Life at SAIT
Faith began her SAIT career in 2018 teaching business communications courses such as Communications and Presentation Skills to students of all majors. She has since joined the journalism program teaching News Writing and Research. Faith’s favourite aspect of teaching is creating and implementing curve-ball lessons, where students might find themselves doing everything from walking around the classroom in their socks to making funky craft projects – all in the name of learning journalism.
Faith is working with SAIT’s Indigenous resources and the journalism program to implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Call to Action #86. This action calls on journalism programs across Canada to educate students on the history of Indigenous peoples, including the history and legacy of residential schools, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Indigenous rights, Indigenous law, and Indigenous-Crown relations.
Faith’s goals include writing a book for high school graduates to include tips for conquering the “real world.” She is an avid reader and enjoys travel and the outdoors.
Education
Faith graduated with honours with an MSc in Journalism from the University of Illinois, and a BA in Communications and Sociology, with a minor in English, from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. She is also a graduate of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies, where she learned the strong connection between free journalism and democracy.
Professional Accomplishments
Faith has 13 years of experience in broadcast journalism, as a nightly news anchor, reporter, and newsroom manager. She covered the education beat and has experience teaching all ages – from preschool to BA students. Her career began as an inner-city high school teacher in Oakland, California and continued to the field of journalism where, in addition to her nightly newscast reporting, she moderated live debates, hosted a wide variety of programming, and conducted in-depth interviews – once with Sec. of State Hillary Clinton.
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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.