10 Great Reads for International Women's Day
The International Women’s Day 2026 theme, “Give to Gain,” celebrates the ripple effect of generosity and support. This booklist, curated by SAIT’s International Women’s Day Committee, features reads on leadership, allyship, confidence, mentoring, and the importance of supporting one another.
Quarterback: An Immigrant's Guide to Corporate North America
A bold story of ambition, resilience, and claiming space where you’re not expected to belong. Through the lens of the high-stakes world of competitive football, Niba explores leadership, pressure, and the courage it takes to challenge assumptions about who gets to lead.
Mentoring in STEM Through a Female Identity Lens
Mentors and sponsors have been shown to both inspire women to pursue, and succeed, in careers in STEM. This book examines how gender shapes experiences in STEM, highlighting the barriers women continue to face, and offering practical strategies for building supportive relationships.
The Moment of Lift
In this compelling call to action, Melinda Gates reflects on the transformative power of investing in women and girls around the world. Blending research, personal experience, and stories from global advocates, she reveals how expanding opportunity for women strengthens families, communities, and entire economies.
Protecting the Sacred Cycle
Thirteen women from various Hul’qumi’num communities on Vancouver Island and the Mainland, share their thoughts on leadership. A central theme emphasizes the importance of keeping the past, present and future connected – a Sacred Cycle that will ensure we bring our teachings forward for future generations.
Empowering Women in STEM
Firsthand accounts from women navigating careers in STEM across diverse global contexts, highlighting persistence, mentorship, innovation, and the realities of breaking barriers in traditionally male-dominated fields.
Nurturing Boys to be Better Men
Exploring how early messages about masculinity shape boys’ understanding of empathy, power, and responsibility, this book challenges limiting stereotypes. It offers strategies for raising boys who value equity and respect, making a compelling case that lasting gender equality begins in everyday conversations at home.
The Uprising of Women in Philanthropy
It started with small groups of women across the world, independent of each other, having the same epiphany: it will take a movement of women to raise the money needed to fund women’s freedom. The Global Women's Funding Movement has grown into a network of generous, risk-taking philanthropists who collectively wield financial might and win gender equality victories.
Powerfully Likeable
This research-informed guide explores the balance between confidence and connection in professional life. Challenging the false choice between being respected and being well-liked, it unpacks how credibility, warmth, and authenticity can work together to strengthen leadership presence.
Women of Colour in Tech
This book highlights the experiences of women of colour navigating the tech sector while offering a roadmap for meaningful mentorship and representation. Grounded in both challenge and possibility, the book calls for building pathways that empower the next generation of innovators to thrive—and lead—on their own terms.
Building a New Leadership Ladder
Traditional leadership pathways were not designed with women in mind. This book outlines practical strategies for dismantling structural barriers and rethinking how talent is recognized and developed. It reframes leadership as something organizations must intentionally redesign to create equitable opportunity at every level.
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📜 From the Archives: Women at SAIT
As International Women’s Day is a time to reflect on progress and possibility, take a look at some of our archival photos of the women who have been learning trades, developing workplace skills and providing leadership throughout SAIT’s history. These images are a reminder that when women are supported, everyone benefits!
Visit our digitized Archive Collections to explore more of these stories.
📢 Open Education Week, March 2-6
Open Education Week (OE Week) is a celebration of achievements in Open Education and a time to raise awareness of its benefits.
Have you heard about Open Educational Resources (OER) yet? OER are teaching, learning, and research resources that are created with the intention of being freely available to users anywhere! For Students: OER can increase student accessibility and break down cost barriers. For Faculty: OER supports innovation, exposure and reputation. It improves learner understanding and drives engagement with open content.
Coming soon: Watch out for an announcement as the library reveals just how many $Millions have been saved by SAIT students due to the use of OER’s in our programs!
🤔 Students and AI: How Librarians can Help
We get all kinds of questions at the library information desk, and recently, some of you have been asking about AI.
Make sure you’re aware of SAIT policies and procedures around the use of AI at SAIT before jumping in - find out more by reading 4 Things Students Need to Know about AI at SAIT. Here's a few key points to remember:
- Before turning to any AI, make sure your instructor allows it and be clear on how it can (and can’t) be used for your assignments.
- If you do use AI, always cite it properly — our citation guides show you how.
- Remember, AI can sound confident even when it’s completely wrong. Always double-check facts, verify sources, and think critically about what you’re reading.
Book an appointment to Meet Your Librarian if you need help with citing AI, evaluating AI content, or figuring out how to use AI for research.
Want to know more about AI? We have a huge range of books on AI in our collections.
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