SAIT Update
Keep up to date with important announcements and news, get connected to the support and resources you need, and make the most of your time here at SAIT.
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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
- Nov. 19 | Fall 2024 Convocation Ceremonies
- Dec. 11 – 16 | Final exams
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❗ Important changes to mySAIT
Imagine signing into just one website to find everything you need ... next week, that dream becomes a reality.
On Monday, Nov. 25, mySAIT and my Application will move on to SAIT’s ServiceNow platform. The webpages will look extremely similar — just a little more new.
We'll provide more info next week, but, after Monday, Nov. 25, to access mySAIT through ServiceNow, go to https://mysait.ca or https://sait.service-now.com. You'll need to log in, but single sign-on is enabled, so just one time will do it.
To access mySAIT functionality — including myStudent and myApplication —you'll simply select a mySAIT drop-down menu from the navigation. All functionality will remain the same as the current mySAIT platform. In the screenshot below, you can see how some resources will be even easier to access than ever.
Stay tuned for next week's exciting change!
🗻 Pick your Peak contest — Enter for a chance to win
If you have classes in the Senator Burns building, you may have noticed that some of our elevators are looking especially nice and new. SAIT is modernizing the Senator Burns' elevators on a staggered schedule, so they can run smoothly and quickly as they carry you to your destination.
If you are able, skip the wait and help alleviate demand by participating in SAIT’s Pick your Peak stair challenge. Check out the high-altitude destinations at each floor of Senator Burns building and grab a selfie with the poster on the stairwell doors. You can even with a Fitbit Versa 4!
How to win:
- take a photo with one of the Pick Your Peak posters found in Senator Burns building stairwells
- post your photo to your Instagram grid, using #HereAtSAIT and tagging @HereAtSAIT
Each post counts as a new entry. We'll be holding a prize draw on Wednesday, Nov. 27 and notifying the winner shortly after. Check out the contest rules and regulations.
💡 We’re actively working to improve SAIT’s elevator infrastructure through the Elevator and Escalator Modernization project.
🌎 Get tips for living your best life at the World Of Wellness
Join your fellow students from around the world in the Johnson-Cobbe Energy Centre on Wednesday, Nov. 20 from 11 am to 1 pm for our inaugural World of Wellness event.
Learn the many ways that different cultures look after their wellness, pick up new comfort food recipes, try some treats and meet new people at this free, open event. You'll leave with free swag, tips about how to manage your own wellness from many cultures and maybe even new friends.
💙 Make Some Noise for Mental Health
For its tenth year, the Make Some Noise for Mental Health (MSN) campaign is breaking down barriers and sparking real conversations around mental health. Since its creation in 2015 by SAIT’s Trojan Outreach Program, the campaign has been a signature event on our campus for staff, students and the community.
Here are fun ways to show your support:
- MSN men’s hockey game
Saturday, Nov. 16, 7 pm 📍 Winsport
Entry is free! The Trojans event team will be showing support for mental health through the night.
- Mental health information booth with SAIT’s OWLs
Tuesday, Nov. 19, noon to 1 pm 📍 Senator Burns building, in front of NN121 (Trojans office)
SAIT’s Outreach and Wellness Leaders (OWLs) will be on site to promote mental health facts, services and resources.
- MSN pep rally
Wednesday, Nov. 20, noon 📍 Meet in front of Heritage Hall
March across campus and Make Some Noise for Mental Health! Noisemakers will be provided.
- Morning yoga
Thursday, Nov. 21, 7 am or 8 am 📍 Wellness Centre
Start your morning off right with mindful movement at a free class. Spaces are limited — register now.
- MSN women’s hockey game
Saturday, Nov. 23, 12:30 pm 📍 Seven Chiefs Sportsplex
Entry is free! The Trojans event team, in partnership with Calgary's WikFest and Olds College, will be showing support for mental health through the day.
👐 Are you ready to ROC?
On Thursday, Nov. 28, from 11 am to 1 pm, Student Development and Counselling is hosting Recover on Campus (ROC) in the Aldred Centre. This engaging event is open to all students.
You'll find food, games and great conversation, as well as booths from SAIT Student Services and local community support organizations, where you can learn more about addiction and recovery resources for students in recovery. Those not in recovery are invited to learn more about addictions, how to reduce the risk of addiction and how to support those in recovery or with an active addiction.
No registration necessary — we'll see you there!
💞 Seeking peer mentors and mentees for Winter 2025
Are you are new(ish) to SAIT and looking for guidance from someone who’s done it all before? Or are you looking ahead to graduation and thinking about getting hired? The Peer Mentorship Program might have all the answers you need.
Applications for both Mentees and Mentors are now being accepted for the Winter 2025 term. Not only in this program a popular and exciting way to get involved, but participating in the Peer Mentorship Program is an eligible co-curricular record activity.
💻 Upcoming online services outage
Maintenance and upgrades to a number of SAIT's online systems will take place from 4 pm, Friday, Nov. 22 until 6 am, Monday, Nov. 25.
The following services are affected:
- Access to mySAIT self-service will not be available, which includes:
- Transcript requests/confirmation of enrollment
- Access to myStudent
- Online registration for credit programs will not be available.
- MyTradesecrets online registration for apprenticeship programs will not be available.
Questions? Contact the ITS Service Desk.
More upcoming events you may be interested in
What else you should know
ICYMI
- Elevator modernization in the Senator Burns building is underway. Learn about the Elevator and Escalator Modernization project and check the status of outages on campus.
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.
mySAIT single sign on
Starting Saturday, Sept. 28, access to mySAIT will be done using single sign-on (SSO). To sign in, you will be prompted to use your SAIT email address and network password.
We recommend reviewing and updating your personal email and phone number on your profile prior to this update.
Questions? Please contact its.support@sait.ca.
Student news
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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.