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🏫 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.
💓 Participate in Neurodiversity Celebration Week
Next week is Neurodiversity Celebration Week. Unplug your devices, try something creative, bring a friend or meet someone new.
- Unplug and Create Crafting | Tuesday, March 24, 2:30 – 4 pm, MB 222
Whether you’re into crochet, knitting, origami or beading, there’s something for everyone — no experience required! Bring a friend or come meet new ones. Materials will be provided, and our team will be there to help you learn new techniques or explore a craft you’ve never tried before. - Bloom Break Planting | Wednesday, March 25, noon – 1 pm, MB304
Pick a pot. Pick a plant. Take it home. Brighten your space with some greenery. Not a green thumb? No worries. Care instructions are included! - ND&D (Neurodivergence & Dungeons) | Thursday, March 26 from 2:30 – 4:30 pm, MB220
Whether you are a veteran table-top role-player, wanting to try it for the first time or anywhere in between, you will have fun with this original roleplay system designed to explore neurodivergent experiences. Space is limited, so be sure to register.
✅ Sustainability here at SAIT survey
You're invited to share your perceptions and understanding of sustainability at SAIT by participating in a student-led study supported by SAIT's Teaching and Learning Commons.
The short, anonymous, online survey is open until Monday, March 30. Results will help drive recommendations to increase sustainability impact in ways that are meaningful to students.
📚 SAIT Bookstore closed March 18
The SAIT Bookstore on campus will be closed on Wednesday, March 18 for inventory. Regular hours will resume the following day. Online ordering will not be affected
🚨 Scheduled evacuation drill: TFCC construction site
A planned evacuation of the Taylor Family Campus Centre construction site is scheduled for Friday, March 20 at 9:45 am. A horn will blast and crew members will evacuate the site. This is only a drill.
🌊 Celebrate World Water Day on March 18
Drop by the World Water Day Expo in Macdonald Hall on Wednesday, March 18 from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm. The expo will feature a variety of organizations and community groups working on water stewardship, education and climate initiatives.
🌙 Celebrate Eid al-Fitr on March 24
Join us for SAIT's Eid al-Fitr event on Tuesday, March 24 from 11 am to 1 pm in the Irene Lewis Atrium. Enjoy crescent moon cookies, henna, crafts and more!
🍵 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:
- 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.
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.