THE MAGAZINE FOR SAIT ALUMNI Fall 2017

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It’s not often you have the chance for a Finally, we were inspired to show off this sait.ca/alumni. makeover. I’ve thought about a complete redo amazing place through the compelling stories And so voila! We hope you’re as excited as many times: resetting my perspective, chang- of its people and its graduates, and to share we are about the “new” LINK. It’s an alumni ing my glasses, contemplating a slower-paced those stories in the best way possible. Bigger magazine that we think looks more like SAIT lifestyle. Changing my hairstyle is no longer pictures, more space to go deeper into current (remember the bowling alley in Campus an option, sadly. topics, more flexibility in how we engage with Centre?), feels more like us and sounds more When it came time for SAIT to redo our our readers — you’ll find them all in this issue. like us. And because this school is so deeply alumni magazine — it’s been seven years since There are stories about technology and connected with our city, we hope it’s also a the last LINK redesign — we were motivated stories about innovation (see “Preserving Time” great read for the non-SAIT reader — one that by a number of things. First, SAIT has turned on page 38); an exploration of teamwork and might even offer a few surprises. 100 years old. For the few that have reached trends (see “Escaping the Ordinary” on page Did we hit the mark? Drop us an email that milestone, that’s a pretty good reason to 22); and profiles of the 2017 recipients of at [email protected] and share your thoughts. do a makeover. Second, we asked our alumni SAIT’s Alumni Awards (see “A Community of We’d also love to hear the stories of your own for their thoughts about LINK. We listened Excellence” on page 26). personal redo. Welcome to our second century, and gained valuable insight into the stories You’ll also find web-exclusive interviews SAIT alumni! you enjoy and the stories you’d like to read. and video in the digital version of LINK at

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CELEBRATING 50 YEARS WHO’LL HARVEST THE RAIN? PRO TIPS Five programs in the School of Information Applied Research and Innovation Services As Alberta’s carbon tax nears its first birthday, and Communications Technologies are (ARIS) receives a grant for rainwater SAIT appliance service expert Frank Villalobos celebrating their 50th anniversaries.  06 harvesting research and an award shares efficiency tips for one of the biggest recognizing applied research innovation energy drains in any home: the fridge.  11 SKILLS SUCCESS excellence.  09 SAIT students bring home the hardware HANDS ON after winning medals in skills competitions PROFILE: HEATHER MAGOTIAUX Get up close with one of the most-used at provincial and national levels — then set SAIT’s new Vice President, External Relations machines in the School of Manufacturing their sights on WorldSkills.  07 Heather Magotiaux talks about her definition and Automation’s Millwright, Machinist of innovation, the value of polytechnics and and Natural Gas Compression Technician 203 ACTS OF KINDNESS staying connected with alumni.  09 program.  12 Take one ambitious goal; inspire students, alumni, employees and friends to surpass it HERE, THERE BE TRILOBITES ON TREND — then set an even more ambitious goal. How What’s new, what’s notable and what’s very, else to celebrate Canada’s 150th?  08 very, very old on campus.  10 ESCAPING THE ORDINARY  22

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WHEN SAFE ISN’T SIMPLE PROFILES Publications Mail Agreement No.40064317 Will the provincial government’s Westray Jordan Chappell (LIT ’14)  37 Return undeliverable  43 Canadian addresses to: Memorandum of Understanding be enough Whitley Williamson (ACKP ’16) Circulation Department to make Albertans more vigilant about safety 1301 – 16 Ave. NW Calgary, AB T2M 0L4 in the workplace?  14 INNOVATION Anatomy of a time capsule.  38 ON THE COVER: A COMMUNITY OF EXCELLENCE Avree Bujaczek (BCPM ’15) loves her construction career — and As SAIT celebrates 30 years of its Alumni LOOKING BACK  40 she’s dedicated to helping more women and peers under the age Awards, discover the achievements of the of 35 to build careers in the 2017 Distinguished Alumni and Outstanding CLASS NOTES  41 industry. She’s also one of five  26 recipients to be honoured with Young Alumni Awards recipients. a SAIT 2017 Alumni Award. CALENDAR OF EVENTS  47 COVERING COMMUNITY Weekly newspapers are often the only source ON THE JOB for local news and a launching pad for young A forensic video analyst discusses journalists. LINK investigates their future in telling details, technical skill and taking an increasingly digital landscape.  32 the stand.  48

