Around the globe, urbanization is leading to the construction of ever-higher commercial and residential buildings. This is a feasible strategy for housing large populations in small geographic areas but, in an emergency, tall buildings can severely compromise rescue efforts. The consequences can be fatal....
When Kuzyk began her career more than 30 years ago, regulatory construction codes measured the minimum standard for public safety. Today Kuzyk is a leading expert in building codes who says social concerns — such as energy efficiency and wheelchair accessibility — are being translated into public...
Trojan Calvin Campbell (CCT ’03) fends off a player from the Concordia Thunder during the 2003 season, when the men’s soccer team won the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC) Ron Lavery Fair Play Award. Trojans student-athletes are renowned for their determination and spirit, which...
Class Notes is your opportunity to reconnect with classmates and tell them what you’ve been up to since graduation. Submit a note and your update may be included below as well as in the next print edition of LINK. 1930s CLARENCE HOLLINGWORTH EET ’34, HOND ’15 In March, Clarence turned 103....
As much as she enjoys being in the kitchen, award-winning chef Connie DeSousa also loves connecting with the people enjoying her food. She makes a habit of spending time at their tables, hearing their stories and sharing stories of her own — including how she earned her nickname “ballerina butcher.”...
Ryan Scott’s entrepreneurial spirit is helping Avalon Master Builder meet growing consumer demand for sustainable homes. As his mid-size company thrives in a competitive industry dominated by larger players, LINK talks with Scott about hard lessons, entrepreneurship and the value of keeping it simple....
Jennifer Dalen’s award-winning career in radio started in a statistics class. She remembers “not enjoying” learning about probability — and she remembers starting to think maybe her mom was right. Maybe instead of business school, she should pursue a career in communications. So Dalen switched...
FMD003: Flow management devices unidirectional captive displacement prover This meter prover introduces SAIT students and apprentices to equipment they’ll be using in the field. Inside SAIT’s Endress+Hauser Instrumentation Engineering Technology Process Lab are rows of metal stands fitted with meters...
That’s why SAIT journalism instructor and a SAIT Cisco Research Chair in e-Learning, Tyler Nagel, is researching how fake news impacts SAIT students. In a wide-ranging survey Nagel conducted in late 2017, a majority of the 1,467 students who responded confessed to inadvertently sharing inaccurate information...
As Alberta’s economy diversifies and Calgary places new energy into becoming a hub for innovation, SAIT continues to respond to growing industry demand. New seats for students In August, the provincial government announced 146 new spots for students in the School of Information and Communications Technologies...
