Priorities to Support
Real opportunities
REAL FUTURES™
With a goal of raising $150 million, Real Futures™ is our commitment to meeting this exciting moment, and ensuring that our students, communities and economies are equipped with what they need to grow and thrive. By supporting Real Futures™, you can help drive SAIT’s next chapter and create more prospects for more people. Your support will help SAIT to transform:
HOW we teach
With new technologies, ideas and people driving our economy, we are reimagining ways of delivering instruction.
WHO we teach
We’re making space for innovators and disruptors who challenge us to create a future that holds more prospects for more people.
WHAT we teach
Industries are adapting to the need for digital change and embracing new technologies differently. With donor support, SAIT will transform what we teach — focusing on delivering the right training at the right time.
Areas to support
There are many reasons to give to SAIT — honouring a loved one, supporting a program or school you feel passionate about, emergency needs, or leaving a legacy for future generations. At the heart of every donation is the intention to positively impact a student's life and overall success.
You can help SAIT students achieve their full potential with a gift for one of the priorities below:
- SAIT Opportunities Fund
- Kohkoms Kahsagahetin Fund
- I.G. Lewis Student Emergency Fund
- Student Awards
- Memorial Awards
- Student Crowdfunding
SAIT Opportunities Fund
When you choose to support the SAIT Opportunities Fund (SOF), you will be helping to provide essential support to SAIT students by funding programs and projects not covered by tuition or government assistance. This fund is dedicated to enhancing education and student life at SAIT. Examples of supported initiatives include introducing new technology to classrooms, peer support programs, student-led initiatives (Student Crowdfunding) and resources.
Give to SAIT Opportunities Fund
Kohkoms Kahsagahetin Fund ("Grandmother's Love")
Making a gift to Kohkoms Kahsagahetin Fund helps in providing emergency assistance for Indigenous students facing unforeseen financial crisis. With a referral from advisors or mentors, Indigenous students can receive one-time support to help cover the cost of essential needs, such as grocery cards and utility payments.
Support Kohkoms Kahsaghetin Fund
I.G. Lewis Student Emergency Fund
I.G. Lewis Student Emergency Fund is one of the key beneficiaries of the Annual Giving program. It offers short-term assistance to SAIT students facing financial crises that threaten their ability to complete their studies. By contributing to this fund, donors help ensure that students receive the necessary resources to overcome unexpected challenges. This program not only supports academic achievements but also strengthens the overall community by showing a commitment to student well-being and success.
Give to the I.G. Lewis Student Emergency Fund
Student Awards
Each year, we are thrilled to distribute over $8 million in student awards, thanks to the incredible generosity of our alumni, friends, associations, businesses, foundations, and many others through annual funding and professionally managed endowments. These contributions make it possible for countless deserving students to attend SAIT, opening doors to opportunities they might not have had otherwise and for continued support for future generations.
If you'd like to give to an existing award, complete our online form, select 'other' from the menu, and enter the award's name in the text box next to 'tell us how to direct your gift.'
If you'd like to establish a student award or would like more information about student awards, please get in touch with us:
Melissa Woodworth
Phone: 403.613.5098
melissa.woodworth@sait.ca
Memorial Awards
You can honour a loved one through our Memorial Giving program. By starting a memorial award in honour of someone special, you will cherish their memory and celebrate their life, all while helping to support the next generation of students.
For more information, please get in touch with us:
Anna Kravchik
Phone: 403.210.4532
anna.kravchik@sait.ca
Student Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding campaigns are student-led and feature current student projects seeking financial support, such as capstone projects, study abroad opportunities, participation in conferences or competitions and student club activities with academic significance.
Your contributions to crowdfunding campaigns go towards costs not covered by traditional funding sources and often provide opportunities for students they would not otherwise be able to afford. Your support continues to help connect people to projects and unleashes innovation.
Examples of recent projects:
- SAIT Supernovas raised $2,500 in funds to participate in the Canadian Reduced Gravity Experiment Challenge (CAN-RGX)
- SAIT Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) students work to Light Up the World raised funds to install a solar power system in a remote area of Peru
- SAIT Film and Video Production students raised funds to host screening sessions for their capstone projects.
Support a Crowdfunding Project
If you would like to learn more about student crowdfunding, please reach out to us:
Gertrude Samar
Phone: 403.615.6085
gertrude.samar@sait.ca
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Alumni and Development
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Phone - 403.284.7010
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Phone - 1.888.284.8399
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Email - donor.relations@sait.ca
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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.