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Fall 2017 Online Contents 05 QUICK START

CELEBRATING 50 YEARS

WHEN THE TOWER BUILDING (NOW CALLED THE SENATOR BURNS BUILDING) OPENED IN 1967, ENROLMENT AT SAIT DOUBLED AND SEVEN NEW PROGRAMS WERE INTRODUCED. TODAY FIVE OF THOSE PROGRAMS — NOW IN THE SCHOOL OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES — CELEBRATE THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARIES. LINK PAYS TRIBUTE WITH THIS OVERVIEW AND MINI-TIMELINE — PLUS A CLASS NOTES TAKE-OVER (SEE PAGE 41). B) SAIT ARCHIVES PHOTOS ARCHIVES SAIT

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1967 1983 1988 1999 / The English Department / The Library Arts / Calgary hosts the XV / SAIT’s Computer becomes the program, in conjunction Olympic Winter Games. Technology diploma Communication Arts with Edmonton’s Grant Cinema, Television, program is the Department. It has six MacEwan Community Stage and Radio Institute’s most highly instructors and 68 College, is granted students and faculty are subscribed program, students. approval to begin to heavily involved in with 643 applications upgrade the training of presentation of the for 90 available seats. rural library technicians Games on CTV and in Alberta. other TV broadcasters. 1906 LINK 67  0 1

A) The Television, Stage and Radio Arts program was an education pioneer, teaching students in the first closed-circuit colour TV system west of Toronto. The industry has evolved from analog to digital, and from standard to high-definition, yet today’s program remains cutting edge and reflects the convergence of radio, TV and print. Now called Radio, Television and Broadcast News, it prepares students to tell stories through multiple media. B) SAIT’s 1967 Academic Calendar described “the increas- ing burden” of “the so-called ‘information explosion’” and how the new Library Arts program was planned  02 — with advice from public, business and university SAIT’S BIRTHDAY GREETING TO CANADA librarians — to provide business and technical skills for efficient library operations. Today’sLibrary Information In June, 328 SAIT employees — 100 of them alumni — formed a giant “150” Technology program provides high-tech information on the Cohos Commons Field as, 40 metres above, an unmanned aerial vehicle navigation skills highly sought after by industry. captured the image. A computer program and the expertise of Mike Jewitt, C) The Graphic Arts Administration program provided Manager of Youth Campus Operations with the Calgary Stampede, helped map training in print production techniques, business and out where each employee should stand. Posted just before Canada Day, the image sales. Today’s Graphic Communications and Print Tech- was retweeted by @JustinTrudeau and in total reached nearly 412,700 social nology program trains people for commercial printers or media users on Twitter (285, 517), Facebook (86,946), Instagram (5,154) and publishing companies, advertising agencies or graphic LinkedIn (35,082). arts firms. Courses include web and print production, Watch video timelapse of the greeting’s creation layout and visual design. in the digital version of LINK at sait.ca/alumni. D) TheJournalism Administration program was developed in consultation with editors, publishers and business- people from daily and weekly newspapers, and was intended to give graduates as broad a background as possible. Today’s Journalism program has a grad employ- ment rate of 94 per cent and offers concentrations in photojournalism and print/online journalism. E) In 1967, the Computer Technology program was offered by the Mathematics and Physics Department. It met industry need for programmers and system analysts doing routine programming, program maintenance and machine operation. Today’s Information Technology program prepares graduates for careers as information technology specialists or consultants, and offers four concentrations: computer systems, network systems, telecom systems or software development.  03 SKILLS SUCCESS

