SAIT is opening an Advanced Digital Tech school in a historic downtown spot
Technology changes faster and more often than all of the times Snoop Dog changed his name in the early 2000s. It’s not hard to fall behind – which is why today’s news is so exciting! In order to address the growing gap between those looking for a job in Calgary and the available jobs, SAIT has announced that they will be opening a School for Advanced Digital Technology in the inner city.
SAIT’s new campus will actually be funded by an incredible $30 million donated by YYC businessman and philanthropist, David Bissett, and has been promised an additional $8.2 million by the City of Calgary, which will be invested over a 5 year period. Side note: can you imagine what it would be like to have so much money you could just donate $30 mill? Wowza.
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“SAIT is committed to being part of rebuilding our economy, and through the School for Advanced Digital Technology we are creating a tech-savvy talent pipeline — positioning SAIT graduates as the ones to hire, and Calgary as a city that can meet the talent needs of any business,” said SAIT President and CEO, Dr. David Ross in a statement.
“Our goal is to ensure students — whether they are career starters or career changers — have the digital literacy, personal agility and entrepreneurial spirit to succeed in a future powered by technology.”
The school, which will occupy the historic Odd Fellows building on 6th Avenue downtown will open January of 2021 just in time for the winter semester – so get applying, folks!
To read SAIT’s entire statement on the School for Advanced Digital Technology check out their website here. If you’re more of a visual type, you can also just take a look at their super fun announcement video above. This is major, folks. Lives are about to change!
