Features
The GO Plan
by SAIT Polytechnic | April 4, 2012
This fall, the 740,000 square-foot, $400 million Trades and Technology Complex will open its doors on SAIT's main campus. When it does, it will be cause for celebration, and plenty... Read More »
The Road to London
by Todd Kimberley | April 4, 2012
The Olympic sport of modern pentathlon essentially defines the term "multitasking." But last October during the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, with a ticket to the Olympic... Read More »
25 Years Behind the Bench
by Alison O'Connor | April 4, 2012
Since 1987, Babey has coached nearly 1,200 young athletes, has won a record number of post secondary hockey games and has brought home three International Ice Hockey Federation gold... Read More »
SAIT honours two outstanding graduates
by Alison O'Connor | February 27, 2012
The reception honoured Dennis Chorney, a well-known Calgary businessman as the 2011 Distinguished Alumnus and Shiva Jahanshah, an award winning Calgary reporter and broadcaster, as... Read More »
Passionate leadership, personified
by Lori Pichette | January 2, 2012
When I found SAIT, I found a direction, a purpose and a vocation that I knew I was meant for,” Chorney said. “While I have furthered my education since leaving SAIT, most of what... Read More »
What Shiva Wants
by Julie Sengl | January 2, 2012
In Grade 8, Shiva Jahanshah (CTSR ‘03) picked up her Mom and Dad’s camcorder and headed out to interview the friends of a boy who used to ride her school bus. Word on the street... Read More »
Solid Foundations
by Carolynn Semeniuk | January 2, 2012
Like the Mountain Ash tree he climbed at his grandparent’s house in Altadore when he was young, Williams’ work, his friendships and even his home are deeply entrenched in his beginnings... Read More »
Trades Knowledge a Gift to the Community
by Carly McConachie | September 27, 2011
The SAIT automotive service technician instructor spent his summer vacation teaching, but instead of a state-of-the art automotive workshop, picture an open-air thatched roof structure... Read More »
Friends join together for $4 million gift
by SAIT Polytechnic | September 26, 2011
Doug Ramsay and his wife Susan today announced their generous gift of three million dollars, along with friend and business partner Ron Mathison, who also pledged a one million dollar... Read More »
Digital Storyteller
by Heather Setka | July 25, 2011
It was the early ‘80s and music videos were just gaining popularity. August was a musician who’d begun touring at age 16. But when August witnessed the flash and fanfare of MTV... Read More »
Solar to the People
by Christie Simmons | July 25, 2011
It's been long understood that man will reach for the stars in pursuit of victory where competition is concerned. But it's all because of one friendly competition that Derrick MacAskill... Read More »
Village Reborn
by Eric Rosenbaum | July 25, 2011
The facts roll off his tongue as he lists off his challenges and accomplishments in helping transform Calgary’s long suffering east end into a viable community. Ollenberger (CET... Read More »
Family Recognizes Mentor Through $7 Million Donation
by SAIT Polytechnic | July 5, 2011
It started decades ago when a Petroleum Technology student nearly gave up on his education at SAIT. His instructor and mentor urged him to stay and finish. Decades later that student... Read More »
Cycle Vision
by Melanie Jones | April 15, 2011
And Frankowski’s story isn’t a story about a filmmaker, a photographer or even a mountain biker. It’s a story about a way of seeing; a way of looking at the world as a series... Read More »
Beyond the Comfort Zone
by Eric Rosenbaum | April 15, 2011
Greg Kolodziejzyk likes to scare himself. That’s how he explains his decision to walk away from his successful graphic design business to push his body to its limits through extreme... Read More »
Form, Function and Flexibility
by Christie Simmons | April 15, 2011
The Trades and Technology Complex will add an impressive 740,000 square feet of new space to SAIT Polytechnic's campus. But this expansion is so much more than added square footage... Read More »
SAIT Honours Two Exceptional Graduates
by Alison O'Connor | February 17, 2011
Pat Morrow (JA ’73), one of the world’s foremost adventure photographers and filmmakers, was named as SAIT’s 29th recipient of the Distinguished Alumni award. Pat’s accomplishments... Read More »
Flying Cars Not Sci Fi Anymore
by Mickey Ellinger | December 1, 2010
