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Be sure to check your email at the beginning of each week for important reminders, events and need-to-know information.
Upcoming dates and deadlines
- Dec. 12 – 17 | Final exam week
- Dec. 17 | End of term
- Dec. 25 – Jan. 1 | Winter break – SAIT closed
- Jan. 6 | First day of classes (Winter 2026)
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💡 SAIT Update schedule
This is our last SAIT Update for 2025! If you're returning next semester, we'll see you in the new year. If this is your last semester — have you applied to graduate yet?
📖 Resources for exam week
It's the final week of the semester. Check out our resources to support you through this final push.
Check out some of our favourite study spaces on SAIT’s main campus — plus, some other essential stops: the Student Zen Den and the Testing Centre.
Try these tips from Learning Skills Services and Student Development and Counselling to feel ready to ace each test and ease exam anxiety.
“Keep calm and carry on” is a great mantra — assuming you’re calm in the first place! But what if you’re not? The best way to relieve exam-related stress is to become confident in your abilities and know that you have what it takes.
💬 Immigration advising services update
Starting Friday, Jan. 2, all immigration advising services for international students will be provided exclusively by the International Student Advisors in our International Centre.
The International Centre is located in room AA206 on the second floor of Heritage Hall (across from the Office of the Registrar and Student Development Counselling).
For contact information and details about the International Student Advising team, please visit Advising for Current International Students.
🎶 Be a vocalist for SAIT’s Winter 2026 Convocation Ceremonies
Are you a talented singer with experience captivating large audiences? SAIT is currently seeking student vocalists to perform the Canadian anthem at the Winter Convocation 2026 ceremonies (Tuesday, Feb. 24) held at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium.
You must have:
- proficient singing ability
- ability to sing the Canadian national anthem in both English and French
- previous experience singing solos in front of substantial audiences.
If that sounds like you and you wish to showcase your vocal talent at our upcoming graduation ceremony, apply online before Wednesday, Dec. 24.
🎓 Final semester? Apply to graduate
If you're in the final semester of your SAIT program right now, you have until Wednesday, Dec. 31 to apply to graduate and be eligible to cross the stage on Tuesday, Feb. 24.
You must apply:
- for you to graduate and receive your credential in February, and
- for us to verify program completion with your future employer.
You can apply before you have received your final grades.
If you don’t apply to graduate by Dec. 31, you’ll need to apply for the next conferral period.
🛗 Begin Tower and East Hall elevator modernization
The main bank of four elevators in Begin Tower and the three elevators in East Hall residences are being modernized, with work already started on two elevator cars in Begin Tower and one in East Hall. Construction will be staggered, ensuring elevator accessibility in each building throughout the process.
See the full construction schedule and find out more
⛄ Holiday time support resources
The holidays can be difficult. Whether you're looking at family time, far from family, facing festive demands or not celebrating this season, there's plenty to think about.
Student Development and Counselling is open until Tuesday, Dec. 23 and will then be closed until Friday, Jan. 2, 2026.
If you need support over the holidays, consider these resources:
Walk-in counselling services
- Eastside Community Mental Health Services (Wood’s Homes)
403.299.9699 (Call to book)
Mental Health Walk-in Single Session Counselling
- Alberta Health Services
403.943.9374 (Call to book)
Indigenous support line
- 1.844.944.4744 or 811
Hours: Monday to Friday (noon to 8 pm)
Crisis support service
- 24/7 Distress Centre
403.266.4357
Urgent care – Mental Health
- Sheldon M. Chumir Health Centre
1213 4th Street SW
403.955.6200
- South Calgary Health Centre
31 Sunpark Plaza SE
403.493.9300
Upcoming events you may be interested in
What else you should know
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We are excited to introduce the SAIT Student Honour Society (SSHS) a SAIT-led honour society that celebrates academic excellence and creates opportunities for leadership, connection and impact on campus. It’s a community of high-achieving students who want to make a difference.
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Calling all gamers! If Overwatch, League of Legends, Valorant, Super Smash, Chess or Rocket league are something you’re passionate about, we’re recruiting for the Trojans eSports team for Winter 2026. Apply to become an eSports athlete before Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026.
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Study abroad and semester exchange opportunities for 2026 are now open.
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Applications for our Winter 2026 Industry Mentorship Program are now open.
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If you're on your second year or above, become a mentor with the Peer Mentorship program. Share your experience, offer campus tips and connect new students to valuable resources.
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Participate in the English Conversation Partners program. It gives students who speak English as an additional language an opportunity to meet with a fluent English-speaking volunteer for one hour weekly — either online or in person.
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.
Student news
Cadmus Chair uses 3D to bring plumbing code to life
Instructor Fred Bretzke has created a 3D enhanced supplement to the 2020 National Plumbing Code appendix.
SAIT WorldSkills competitors go global to train for China
Skills competitions — aka, the Olympics of the trades — happen in 89 countries. Both Kokot and McGarry are slated to compete in the WorldSkills competition in September 2026 in Shanghai. They were invited to tackle national competitions in France and Germany as part of the global partnerships between the nations involved in Skills.
How SAIT students plan to save the environment and reduce industry costs with the Innovative Student Project Fund
In Fall 2025, five groups of SAIT students received up to $1,500 from the Innovative Student Project Fund to find innovative solutions to real-world problems.
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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.