In May, 17 SAIT competitors at the Skills Canada Alberta Competition won medals and earned places on Team Alberta. At the 23rd Skills Canada 2010 2016 National Competition in early June, eight SAIT competitors captured two gold, / The purchase of a new / Prime Minister Justin four-colour Heidelberg Trudeau drops by SAIT two silver and three bronze medals. At press time, four students are undergoing Speedmaster SM 52-4 during a visit to Calgary the WorldSkills Canadian Trials in hopes of officially qualifying for and printing press makes to promote the trades. SAIT one of Canada’s He meets with 16 competing in the 2017 WorldSkills Competition. Watch SAIT social media best-equipped digital carpentry students in to follow their progress! graphic training a small event closed programs. to all — except SAIT Journalism students and other media. QUICK START 07  06

203 ACTS OF KINDNESS

SAIT’s 100 Projects Project rallied students, alumni, employees and friends to complete 100 charitable acts during the Institute’s centennial year. When it became clear SAIT would surpass that goal, it was raised to 150 projects in celebration of Canada’s sesquicentennial. By June 30, 203 projects were completed — from cooking for those in need, to collecting donations for PAWS Animal Rescue and other organizations, to creating opportunities for students such as mentoring and learning trips.

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CULTIVATING CULINARY ENTREPRENEURS

The Tastemarket is a new enterprise in downtown Calgary that’s helping top SAIT culinary alumni learn business operations, finance, regulations and human resource management. Located at 444 7th Ave. S.W. and open Monday to Friday, it is home to the Culinary Entrepreneurship post-diploma certificate, a year-long program that immerses 32 students in a real-world hospitality establishment. “We are offering the next generation of culinary industry leaders the knowledge and skills required to operate a business, produce creative solutions, nurture high-performing teams and drive product development,” says Tom Bornhorst (HMGT ’86), Associate Vice President, Learner and Academic Services.

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TROJANS QUINTUPLE AWARD WINNERS

The Trojans Outreach Program received a record fifth Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) Community Service Award in June for the 100 Athletes, 100 Projects, SAIT 100 initiative. Between May 2016 and May 2017, SAIT staff, coaches and student-athletes set out to complete 100 charitable projects in celebration of SAIT’s centennial.

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PROFILE: HEATHER MAGOTIAUX

SAIT’s new Vice President, External Relations Heather Magotiaux is a strong supporter of higher education — she was Vice-President of Advancement at the University of Saskatchewan for 12 years and at St. Francis Xavier University for two years. Most recently, she served as CEO of the Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF), where she became interested in the link between research and innovation. Magotiaux believes polytechnics have a critical role to play in fostering innovation, which she defines as “knowledge made useful.” As she begins her new role, Magotiaux talks with LINK about innovation, competitiveness and creating connections. What insight into innovation did you gain from your work at SHRF? I believed that investments in health research should result in a higher quality of life for  07 people. We began to support teams of researchers that included health care MASTER CHEF practitioners, patients and their families, and system decision-makers, and I found that approach provided greater innovation in practice. I see a close linkage SAIT chef and professional cooking instructor Michael between that approach and the work of polytechnics, where hands-on learning, Allemeier has earned his Master Chef certification — connections with industry and responsiveness to the economy help create new the highest culinary designation in Canada — from the areas of study and new opportunities for students. Canadian Culinary Institute. Allemeier is only the third Why do you think polytechnics are important? Canada has invested heavily person to receive this designation, which involved four in fostering innovation in our country, in hopes of increasing our economic years of intense study and exams. competitiveness and stimulating the development of new products, technologies and methodologies. Unfortunately, only a small percentage of that funding has 08 been invested in the polytechnic sector; I think greater investment here would EDDT ACHIEVES move skills and intelligence into the marketplace more quickly. Many people don’t NATIONAL ACCREDITATION know enough about the contributions polytechnics can make, and it’s our respon- sibility as a sector to demonstrate that. SAIT’s Engineering Design and Drafting Technology How? Because many of our decision-makers are unfamiliar with polytechnics, (EDDT) program has received a certificate from we need to challenge assumptions and demonstrate our value to all levels of govern- Technology Accreditation Canada (TAC) recognizing ment, and to continue building relationships with others who can speak to the national program accreditation for a five-year period. value we bring to the table: corporate partners, industry partners, our alumni. TAC noted the program’s strong connection with What role do you see alumni playing? Our alumni are great advocates and a industry, including resume writing workshops, an great resource, so we’re working to engage our alumni more deeply in an ongoing industry night and the capstone project showcase relationship. They tell us what made a SAIT education valuable in their lives, and event which provides networking and skills what would have made it better. And, because ongoing education is vital in today’s development opportunities for students. economy, we want to stay connected with alumni as a learning partner throughout their lives. 09

