather, it’s a capstone project from four Bachelor...
The Living Library Series is something your textbook can’t cover
What if people were “books” and you could read one by sitting down and listening? This is the idea with NAIT’s Living Library Series event, which was started in partnership with DestiNAITion Global, the International and Intercultural Community Centre (IICC) and the...
NAIT’s website maze: What you need to know (and what you don’t)
So we have Brightspace, Ooks Life, Self Service, shop AT NAIT, Moodle, MyNAIT Portal, NAITSA, NAIT Library Services, NAIT Ooks and the official NAIT website. MyNAIT is what sometimes pops up when I search up other things, and Ooks Life is an app? What is Moodle again?...
Neurodivergence as superpower: How one NAIT student wants us to change our perspective
Jola Ilemori, a Bachelor of Business Administration Entrepreneurship student and self-taught comic book artist, is in the process of creating something no one at NAIT (or maybe even in Canada) has seen before. This creation, named Project Delta, is a comic book series...
NAIT’s very own ‘local Clodsire enthusiast’
For anyone browsing the Ooks Life app’s community page, among the posts from students and clubs here at NAIT, you may have come across postings from NAIT’s local Clodsire enthusiast. The Clodsire enthusiast is really Tyler Kendall, a Mechanical Engineering...
NAIT’s newest club: The washroom enthusiasts
I generally like NAIT's washrooms. For the most part, they are clean and well-maintained, and they're surprisingly odour-free when not in use (except for the men's room at the ground floor of X-Wing, which has a perpetual low-level stink.) But do I like them enough to...
Survival guide for bad instructors
No matter how long your studies are, there will come a time when you end up in a class with a bad instructor. An uninspiring instructor is one thing, but some are so unhelpful they make you realize the real lesson is how strong you can be on your own. Sometimes, you...










