Nov 12th - 16th

After a rocky start I finally made it on the road for my recruiting week in Western Alberta, joining me was Steve from the University of Calgary. This week we visited schools in Edson, Hinton, Jasper, Drayton Valley, Spruce Grove, Whitecourt and Westlock. This was my first time in Jasper and I was amazed at how beautiful it is, and how many caribou we saw. I stayed at a fantastic place called Park Place Inn, I would highly recommend it.

While in Drayton Valley I met our new SAIT mascot. He is a three week old puppy and was sure a big hit with the students.



I answered lots of questions during this trip about our School of Business it seems everyone wants to own their own company.

November 4th-7th

I am back in Saskatchewan to attend the 10th annual See Your Future Education and Career Fair in Saskatoon and Regina. This time I was able to fly, so the 48 min flight was much more enjoyable than the seven hour road trip. As a new recruiter these events were certainty the largest I have attended. This picture is looking out from my booth.



The organizers anticipated that over 1,000 participants would attend from all over Saskatchewan. I was set up next to NAIT which supported us promoting technical schools in Alberta. I was surprised that many students had not heard of SAIT so I referred to us as the Calgary SIAST. The students that did know about SAIT were very keen to learn more about their program of interest. I had lots of great questions about Health and Information and Communication Technology programs.

As SAIT’s application date is November 1st it surprised students to know that they can already apply for post-secondary.

I traveled from Saskatoon to Regina with St. Mary's and University of Calgary. As you can see traveling light meant different things to each of us.

October 12- 19th

It’s been a busy week for me. I started of at a weekend event called Dreamcatcher Aboriginal Youth Conference. This was in Edmonton at the Grant MacEwan College. It brought together youth from Alberta’s Aboriginal tribes. There were interesting sessions for participants to attend which included: music and dance, story telling, youth empowerment to name a few.

After the event I headed off to Lloydminster to start recruiting in Eastern Alberta. It was a short recruiting week that took me through the beautiful rural Alberta areas of Provost, Wainwright and Vegerville. It is the perfect time for travel as the fall colors are beautiful. One of the coolest things I saw was hay bails set up to say “HI” unfortunately I didn’t have my camera ready. I did many presentations to students during this trip and was able to answer lots of questions about SAIT’s programs, and student services.

I headed back to Edmonton where Jay met me for ELAA’s Annual Counsellor Conference. This was a great opportunity to meet Counsellors and Career Practitioners from all over Alberta. After the event all of the recruiters went to West Edmonton Mall for an evening of bowling. I particularly enjoyed this night as I beat Jay (who claimed to be a competitive bowler) by 12 points.