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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
- Nov. 10 – 14 | Mid-term break
- Tuesday, Nov. 11 | Remembrance Day – SAIT closed
- Friday, Nov. 14 | Withdrawal deadline (15-week courses)
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😌 It's mid-term break
Enjoy a well-deserved mental rest with no classes from Monday, Nov. 10 to Friday, Nov. 14.
Use the time to rest and get on track for the rest of the semester.
✨ Mental health reminders
- If you plan to study, remember to take breaks and be kind to yourself.
- Check out 8 ways to improve your mental well-being.
- If you'd like to talk to someone, make an appointment with Student Development and Counselling during the break.
💡 Note: The mid-term break may not apply to programs and courses such as apprenticeship programs, courses running less than 15 weeks, fast track programs and some work-integrated learning courses. If you are unsure about your program or course, please check with your instructor.
📝 Writing and presentation skills — learn from a peer
Get your writing and presentations in tip-top shape by visiting the Lamb Learner Success Centre for a helpful session. Their peer writing specialist — a SAIT student, too — is knowledgeable in report writing, essay writing, planning assignments and presentation skills.
Writing and presentation drop-in sessions
- Stop by MC209, Stan Grad Centre from noon – 2 pm onany Thursday until Thursday, Dec. 4. You'll enjoy a 15-minute consultation with a peer mentor on anything from report and essay writing to citations.
Intro to Presentations workshop
- Sign up for a hands-on, 90-minute workshop on presentations on Wednesday, Nov. 12 or Thursday, Nov. 20. This is a great opportunity to practise presentation skills in a safe, supportive environment with peers.
⭐ Get matched up with an industry mentor
Applications for our Winter 2026 Industry Mentorship Program are now open. This is a great opportunity for you to connect with a working mentor — someone who can tell you what to expect once you’ve crossed the stage #HereAtSAIT and entered the workforce.
In this 12-week program, you’ll learn what it’s like to work in your area of study while building your professional network.
👋 Meet SAIT’s Peace Officers on patrol
SAIT’s community Peace Officers cover a lot of ground in a day — you’ve probably seenDale Gorrill and Chris Griffin around main campus or patrolling the Art Smith Aero Centre, SAIT Downtown or even the new Imperial Energy Innovation Centre.
Peace Officers bridge the gap between uniformed Campus Security guards — who provide routine security response and services on campus — and a full-time police service. They’re SAIT’s direct connection to local emergency services, including the Calgary Police Service, Emergency Medical Services and Fire Department.
💙 Learn how they keep the peace on campus and get some tips to be proactive about safety.
📸 Five days in photos: Integrated Water Management field school
SAIT instructors Pieter Aukes and Danica Nunes and students from the MacPhail School of Energy got hands-on with all things water during an annual Integrated Water Management (IWM) field school in beautiful Kananaskis Country this semester.
⛰️ Check out the photo gallery.
🛠️ Attend events focused on allyship and women in trades
The Women in Skilled Trades (WIST) Retention Program is empowering more women to thrive in the skilled trades through events, learning opportunities and targeted financial support. Don't miss these upcoming events:
📅 Level Up: Opportunities, Confidence and Connections in Skilled Trades
Monday, Nov. 17 | 5:30 – 7:30 pm
CA121, East Aldred Event Space | 🎟️ Register
- A panel of trailblazing women will share their experiences navigating apprenticeship pathways, overcoming imposter syndrome and achieving financial success in the trades. After the panel discussion, network with industry partners and explore resource booths. Light refreshments will be provided. This event is hosted in partnership with Women in Trades and Technology.
📅 Lunch and Learn: Supporting Women in Skilled Trades through Allyship
Monday, Nov. 24 | 11 am – noon
CB312, Aldred Centre | 🎟️ Register
- This session will shine a light on gender-based inequities in the trades, provide opportunities to apply allyship to real-life scenarios and explore the role of bystander intervention in fostering safe and supportive environments for women in the skilled trades.
More upcoming events you may be interested in
What else you should know
- Want to help make SAIT more inclusive? Update your demographic data in your myStudent profile by logging in to your mySAIT account.
- Skills competitions are the ultimate resumé boost and badge of excellence. Here's how to be the best in a skill and prove it. 😎
- Watch on Instagram: Harvey Bones, the School of Health and Public Safety’s resident skeleton, was roaming around SAIT campus last week.
- Apply now to study abroad in the 2025/26 academic year.
- If you volunteer on campus, belong to a club, tutor a classmate or participate in another SAIT-organized activity, you may be eligible to receive Co-Curricular Recognition (CCR).
- Over the next few months, you’ll notice some changes in mySAIT. If you need help or are curious about a change you see, check the Knowledge Base.
- Woohoo — we raised $162,045 on Giving Day to support student success #HereAtSAIT! Thanks for stopping by the Gratitude Booth and helping spread the word.
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
Student news
Celebrating inspiration and excellence with our Fall 2025 valedictorians
SAIT graduates are preparing to embark on a new journey, but first they have a stage to cross and credentials to receive at next week’s convocation
Five days in photos: Integrated Water Management field school
When your classroom looks like time well spent in beautiful Kananaskis Country.
Meet SAIT’s Peace Officers on patrol
Community Peace Officers Dale Gorrill and Chris Griffin help make SAIT a great place to work and learn.
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.