Fake news is more than just incorrect; it’s produced specifically to deceive. And the problem is growing, particularly on social media. 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...
SAIT Trojans will start a new year of sports competition with an edgier, revamped look to their classic logo and story. The new logo updates the iconic Trojans red-plumed helmet and was developed based on extensive market research and consultation with students, employees and alumni. “It was a team...
Civil Engineer Margaret Kuzyk defines innovation as the “ability to find better solutions to problems” — and those innovations are keeping her profession in a constant state of evolution. When Kuzyk began her career more than 30 years ago, regulatory construction codes measured the minimum standard...
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...
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...
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...
After a strong showing by SAIT competitors at the 2018 Skills Canada Alberta Competition in May, five SAIT students won medals at the Skills Canada National Competition in June. Taylor Desjardins (shown above) took gold in Cabinetmaking and Brandon Mintz won gold in Precision Machining. Cassidy Lindseth...
On June 13, School of Business instructor Mike Clovechok received the title of emeritus during one of SAIT’s spring 2018 convocation ceremonies. He is the first instructor to receive the emeritus title, which is awarded to a retired employee who, through contributions to student success, teaching or research,...
In March, Festus Adebisi became a guest lecturer with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the world’s largest anti-fraud organization and premier provider of anti-fraud training and education. A Certified Fraud Examiner, Adebisi is one of only three Canadian guest lecturers with...
A unique tilting solar carport has been installed on the south side of SAIT’s Green Building Technologies (GBT) Lab and Demonstration Centre. Covering six stalls, the carport combines solar panels on its roof with solar tracking technology. By tilting to follow the sun — the panels are designed to tilt...