WHO’LL HARVEST THE RAIN?

Rainwater harvesting collects rain from hard surfaces, then stores and uses it again. At the Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) conference in May, SAIT’s Green Building Technologies research team received $100,625 from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) College and Community Innovation Program to purchase rainwater harvesting, testing and monitoring equipment and to raise awareness of rainwater harvesting among builders and developers. CICan also named SAIT the gold recipient of the Applied Research Innovation Excellence Award, recognizing applied research partnerships created and fostered through SAIT’s Applied Research and Innovation Services (ARIS).

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AN EXPLORER’S GUIDE TO CAMPUS FOR FOSSIL FANS, FOODIES, GARDENERS, ART LOVERS AND INDUSTRY-LEADING GREEN TECHNOLOGY INNOVATORS.

01 03 Oct. 12 through late April, it plus trace fossils made by Green Building Technologies John Ware Building is supported by the Michelle burrowing sea life (likely shrimp) Lab and Demonstration Centre Thanks in large part to $20.7 O’Reilly Charcuterie Lab — a looking for food. The first net-zero commercial million in federal support program recognized with a building in Calgary, this nearly through the Post-Secondary League for Innovation 2016/17 07 600-metre-square, multi-million Institutions Strategic Investment Innovation of the Year Award. Centennial time capsule dollar facility trains students and Fund, two of SAIT’s oldest This SAIT-made capsule will be researchers in clean technologies. buildings — the John Ware and 05 opened by the Class of 2116 on Opened in June, it’s expanding the Senator Burns Buildings — Short-term meter parking our 200th birthday. Learn more SAIT’s collaborations with are having their electrical and $5 in Lots P9 and P9B buys you on page 38. industry in the flourishing green utility infrastructures overhauled up to one hour — enough time technology marketplace. to be more environmentally to visit the Marketplace, the 08 sustainable and to operate Butchery, the Bookstore or the Indigenous Species 02 more efficiently. The exterior Reg Erhardt Library. Biome Garden The Catalyst of the John Ware is also being Plants native to Alberta’s Almost five metres wide and modernized. 06 foothills flourish in this urban five metres tall, this spectacular Senator Burns Building fossils meadow, a collaborative project art installation by SAIT alumnus 04 The Burns Building is clad funded by SAIT’s centennial 100 Michael Perks (AMWP ‘06) of The Butchery Lab with Tyndall stone, a type of Projects Project. It’s a living lab Little Monkey Metal Works Step up to the counter of this limestone formed 450 million for biology students in Academic interprets SAIT’s brand and living classroom that sells meat years ago in shallow lagoons Upgrading that showcases the celebrates our centennial. Watch products prepared by students in today’s Manitoba. Even the biodiversity of our region and the video on SAIT’s YouTube in the Butchery and Charcuterie quickest look lets you see fossils features plants important to channel. Management program. Open of gastropods, brachiopods, First Nations communities. Thursdays 11 am to 1 pm from trilobites, corals and snails,

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CLEAR OUT, CLEAN UP AND CHILL OUT

YOUR FRIDGE CAN BE ONE OF YOUR HOME’S BIGGEST ENERGY-CONSUMING APPLIANCES BECAUSE IT RUNS 24/7.

