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🏅 Nominate the next President's Awards honourees
SAIT is now accepting nominations for the President's Awards: the President's Medal and the President's Student Leadership Award.
These awards celebrate transformational community impact, partnership and student leadership.
Submit your nominations before Thursday, Aug. 28.
😁 Got questions about LEADS?
Develop your leadership skills, engage in meaningful campus activities and make a positive impact on the SAIT community in SAIT's Student Leadership Program, LEADS.
To learn more, drop by one of the pop-up booths from 11 am – 1 pm on:
- Wednesday, Aug. 6 in the Senator Burns building (near Tim Hortons)
- Wednesday, Aug. 13 in the Johnson Cobbe building (near the elevators)
Positions include:
- Student Content Creator
- Writing Services Peer Leader
- Event Services Student Leader
- Orientation Student Leader
- and more!
🙋 Volunteer as a Student Orientation Leader
Ready to lead our newest students to success?
We're looking for volunteer Orientation Leaders for New Student Orientation on Aug. 26, 27 and 28. It's a great opportunity to share your wisdom and help welcome new students to campus.
Your responsibilities will include setting up classrooms on orientation day, helping facilitators with technology, answering student questions as needed and supporting campus tours. A training session will be offered beforehand!
💻 See what our techiest students are working on and meet industry
Join us for SAIT Tech Capcon 2025 on Thursday, Aug. 21, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.
This Technology Capstone Project Showcase will feature over 100 student capstone projects across multiple technology disciplines. It's an in-person trade-show-style event that gives an opportunity for students to present their innovative work, engage with industry professionals and connect with potential employers.
📃 HS.1.1.5 Fit to Work or Learn
SAIT is committed to providing a safe, healthy and productive learning and working environment where members of our community are fit to work or learn. All members of the SAIT community are expected to foster an impairment-free workplace and learning environment. Learn more in the procedure HS.1.1.5 Fit to Work and Learn.
🏅 Nominate the next President's Awards honourees
SAIT is now accepting nominations for the President's Medal for the Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 convocation ceremonies.
These awards celebrate transformational community impact, partnership and student leadership.
Submit your nominations before Thursday, Aug. 28.
💬 Join the English Conversation Partners Program
SAIT's English Conversation Partners Program gives English as an additional language (EAL) speakers an opportunity to meet with a fluent English-speaking volunteer for one hour weekly — either online or in person. It's a great way to make new friends, share cultural experiences and improve language abilities.
The deadline to sign up for the fall program is Friday, Sept. 12.
Are you an English as an additional language student? 🗣️ Spots fill up fast, so register early to reserve your place!
Are you a fluent English speaker looking to meet new people and help them practise their conversational English?
Register as an English speaking volunteer
💡 Join the Peer Mentorship Program
The Peer Mentorship Program is a great way to connect with peers, build essential skills and grow your confidence. Applications for mentees and mentors for Fall 2025 are open until Friday, Sept. 12.
If you're in your second year or above, or will be by September, this is a chance to give back by supporting a fellow student’s journey. Share your experience, offer campus tips and connect them to valuable resources. Pay it forward — be the mentor you wish you had. (Tip: It's great experience to add to your resumé!)
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- The Peer Mentorship Program is a great way to connect with peers, build essential skills and grow your confidence. Applications for mentees and mentors for Fall 2025 are open until Friday, Sept. 12.
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.
Important notice
Starting Monday, June 23, changes are coming to your digital identity and access to Microsoft applications.
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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.