December 2017
NAIT NewsWatch Extra
All semester, the teams of NAIT NewsWatch have been working hard to create a variety of news and entertainment features. This week we have the special show of NewsWatch Extra, that is filled with the features that the team has been working on. We talk about changes to Alberta Avenue, minimalism, physics mediums and much […]
Leftovers YEG and NAIT serve up leftovers for dinner
Leftovers are on the menu thanks to Leftovers YEG and NAIT. In partnership with Global Shapers, Leftovers YEG presented the Leftovers For Dinner event on October 21st. Held at Ernest’s, the event featured student chefs engaged in a cooking contest. The only catch was students only had leftover ingredients at their disposal. Close to 200 […]
ETS Stuff a Bus helping with hunger in Edmonton
The Edmonton Transit System (ETS) kicked off its annual Stuff a Bus campaign last Monday. Students from Our Lady of Mount Carmel as well as event attendees launched the event by loading non-perishable food items onto an ETS bus. Now in its 23rd year, the ETS Stuff a Bus campaign partners with Edmonton’s Food Bank […]
Festival of Trees returns to the Shaw Conference Centre
The Holiday season is kicking off with the annual Festival of Trees returning to Edmonton. This is the festival’s 33rd year running and has evolved from having 15 Christmas trees in the University Hospital to over 200 trees in the Shaw Conference Centre. The Chair of the Festival of Trees, Dr. Patricia Allwell Neiberding, explains […]
St. Albert girl in search of bone marrow transplant
12-year-old Alex Pasichnyk is looking for a bone marrow donor for her rare condition. Aplastic anemia is a disease where the body doesn’t produce enough blood cells to sustain life. Only one in every one million children are diagnosed with this disease every year, which is why it can be difficult to find a bone […]
NAIT hosts third annual robotics challenge
The third annual robotics competition took place at NAIT on November 25. Hundreds of high school students from across the province took part in this competition. Each year a new engineering challenge is introduced, with this year’s challenge being called In The Zone. This challenge involved robots stacking up to 80 cones on 10 goal […]
NAIT recognizes International Day of Persons with Disabilities with special guests
Angela Marino’s mother was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis nine years ago. Although it’s been a difficult road, Marino uses her experience and her art to create awareness for those living with disabilities. “I want people to understand that this is a disease that affects the internalization of a person. So being confronted by an image of […]
12-year-old St.Albert girl is trying to find a bone marrow donor
All in for Alex was organized after 12-year-old Alex Pasichnyk went into total bone marrow failure over the summer. She was diagnosed with a rare form of aplastic anemia and is in need of a bone marrow donor. Since the start of the event on November 25th, they have seen an overwhelming amount of support. […]