“It cycles on and off to keep things cool,” says SAIT Appliance Service Technician instructor Frank Villalobos. With the introduction of Alberta’s carbon tax — plus rebates of up to $100 on select energy efficient appliances — it might be tempting to buy new. But, Villalobos says, that can impact the environment, too. Here are his tips on when to replace and what to do in the meantime.

BE MINDFUL OF LANDFILL LET FOOD COOL FIRST The carbon tax encourages people Putting warm food in the fridge is a to be more energy efficient, which is major drain on efficiency — and so always a good thing. But I hope people 4 is leaving the door open. don’t throw out working appliances — that creates a bunch of landfill issues. 1 A new fridge means a difference of about a dollar a month on an energy SHOPPING GUIDE bill, so I suggest you only replace your If a new fridge is a must, look for a top fridge if it’s broken down or more than freezer model with an EnerGuide rating 10 years old. of 500 kwh/year or less — you can find 5 reliable models for about $800. CURATE YOUR FRIDGE Fridges need proper air circulation. 2 Avoid putting in too much food — TIP: TOP especially in the freezer — so you Top freezer fridges use cold air’s natural don’t restrict airflow. tendency to settle downwards, making 6 them more energy efficient. CLEAN THE COILS If the condenser unit (the black tubing either behind or under the fridge) is KEEP IT SIMPLE clogged with dust or pet hair, the fridge The more complicated the fridge, the must run more often. Clean the coils 3 more chance it’s going to break down. at least once a year, and invest in a Simpler fridges are also less expensive, 7 refrigerator coil cleaning brush to use less energy and often last longer. make the job easier.

PRO TIPS 11 HANDS ON \ HAAS SUPER VF3 GREG FULMES PHOTO FULMES GREG

12 LINK POWERFUL AND INCREASINGLY PREVALENT, CNC MACHINES CONTINUE THE EVOLUTION OF MACHINING A century ago, metal working was advanced technology. This fall, two labs will open in the Thomas Riley Building to house SAIT’s CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machines, thanks to a US$1-million donation from the Gene Haas Foundation. “Two years ago, our curriculum was about 75 per cent manual machining and 25 per cent CNC, and now we’ve gone to about 50/50,” says Steve Wooldridge, Academic Chair of the School of Manufacturing and Automation’s Millwright, Machinist and Natural Gas Compression Technician programs. Here’s a look at one of the lab’s most highly used milling machines.

TECH ON CAMPUS

20 Multiple tools enable operators to cut and shape metals to different sizes. This machine includes a high-speed, 20-station tool changer and an automatic tool measurement system.

The parameters, processes and sequences of the machining process are tested, then programmed into the computer. Sounds simple, but an incorrect sequence is costly and dangerous with this powerful machine.

12,000 The machine’s maximum RPM is 12,000 with an inline direct drive spindle.

48x18 Thanks to its 48" by 18" table and wide doors, larger pieces of equipment can be produced in this machine.

Watch the Haas Super VF3 in action in the online version of LINK at sait.ca/alumni.

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WHEN SAFE ISN’T SIMPLE

A NEW PROVINCIAL PROTOCOL MAKES IT EASIER TO HOLD NEGLIGENT BUSINESS OWNERS CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR PUTTING WORKERS AT RISK —­ BUT IS IT ENOUGH?

