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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
- Tuesday, Sept. 30 | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation — SAIT closed
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💡 Visit the Student Supports Fair
To help you get familiar with the many student services available to you as a SAIT student, we're hosting a Student Supports Fair.
Drop by the Irene Lewis Atrium (Stan Grad Centre) on Tuesday, Sept. 16 from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm to learn more about:
- Accessibility Services
- Lamb Learner Success Centre
- Student Awards
- Student Development and Counselling
- Study Abroad
and other campus services available to make your time #HereAtSAIT great.
While you're there, step next door into Macdonald Hall to check out SAIT's Safety Fair, where you can pick up a snack, participate in some interactive safety activities and maybe even walk away with a prize!
⚠️ Consent Awareness Week #HereAtSAIT
Consent Awareness Week is being recognized across Canada from Sept. 15 to Sept. 19.
In recognition, SAIT’s Sexual Violence Program Coordinator and Educator and the Saitsa Peer Support Centre invite you to a drop-in event on Thursday, Sept. 18 from 11 am to 1 pm in the NJ105, Saitsa Peer Support Centre, Senator Burns building. Engage with a series of educational activities related to consent, and you'll have the opportunity to win a prize.
SAIT’s Sexual Violence Program Coordinator and Educator will also be at the Student Supports Fair. Say hi and learn more about SAIT’s sexual and gender-based violence prevention and response programming.
📖 Find out how the Reg Erhardt Library can help you thrive
This month’s Library Digest is packed with resources to help you thrive. You'll find:
- Recommended reading to build effective study habits
- eCard setup tips
- Instructions for booking study spaces
- Ways to connect with your program’s librarian for research support.
Plus, see some unexpected library perks, like access to streaming movies.
Visit the Reg Erhardt Library in person or online to learn more.
Visiting the library?
The Reg Erhardt Library is a shared workspace open to all students.
Here are a few reminders for respecting this common area:
- The library is a shared study space, meant for group and individual work.
- The space is not meant as a place to gather with friends, but there are other student spaces on campus where you can hang out.
- The library can host small groups at tables (four people max) and computer workstations (two people max). If you have a group larger than four, please book a study room.
- No food is allowed in the library.
Anyone breaking these rules will be asked to leave for the day. If you see someone using the library inappropriately, you can contact one of the library team discretely, in real time, through online chat.
🚗 Parking on and around campus
If you drive or carpool to campus, we have lots of parking options available to you, including day lots.
💡 Carefully check parking zones before parking on the street in surrounding areas, and please be respectful to residents in our neighbouring communities. If parking on the street, please follow bylaws and park at least 1.5 metres (five feet) away from curb breaks, driveways and garages to avoid being ticketed or towed.
🎶 Sing at an upcoming convocation ceremony
We're holding auditions for student vocalists to perform the Canadian national anthem for our Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 convocation ceremonies.
Requirements:
- Proficient singing ability
- Previous experience singing solos in front of substantial audiences
Apply by Tuesday, Sept. 30.
More upcoming events you may be interested in
What else you should know
- Download SAITALERT, a free smartphone app that provides easy access to emergency information including emergency procedures, contacts and virtual safe walk. It will also send you alerts should there be an emergency on campus.
- Registration is now open for Trojans Athletics and Recreation's fall classes — flow yoga< and< Zumba classes.
- 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.
- Do you have an idea for an innovative program or venture that would support SAIT's world-class student experience? Apply for funding through the ’88 Legacy Fund before< Friday, Oct. 17.
- SAIT Insights is our research community, where feedback is collected from students like you to improve the SAIT experience. Sign up< before the end of this year and be entered to win one of three $100 Amazon gift cards.
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.