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🚧 SAIT Start under construction
SAIT Start, our online orientation course, is temporarily unavailable, relaunching in 2027. That doesn't mean the answers you need are out of reach.
- The new student handbook, available online, can guide you to the supports and services you may need during your first year at SAIT.
- The Welcome Centre, located on the main floor of the Johnson-Cobbe Energy Centre, can answer your questions or point you in the direction of other experts.
📱 Be proactive about safety on campus: Download SAITALERT
SAITALERT is a free smartphone app that provides easy access to SAIT’s emergency information and a direct line to Campus Security. Plus, if there’s an emergency on campus, you’ll receive an alert through the app. Download SAITALERT and enable push notifications to get emergency alerts.
💡 Ensure SAITALERT remains active on your device by opening it monthly. If the app has been offloaded or hibernated by your phone, you may miss important alerts.
📅 Visit the Student Supports Fair this Tuesday
The Student Supports Fair is this week! Join us on Tuesday, Sept. 15 from 10:30 am – 1:30 pm in the Irene Lewis Atrium (Stan Grad Centre) for everything you need to make the most of your SAIT experience.
🧠 Connect with other neurodiverse students on campus
SAIT's neurodiversity peer support groups are meeting in NH112 (Senator Burns) on Tuesday, Sept. 15 from 3 to 4 pm to kick off the new semester.
You can also join the neurodiverse board game group, meeting in NH112 on Tuesday, Sept. 22 from 2 to 4 pm. No experience is required, and you're welcome to participate at your own comfort level.
💡 Meet Danielle Taylor, Neurodiversity Specialist #HereAtSAIT
💸 Get funding for your capstone project or student club
Enrolled in a capstone this semester? If your project uses innovation and research to address a challenge, you can apply for up to $5,000 in reimbursement through SAIT's student innovation funds.
Saitsa Clubs are also eligible to apply.
Applications are open until Monday, Oct. 5. Learn more about the application process, forms and eligibility requirements, and send any questions to SAIT.StudentProjects@SAIT.ca.
Join SAIT's insights research community
Have your voice heard, and you win prizes all year long!
You are invited to join the SAIT Insights Research Community. Students who join have a chance to win prizes by simply providing opinions on various topics related to SAIT through short monthly surveys. Community members may also be invited to participate in photo shoots, focus groups, and more.
Last year, members of the panel won over $3,500 in gift cards.
Join by Dec. 31, 2026, and you will be entered to win one of two $200 Amazon gift cards or one of six $100 Amazon gift cards.
Upcoming events you may be interested in
What else you should know
- Join Athletics and Recreation for our fall intramurals, featuring basketball, soccer, volleyball and pickleball. Register as a team before Thursday, Sept. 17, or join solo before spaces fill up.
- The Natoysopoyiis Open House is on Monday, Sept. 21 from 10 am – 2 pm📍 Natoysopoyiis (NN108, Senator Burns building). Drop in to connect with the team supporting Indigenous student success, enjoy some popcorn and learn how to make a beaded lanyard.
- Register for movie night on campus on Monday, Sept. 21 from 5 to 7:30 pm in Macdonald Hall (Heritage Hall). The film documents a Study Abroad trip that brought SAIT and NAIT students together with Light Up The World to support solar energy initiatives in Peru.
- Did you know you can borrow laptops from the Reg Erhardt Library? Fill out the confidential student laptop survey before Tuesday, Sept. 22 to help improve future library services — and you'll have a chance to win one of three $50 Tim Hortons gift cards.
- Build your network and gain hands-on experience by volunteering at Energy Disruptors: UNITE on Sept. 28 and 29.
- The next Industry Mentorship Program runs from Sept. 28 to Dec. 17. Participate in this 12-week program to build your network and learn what it’s like to work in your area of study from the pros.
SAIT’s campus is home to legacy buildings and, like other post-secondary institutions in the city, performs water sampling to monitor its suitability for drinking. Recent testing results indicate a handful of labs and bottle refill stations in the Senator Burns, Heritage Hall and E.H. Crandell buildings have levels of some inorganic substances above recommended guidelines.
Corrective action has been taken, including signage in affected spaces with directions for users, where appropriate. Please follow any directions provided, and remember that bathroom sinks are intended for hand hygiene purposes only.
Learn about the impacted areas as well as protective and corrective actions being taken.
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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.