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
- April 14 – 16 | Vote on campus – Federal election
- Friday, April 18 | Institute closed for Good Friday
- Monday, April 21 | Institute closed for Easter Monday
- April 22 – 26 | Final exam week
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📚 Ultimate guide to study spots on campus
When exams and deadlines are around the corner, where do you go to meet your study needs? Whether you're a new student looking for your perfect study nook, or a returning student just looking to mix up your routine, we've got you.
Other resources to help you out this exam season:
- Test prep and study strategies to channel your inner exam-slayer
- Checking in with your mental health
🚉 CTrain station closure this weekend
Calgary Transit is closing the CTrain stations between Sunnyside and University to cut power to that section of the track and safely carry out work on a number of projects, including maintenance in the Crowchild and 19 St NW tunnels and work on the overhead catenary system at SAIT/AUArts/Jubilee Station.
The closure will begin at 2 am, Friday, April 18 and end by start of service on Monday, April 21.
Red Line CTrain replacement shuttle bus stops will be set up at SAIT:
- The northbound stop for travel towards Tuscany Station is located at NB 14 St NW @ 14 Ave NW.
- The southbound stop for travel towards Somerset-Bridlewood Station is at SB 14 St NW @ 14 Ave NW.
See the Red Line replacement shuttle stop map for SAIT/AUArts/Jubilee Station and the shuttle route map. Please note the shuttles will run up to Brentwood, though the closure ends at University.
Full closure and service disruption details will be posted on the Calgary Transit website and there will be signage and messaging on the digital displays at the CTrain station.
❎ Vote on campus at our special federal election polling station
SAIT is hosting a special federal election poll where you can cast your vote before election day. This special poll allows any elector to cast their vote in any federal electoral district in Canada in which they are a registered voter, including any Calgary district.
From April 14 to 16, from 9 am – 9 pm, vote on campus in Heritage Hall classrooms AA117 and AA119.
You must show valid identification before voting. If you do not have ID, you can still vote — find out how.
If you are from another region of Canada and are living in residence, but you would would prefer to vote in SAIT’s electoral district, you must complete a Letter of Residence and have it signed by a Residence Services administrator.
🐣 See what’s new at the Reg Erhardt Library
Find out what’s happening at the library in our online Library Digest for April!
- Browse a selection of our renewable energy books for Earth Day.
- Check out some of our new popular fiction titles for spring.
- Get tips on finding and using images for academic purposes.
- Find out about technology upgrades in our library spaces.
Don’t forget to pop into the library for a visit, where you can take a poem from our Poetree for inspiration, check out the OWL’s “Ace Your Exams” wellness display, borrow books or equipment and of course, ask us questions at the information desk!
💬 Join our English Conversation Partners program
Our English Conversation Partners program gives English as an additional language speakers an opportunity to meet with a fluent English-speaking volunteer for one hour weekly — either online or in person. It's a great way to make new friends, share cultural experiences and improve language abilities.
Are you an English as an additional language student?
Are you a fluent English speaker?
Register here🤝 Be a peer mentor or mentee next semester
Newer to SAIT? Get a peer mentor!Start strong with support from a successful senior student who can answer your questions, help you build confidence and connect you to campus life. Studies show students with mentors have higher GPAs, better program completion rates and more motivation.
Confident in your SAIT routine? Be a peer mentor!Pay it forward while building leadership skills and boosting your resume. Support a first-year student, grow your confidence and gain valuable experience while earning co-curricular credit.
Questions? Email student.engagement@sait.ca.
Join the peer mentorship program
😁 Get real work experience with LEADS
Develop your leadership skills, engage in meaningful campus activities and make a positive impact on the SAIT community by joining SAIT's Student Leadership Program, LEADS. Positions are open within several SAIT schools and administrative groups.
More upcoming events you may be interested in
What else you should know
ICYMI
- A section of 10 Street NW (north of 3 Ave NW and south of 5 Ave NW) will be closed from until Sunday, April 6 as part of the Gladstone connect project. Follow detour signage and plan your route accordingly.
- 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.
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.