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Glen Murray had just picked up construction materials and was on his way to a job site in Eckville, Alta. when the snowstorm he was driving through quickly deteriorated into a blizzard. A few months after the crash that changed Glen’s life — and He had travelled this route north and west of Red the lives of his family — forever, the Westray coal mining Deer many times, working with a farm couple to design a disaster in Nova Scotia changed many more. After repeated fully-accessible home. Now Glen was building the house warnings of serious safety concerns, leaking methane gas and his clients were planning to spend their retirement caused an explosion that killed 26 miners. The mine’s there, looking out over the fields they had farmed for years. managers were charged with criminal negligence, but never Just as Glen cleared a highway intersection, an oncoming convicted. As a result, the “Westray Bill” (Bill C-45) was vehicle swerved, came up out of the ditch and collided with passed by Parliament in 2004, making corporations and exec- his truck. In that split second, everything changed. utives criminally liable for failing to ensure safe workplaces. Glen’s injuries weren’t obvious. He wasn’t bleeding. He In the 13 years since the bill became law, several charges didn’t have any broken bones. It was an undiagnosed head have been laid — but not one of them in Alberta. injury that triggered his slow and insidious decline over “The Westray Act hasn’t lived up to its promise in terms the next two decades. Glen needed intensive support, was of holding employers accountable for negligence causing no longer able to work or drive, and lived in constant pain. injuries or death,” says Gil McGowan, President of the Still, he had an incredible will to live — Glen survived his Alberta Federation of Labour. “As a labour leader, I always physicians’ warnings of imminent death 17 times during wondered why the act wasn’t used more often by police the last five years of his life. Glen died in September 2012. forces or provincial authorities.” “His injury was purely an accident,” says Charlotte Murray, The reason, it turns out, was a procedural gap — one that Glen’s widow who teaches in the School of Health and became heartbreakingly clear in 2009. On August 1 of that Public Safety at SAIT. year, three-year-old Michelle Krsek was walking with her But not every workplace death or injury is. family in downtown Calgary when strong winds caused a

16 LINK A) Following the death of her husband after a work-related accident, Charlotte Murray helps raise awareness of workplace safety as a member of Calgary’s National Day of Mourning organizing committee. B) AND PAGES 14–15) Climbing ladders or using specialized equipment, working at a computer or in extreme weather — there are safety risks in every job. Training, protocols and procedures are vital for recognizing and eliminating or controlling hazards — and Alberta’s Westray Memorandum of Understanding is a new tool intended to help enforce workplace health and safety laws. B)

six-metre-long sheet of metal from a construction site to But is the threat of criminal prosecution enough to fall on her. She was killed instantly; her father and brother motivate those employers and managers to be more vigilant were seriously injured. about workplace safety? First on the scene, the Calgary Police Service investigated “It’s good to see police and government working together,” the little girl’s death, but were unable to lay charges — says Ryan Davis, Manager of Course Development with because a protocol for police forces in Alberta to collect the Alberta Construction Safety Association. “But while the the evidence required for a criminal prosecution under the memorandum of understanding may strengthen the ability Westray Bill did not exist. for police to investigate following a serious incident, my Now it does. Alberta’s new Westray Memorandum of personal opinion is that it doesn’t act as much of a deterrent. Understanding (also called the Krsek Protocol), was signed It’s a good gesture, but because the standard of proof in a by the provincial government and 10 police forces on April criminal prosecution is so high — you must prove wanton 28, 2017 — the same day the province was recognizing disregard for safety beyond a reasonable doubt — it makes Canada’s National Day of Mourning and the 144 Albertans a criminal conviction unlikely. And I think owners know that.” who died in 2016 from workplace injuries. Both McGowan and Davis agree that giving workplace “Something good is now coming from a horrible tragedy,” safety the priority it needs will take a comprehensive says McGowan. “The missing piece of the puzzle is in place, approach, and a larger occupational health and safety tool and police forces can now conduct investigations that will kit that includes enforcement, investigation, protection, provide evidence that could be used under the Westray Bill training and education. to hold employers criminally responsible.” For Davis, the focus must lie in early assessment and It’s not just about punishing owners or managers after control of hazards, particularly for the construction indus- the fact for putting their workers at risk, explains try. Not only is construction the largest employer group McGowan. “It’s about sending a message that workplace tracked by the province, it’s also among the most dangerous health and safety needs to be given the high priority that sectors to work in. it deserves — before accidents happen.” “There are inherent dangers in construction — working

WHEN SAFE ISN'T SIMPLE 17 KATE KUNZ PHOTO KUNZ KATE

Above: Kevin Barrett, SAIT’s Manager of Health, Safety and Environment, says the Westray Memorandum of Understanding better outlines how occupational health and safety officers work with Alberta’s police services to investigate serious workplace incidents — and expedites the process for laying charges.

