Life is full of opportunity. That’s something I’ve known ever since I was born. Being in the right place at the right time has a lot to do with things. That’s something I’ll figure out later. My loving parents will tell me all about the day I arrived. They’ll explain that I came into the […]
Business grad tackles templates and builds a global career Steve Harris is the quintessential Calgary internet entrepreneur. After graduating with honours from SAIT’s Business Administration, Marketing diploma program in 2006, Harris immediately established a freelance design company called Visual...
Inspiring instructors, inspiring research, inspiring alumni — all linked by SAIT’s history of creating opportunities for ideas and innovation to take hold and take shape. T’S 11 A.M. ON A WINTERY JANUARY MORNING, but this Grade 9 class is miles away from its usual Monday routine. Instead, three...
When Art Kung arrived at SAIT in the late 1980s, he was a young man looking for adventure. He graduated from the Emergency Medical Technician program with the skills to save people’s lives. Now, 27 years later, Kung has returned to SAIT. As one of five chaplains working out of SAIT’s Interfaith Centre,...
CHALLENGE: THERE’S BUILDING A BETTER MOUSETRAP. AND THEN THERE’S AVOIDING THE SANDTRAP. Two years ago, Calgary’s Derek Rucki and fellow young entrepreneur Stefan Radeta launched TLink, an ultralightweight GPS golf watch and pedometer that gives golfers precise yardage information for more than...
New lab gives entrepreneurs access to essential services CHALLENGE: FOR ENTREPRENEURS, THE ROAD FROM PLANNING TO PRODUCTION IS RARELY SMOOTH. You’ve had your “a-ha!” moment. You’ve done your share of research. But what about building and testing a prototype? Protecting your intellectual property?...
SAIT’s 100 Projects Project reaches beyond its goal to celebrate Canada’s sesquicentennial On Valentine’s Day, some 50 SAIT alumni, students, staff and donors arrived at the Canadian Blood Services downtown clinic, eager to donate blood. They were greeted by SAIT volunteers offering heart-shaped...
Over one festive weekend last October, the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology celebrated 100 years, welcoming alumni, the SAIT community and the entire city to three days of sparkling birthday celebrations. The party started on Oct. 13 with An Evening of History. In the Making, a one-night-only...
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‘Smart glass’ application offers SAIT glazier apprentice students a transparent advantage CHALLENGE: The construction industry, like countless other facets of our daily lives is “rolling up” to virtual reality. Blueprints are no longer tucked away in tubes for a meeting next week. In today’s...
