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🍵 Fun activities at the Zen Den this March
The Student Zen Den (MB228) regularly hosts activities to help you relax and recharge, so you can be more present inside and outside the classroom.
This March, drop in for:
- Origami workshop
- Tuesday, March 10, 11 am – 1 pm
- All materials provided.
- Mindful Painting – the Rockies
- Wednesday, March 11, 4 – 5 pm
- All materials provided.
- Build your own teabag
- Thursday, March 12, noon – 1 pm
- All materials provided.
- Inside Out
- Wednesday, March 18, 11 am – 1 pm
- Inspired by the movie Inside Out, join an art activity that identifies the many facets of your personality.
- Stretch, Reset and Clay
- Wednesday, March 25, 4 – 5 pm
- A workshop designed to melt away stress, loosen muscles and reconnect. All materials provided.
📅 Save the date for the SAIT Community Round Dance
The SAIT Community Round Dance is on Saturday, April 11 from noon until 4 pm in the Irene Lewis Atrium, Stan Grad Centre.
This will be a meaningful gathering rooted in Indigenous culture, ceremony and connection. By bringing Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples together as one community, we’ll strengthen relationships, deepen understanding and support campus-wide reconciliation, respect and care.
Whether you come to dance, observe, learn or connect, everyone is welcome to celebrate the importance of Indigenous ways of gathering. During the event, an Indigenous market will be open, showcasing talented local artisans in MacDonald Hall.
Further event details to follow. For more information, contact indigenous.engagement@sait.ca.
🦷 Get a perfect smile at SAIT's Dental Clinic
As a SAIT student, you can book an appointment with SAIT's Dental Clinic for only $5! Access services such as tooth polishing, fluoride application and dental x-rays, provided by students from the Dental Assisting program under the supervision of a registered dental healthcare professional.
Appointments are necessary.
⏸️ Peer Mentorship, English Conversation Partners and LEADS on pause
🚧 Please pardon our dust! 🚧
Peer Mentorship, English Conversation Partners and LEADS programs will be under construction when the winter semester ends.
We will temporarily pause these programs to review and enhance them to create an even better experience for our students and campus community.
Stay tuned for updates while we make behind-the-scenes improvements!
If you have any questions, please reach out to the First Year Experience team.
💡 SAIT Health Clinic closure
The Health Clinic will close effective Monday, June 15. In 2027, when the Taylor Family Campus Centre opens, it will include a comprehensive suite of medical services designed to meet the long-term needs of our campus and surrounding community.
Active patients will receive direct communication from the Health Clinic in the coming weeks with information about how to access their medical records to ensure continuity of care.
🚽 Water restrictions in effect starting March 9
The City of Calgary is in Stage 4 water restrictions. SAIT remains open. In-person classes, labs and student services are continuing as scheduled.
We are taking steps to reduce water use across campus without impacting your learning experience. There is no impact to programs or services at this time.
The City is asking Calgarians to focus on taking the following three actions that make the biggest difference to household water consumption:
- Only flush when needed.
- Take 3-minute showers.
- Wait until your dishwasher and laundry basket are full before running a load.
✨ Senator Burns elevator modernization complete
Smoother trips ahead! The main bank of elevator cars in Senator Burns have been replaced with new models. Work began in spring 2024 and the project's finalization in 2026 is the first major completion of the Elevator Modernization project.
Elevators are currently being modernized in Begin Tower and East Hall.
⚠️ P6 parkade closure Saturday, March 14, 6 to 10 pm
The P6 parkade will be closed on Saturday, March 14 from 6 – 10 pm. The closure will allow for a temporary power cable tie in supporting construction work on the Taylor Family Campus Centre.
🏫 Volunteer for Spring 2026 New Student Orientation
Give back to the SAIT community by volunteering for our upcoming New Student Orientation on Thursday, April 30 and Friday, May 1! Use your experience and knowledge to help welcome new students to campus and make their first day at SAIT a success.
We're looking for campus tour guides, facilitation assistants, wayfinders and more.
And get this: free lunch included with all volunteer shifts.
Questions? Contact student.engagement@sait.ca.
Upcoming events you may be interested in
What else you should know
- To get your writing and presentations in tip-top shape, visit the Lamb Learner Success Centre for a drop-in session, held Wednesdays from 12:30 to 2 pm in Stan Grad Centre, MC209. Their peer writing specialist — a SAIT student too! — is knowledgeable in report writing, essay writing, planning assignments and presentation skills.
- The Teaching Excellence Award celebrates the impact your favourite instructor had on your learning and experience. Sign into your Brightspace account and nominate your instructors before Monday, March 30 at 11:59 pm.
- The sidewalk in front of the Eugene Coste building is closed for several months to accommodate boiler installation. Detour signage is in place.
Further testing following the City of Calgary’s intensive water testing protocols has revealed elevated inorganic substances in 10 point-of-use locations out of the 106 locations tested.
Eight of these points of use locations are in the Senator Burns building, one in the Thomas Riley building and one at the Mayland Heights campus. Testing was completed on all drinking fountains, water bottle filling stations, office kitchen sinks and commercial kitchens in legacy buildings on campus.
Learn about the impacted areas as well as protective and corrective actions being taken.
If you experience measles symptoms, please help limit the spread — stay home and call 811 to report symptoms. Vaccines are available for free at SAIT’s Health Clinic.
Please call 403.284.8666 to book a vaccination appointment with the clinic — no walk-ins are accepted.
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Oki, Âba wathtech, Danit'ada, Tawnshi, Hello.
SAIT is located on the traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot) and the people of Treaty 7 which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Îyârhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney.
We are situated in an area the Blackfoot tribes traditionally called Moh’kinsstis, where the Bow River meets the Elbow River. We now call it the city of Calgary, which is also home to the Métis Nation of Alberta.