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📅 Attend the Black History Month Student Fest
February is Black History Month in Canada, and SAIT is proud to celebrate alongside communities across the country. Join the Office of Community and Belonging, Black Empowerment and Excellence at SAIT (BEES) and the Afro-Caribbean Student Club (ACSC) at the first event of the series: Black History Month Student Fest.
On Monday, Feb. 2 from 11 am – 2 pm, come to the Irene Lewis Atrium for a vibrant celebration of Black culture featuring performances, student businesses, interactive booths, arcade games, snacks and more.
💭 Last chance to be entered to win a $100 gift card
All students who sign up for SAIT Insights before Friday, Jan. 30 will be entered to win one of three $100 Amazon gift cards.
SAIT Insights is our research community, where feedback is collected from students like you to improve the SAIT experience.
Get started with SAIT Insights
💻 MySAIT outage – Jan. 30 through Feb 1
Some online systems, including mySAIT and ApplyAlberta, will be unavailable due to maintenance from Friday, Jan. 30 through Sunday, Feb. 1.
Questions? Contact the ITS Service Desk.
♻️ Waste less this winter at SAIT
Even though it’s winter you can help keep our campus green with these tips from SAIT’s Office of Sustainability.
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Before you throw it out, sort it out. SAIT’s waste program includes bins for beverage containers, compost, mixed recycling and trash. What goes where? Ask OSCAR! Find the AI-assisted waste sorting system in the Johnson-Cobbe Energy Centre and give it a try. There are also donation bins for used clothing and household items in the laundry rooms of the residence buildings.
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Help prevent water waste. If you see a water leak on campus, report it through Helpline.
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Earth-friendly eating. Pack a litter-less lunch. Ditch the single-use coffee cups — bring your own mug and save at coffee outlets on campus. Grab a bite from a reusable food container at the Begin Tower Dining Centre.
👋 Get involved with sustainability on campus — join the Eco-Ambassador student volunteer group.
🌎 World Technology University Network student competition
Enter to win up to $550 by forming an interdisciplinary team to address one or more of the United Nation's Sustainable Development Goals.
All students of member post-secondaries (yes, SAIT is a member!) can enter this annual competition. Teams will need to present their innovative solution via video that will be assessed by a panel of judges.
The deadline to enter is Thursday, April 9.
🍴 Food security resources on campus
SAIT and Saitsa are working to increase food security for students. Access these resources for fresh, affordable food on campus.
- Student Value Meals: Tasty, affordable and budget-friendly — you can grab a meal for just $2.99 at Market Express, located in the Stan Grad Food Court.
- Aero Café: If you're studying at the Art Smith Aero Centre, stop by the Aero Grill on Mondays or Tuesdays for a $2.99 hotdog.
- The student food pantry: You can access a fridge in the Interfaith Centre (MB305), stocked with food you can take at no cost, no questions asked, on weekdays between 10 am and 3:30 pm. Because the program is donation driven, dietary restrictions cannot be accommodated, and stock is not guaranteed.
- Saitsa Emergency Food Fund: This fund is designed to support SAIT students experiencing food insecurity due to financial hardships. Saitsa will help approved recipients with a grocery store gift card and a referral to the Calgary Food Bank and SAIT's Financial Aid Services.
- Good Food Box: Get fresh, affordable produce on campus at the Saitsa Resources Centre (MC107). Place an order for a small, medium or large box of seasonal fruits and veggies. The next order deadlines are Tuesday, Jan. 27 and Tuesday, Feb. 24.
- Eat Well in Calgary: Healthy Eating Choices and Grocery Tips: Attend an interactive session hosted by Alberta Health Services on Wednesday, Jan. 28 from noon to 1:30 pm. This session will give you the knowledge and tools to shop smart, eat well and take care of your health.
💓 Reach out for academic support
Sometimes, on the path to success at school, you hit a bump in the road. Whether the bump is academic, personal or just a feeling that something's off, you can contact our Early Support Program.
Early Support is meant to help you:
- stay on track
- strengthen your academic performance
- feel more supported
- build confidence and focus.
It is also completely confidential. The referral form is for both student and faculty use — you can refer yourself to the Early Support Program.
🔨 Women apprentices: Win lunch with an author and leading voice in the skilled trades
An event celebrating mentorship, resilience and the growing impact of women in the trades is coming Monday, March 16 (registration info coming soon) — and women apprentices can enter to win lunch with the keynote speaker! Hilary Peach is the author of Thick Skin and a leading voice in the skilled trades. Submit a two-minute video before Friday, Feb. 20 about how mentorship has impacted your journey for a chance to win.
Learn more and see contest rules
📲 Download SAITALERT
We ran a test of SAITALERT last week. This free smartphone app provides easy access to emergency information. Plus, if there’s an emergency on campus, you’ll receive an alert through the app.
Did you receive the notification?
If you have the app, check that it's still active on your device. If the app has been offloaded or hibernated, you may miss important alerts.
- iPhone users: If you're using an iPhone, double-check you haven't accidentally offloaded the app. You may need to redownload it to keep receiving notifications, either by clicking the app icon or going to the App Store.
- Android users: To prevent app hibernation, redownload SAITALERT and follow the prompts to disable this feature within the app's settings.
A SAITALERT test will take place on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 12:30 pm through push notifications to subscriber devices and SAIT-owned computers connected to the SAIT network.
🏅 Nominate our next valedictorian and President's Medal and President's Award recipients
If you know someone who’s graduating in Spring 2026 and has made a meaningful impact academically, in the community or at SAIT, we want to hear their story. Nominate them to be valedictorian or to receive a President's Award.
There's also the President's Student Leadership Award, which recognizes a student group or club that has demonstrated innovation and initiative in creating opportunities for SAIT, fellow students, industry and the community.
Submissions for this award should include examples of the following:
- Meaningful collaboration and/or connection with industry
- Projects or activities to improve campus life for students
- Projects, activities or volunteer efforts that strengthen SAIT's reputation in the community
These awards celebrate transformational community impact, partnership and student leadership.
Submit your nominations before Friday, Feb. 13.
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What else you should know
- The first Body Doubling Drop-In session will be on Wednesday, Jan. 28 from 1 – 2 pm. Bring a school or personal project to MC209, set a goal and settle in to the low-pressure focus environment. Register here.
- Explore a variety of volunteer positions at SAIT’s Community Volunteer Fair on Thursday, Feb. 5 from 10 am – 2 pm in the Irene Lewis Atrium. The fair is an opportunity to meet with reps from 35 organizations helping to make Calgary a great place to live and work. Register here.
- SAIT's neurodiversity peer support groups meet once a month. The Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Peer Support Group meet and greet will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 28 from 3 to 4 pm. Register here.
- Applications for the Imperial Energy Innovation Fund and the Innovative Student Project Fund are open to capstone students and Saitsa clubs. Students can apply for up to $5,000 for projects including a component of applied research. Applicants must identify a SAIT faculty advisor and a project sponsor or mentor. Projects approved for funding must be completed by the end of the respective semester.
- The sidewalk in front of the Eugene Coste building will be closed for the next nine months starting Tuesday, Jan. 20 to accommodate boiler installation. Detour signage will be 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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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.