Orientation
Welcome to SAIT!
Winter 2025 orientation
📅 Jan. 2 – 3
SAIT is much more than programs and buildings; it's your community. Meet other SAIT students and staff that will support you on your SAIT journey. Plus, find out just how many ways there are to get involved in student life and everything you'll need to know for this year.
Before you attend
Ensure you're properly registered and prepared to attend SAIT and orientation by reviewing your next steps. Please ensure that you have a morning and afternoon session scheduled.
New student orientation schedule
Orientation is your program orientation. Find the date, time and location details for your scheduled time in your course schedule on mySAIT. connect with your program admin or student advisor if the course isn't showing on your schedule. You'll receive access details from your academic chair if it's online.
- Lunch, tours, games, and Elder's blessing and honour song will be held in the Irene Lewis Atrium in the Stan Grad Centre
- The International Services fair will be in the Johnson – Cobbe Energy Centre Atrium.
In this first session, students will explore SAIT's Student Code of Conduct, including academic integrity and classroom behaviour, as well as the importance of sexual violence prevention and equity, diversity, and inclusion on campus. Emphasis will be placed on fostering a respectful and inclusive culture, ensuring that all students feel safe and valued. Through interactive discussions and activities, you will gain the knowledge and skills to become outstanding SAIT community members.
SAIT is here to support you! In this session we will introduce students to the holistic student services available on campus, designed to support you throughout your entire academic journey - from your first days on campus to graduation and everything in between. By the end of this session, you will be able to identify the student support services you need and how to access them in order to succeed academically, professionally, and personally at SAIT.
In this session, students will explore a range of valuable co-curricular activities designed to support your personal growth and connections outside the classroom. Covering such programs as Peer Mentorship, Study Abroad, Intramurals, and student clubs, you will certainly find something exciting to get involved in. By the end of this session, you will be equipped to find the right co-curricular activities and communities to enhance your SAIT journey.
In this session, international students will receive information and guidance about important immigration topics such as managing your study permit, working and travelling in Canada, and how to access immigration advising and support throughout your time at SAIT. By the end of this session, international students will be informed on processes and supports related to immigration.
Did someone say prizes?
📚 To kick off the Winter 2025 term and welcome our new students, we’re giving away two tuition credits of $1,000 each day! Additionally, we have more great prizes in the works, so stay tuned for updates!
🚨 How to enter:
Entering is easy! Attend your program orientation and all three sessions of New Student Orientation to be eligible for all prizes.
Additional orientations
Indigenous student orientation
Date(s) and time: Jan. 6, 2025, 12 – 1 pm
Oki, Aba Wathtech, Danit’ada, Tawnshi and Welcome Indigenous students!
The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) is located in 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 Iyarhe Nakoda of Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney. We are situated on land where the Bow River meets the Elbow River, and the traditional Blackfoot name of this place is “Mohkin’stsis” which we now call the City of Calgary. The City of Calgary is also home to the Métis Nation. This has been a gathering place for thousands of years.
SAIT honors the diverse cultures and recognizes the unique needs of Indigenous learners and has organized an Indigenous student orientation led by Natoysopoyiis (nah-toy so-po yees) – our on campus Indigenous student supports centre.
The afternoon will being with a light lunch followed by a traditional welcome to campus by a Treaty 7 Elder in Natoysopoyiis (NN108) with a prayer, smudge and ceremony.
You will meet the team of Indigenous student services professionals here to support you on your academic journey and learn about the resources available as an Indigenous student at SAIT, including tutors, advising, student success workshops, mental health supports, Elder and cultural engagement and much more.
A tour of the Lodge, followed by a light lunch, will wrap up our session.
An email with orientation details and staff contacts will be sent to you from natoysopoyiis@sait.ca.
We look forward to welcoming you to campus and if you have any questions or need support before orientation, please email natoysopoyiis@sait.ca.
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Student Engagement Office
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Monday - Friday | 8 am - 4:30 pm
Oki, Âba wathtech, Danit'ada, Tawnshi, Hello.
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.