SAIT’s School of Business is one of the largest business schools in western Canada. As Dean, Janet Segato has played a pivotal role in the school’s growth and was instrumental in the school being ranked as one of the top business schools in Canada and around the globe, according to CEOWORLD.
Before becoming Dean, Janet served as Associate Dean, Academic Chair for multiple programs and a faculty member within the school. She spent 10 years in the controller’s department of a multinational petrochemical firm. As a designated accountant (FCPA, FCMA), she was awarded a fellow of the Chartered Professional Accountants.
Janet attended Wilfrid Laurier University where she earned her bachelor’s degree with honours in Business Administration. She later earned a Master of Education from the University of Alberta.
Janet spent six years as a board member with Distress Centre Calgary, serving as Board Chair from 2018 to 2021. She is passionate about innovative applied education and the role it plays in preparing graduates to excel in the business world.
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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.