Using lightweight composite materials and a Wankel rotary engine, Dr. Paul Moller has designed and built “flying” crafts, including a Jetson-inspired flying saucer design that... Read More »
Mountain Man
by Christie Simmons | December 1, 2010
“I’ve seen mountain ranges around the world that are desecrated,” says Morrow. “It’s really driven home how precious our own backyard is!”In the early 1970s, Morrow collaborated... Read More »
President's Gala Thanks Roger Jarvis and Founding Builders
by Alison O'Connor | October 29, 2010
A different side of SAIT was revealed to the nearly 400 guests at President’s Gala 2010, October 28. Upon arrival, each guest was guided through the path of time into the Heart Atrium... Read More »
Two inspired families give $10 million to SAIT
October 22, 2010
SAIT Polytechnic’s Trades and Technology Complex received another huge boost when the families of two SAIT alumni – David Johnson and Murray Cobbe – announced they will each... Read More »
Learning From the Garden Up
by dee Hobsbawn-Smith | September 7, 2010
When chef-instructor Andrew Hewson asked a student to fetch a bunch of basil from the refrigerator, he was shocked – and appalled – when his student returned with a handful of... Read More »
Haiti - Heart of Healing Continued
by Melanie Jones | September 7, 2010
The team treated an average of about 150 patients per day. “By the time we got there, major surgeries, like fractures and amputations, were done,” says EMT instructor Gerald Edwards... Read More »
Design Tips and Trends for 2011
by Lauren Kromm | September 7, 2010
Identify the mood you would like to create in the room. Consider an actual statement or description that would describe the look you would like it to create. Words such as clean and... Read More »
LAUNCH Winners Announced
July 8, 2010
David Milan a 2009 graduate from SAIT’s Film and Video Production program has become the first winner of the LAUNCH business plan competition – designed to encourage young entrepreneurs... Read More »
How to build an empire, one satisfied homeowner at a time
by Colleen Lavender | January 6, 2010
Tom Mauro loves action, adventure, cars and quality construction. The founder of luxury builder Albi Homes will happily jump on a plane today to play golf with a buddy in Atlanta tomorrow... Read More »
Cohos Commons provides home field advantage
by Jen Blackwood | September 6, 2009
Isn’t the usual mass of concrete and steel, that is. SAIT’s new parking structure, set to open this fall after nearly two years of construction on Cohos Commons, south of Heritage... Read More »
Learn from the past, mentor for the future
by Colleen Lavender | May 6, 2009
Jim Fehr is bringing sexy back. To the trades, at least. The sheet metal instructor in the School of Construction at SAIT is involved with skills competitions at the provincial,... Read More »
Swimming in the deep end
by Colleen Lavender | January 6, 2009
Al Browne is exhausting. To say that he has his fingers in a lot of pies (or should that be cheesecakes?) is an understatement. As the owner of restaurants in Calgary and elsewhere... Read More »
Brothel Justice
by Theresa Tayler | September 10, 2008
“When you go into a community and stay with people for ten months it’s going to get messy. You’re going toform relationships,” says Keller, who traveled to the South Asian... Read More »
The Passion and Artistry of Work
by Anne Georg | May 10, 2008
Academics have long debated where to draw the line between art and craft. And it appears that despite much gnashing of teeth and rolling of eyes, they are still no closer to an answer... Read More »
Keith MacPhail
by Linda Symmes | January 10, 2008
As a youngster living in Medicine Hat with six siblings and his parents, Keith would often help his dad on their farm. “My teenage years were largely spent circling the fields on... Read More »
Chopper Style
by Jennifer Lowery | September 10, 2007
In the basement of the Thomas Riley building, locked in a small room that can only be accessed by a few, is a dirty secret. It's oily, rough, defiant and when provoked, louder than... Read More »
Ins and outs of the workplace
by Karen Drummond | May 10, 2007
We've heard tales of the hot Alberta job market: employees not turning up for work on their first day because they got a better offer; employers scratching their heads and losing sleep... Read More »
2006 Distinguished Alumna a model community builder
by Christie Simmons | January 10, 2007
If making connections and helping others get and remain connected were a simple matter of clicking plastic toy pieces together, Bev Longstaff, EGT ’78, would have a full-on Lego... Read More »
