On top of North Hill on Jan. 18, 1921, a shovel struck the earth and construction on Heritage Hall was underway. It was a long time in the making – PITA (Provincial Institute of Technology and Art) had been operating since 1916 in the temporary location of the Colonel James Walker School. The ground...
How do you grab the interest of a classroom full of students who like working with their hands, then keep that interest throughout a whole course based largely on theory and research? Tap into their passion and use it as a tool to educate, says SAIT School of Transportation instructor, Wade Anderson....
Sitting in a SAIT coffee shop, Doug Craig takes a sip from his mug. The subject of Santa comes up. It brings a big smile to his face, a sparkle to his eye and then jolly old St. Nick magically appears. Craig says Santa Claus has been part of his life for decades. In fact […]
The SAIT student voice is strong The results of a SAIT Student Association (SAITSA) referendum are in and students voted “yes” for a new SAITSA headquarters. The new student building will help SAITSA meet its 2015-18 Strategic Plan goal of student space expansion. Brigitte Matheson, SAITSA...
As a boy, Ian MacDougall (PCK ’11) remembers standing on a stool, his chin barely grazing the top of the counter, so he could help his grandmother make homemade pasta or roll out dough for gnocchi. Now 23 years old and working as the chef de partie of the meat section at Calgary restaurant, Model...