18 LINK at heights, erecting structural steel, using cranes and It’s a dynamic Scott MacPherson, Dean of the School of equipment, welding and working outdoors,” he says. Construction, sees first-hand in the school’s labs, where Mitigating those risks would be most effective, Davis instructors aren’t alone in their role as safety advocates. thinks, if it happened early. “Many of our students come to SAIT having already “In a perfect world, safety practitioners and safety worked in the field, and today those students are coming to professionals would be more involved at the earliest stages us much more familiar with safety practices than they were of projects where they can focus on prevention rather than 10 years ago,” he says. “Not only are faculty holding students reacting to near misses,” he says. “Often, when smaller accountable when it comes to a worker’s rights and respon- companies decide to pursue a construction project they get sibilities around safety, we’re also seeing students holding contractors involved and meet to discuss quality control, faculty accountable. It’s a shared responsibility now, and scheduling and pricing — but there aren’t usually a whole that definitely wasn’t the case a decade ago.” lot of safety discussions at that point.” Over in the lab where Charlotte teaches her infection Moving safety to the front end of projects, Davis adds, prevention control class, safety is also at the top of the agenda. would allow for workflow design to happen through a safety “I don’t just teach infection control — I lived it through lens, and before workers ever step onto a worksite. Glen’s injuries and subsequent hospitalizations,” she says. “In other dangerous sectors like law enforcement and “So, I share our stories, using those experiences to illustrate firefighting, there are rigorous training academies, processes the things I teach.” and standards, but that type of training does not happen And although she confesses to being wary of becoming in construction,” he explains. “More often, safety training a professional widow, Charlotte continues to share Glen’s happens on the job. There are situations where workers story widely. This year, she spoke at the 2017 National Day

EVERY WORKER IN ALBERTA HAS THREE RIGHTS:

+ the right to know their hazards + the right to participate in health and safety activities + the right to refuse unsafe work

who have no experience whatsoever show up for an of Mourning ceremony in SAIT’s Aldred Centre on behalf orientation, and a few hours later have tools in their hands. of families who have lost loved ones to workplace injuries. For new or less experienced workers, that means they are “The circumstances of each unwelcome death have a placed in an inherently dangerous environment without story,” she said that day. “Every family has a special story the preliminary training that new workers in other sectors about their special person.” would have.” Because Glen was ill for so long, many people only ever For Kevin Barrett, SAIT’s Manager of Health, Safety knew him as a sick person. “But he was actually the king of and Environment, safety in an organization comes down fun,” Charlotte says with a smile. to two things: awareness and culture. Many employers, Glen was also a husband, a father, a grandfather and a including SAIT, help create that awareness by developing friend. He was a master bricklayer, a custom home designer the programs and committees required to gain and main- and a contractor. And he was proud of the work he did. tain Certificate of Recognition (COR) safety certification. A few days before she gave that speech in late April, But, he adds, programs alone don’t establish a safety Charlotte called Glen’s final clients — the couple in Eckville culture — people do. who had hired him to build their retirement home. Andrew, “Safety culture isn’t top-down or bottom-up,” Barrett the owner, is 97 years old now and in a wheelchair. His wife explains. “It’s both. When owners, senior managers and has since passed away, but with the help of a live-in caregiver executives honestly demonstrate that safety is important to he spends his days at home in the house Glen designed. them — that they truly care about it and want their Every day, Andrew looks out over the fields, just like he and employees to go home safe at night — then it’s also viewed his wife had imagined doing so many years ago. “I think as important by employees.” Glen would have liked knowing that,” says Charlotte.

WHEN SAFE ISN'T SIMPLE 19 GEORGE WEBBER PHOTO WEBBER GEORGE

SAFETY GLASSES Fitted to cover from eyebrow to cheekbone and to prevent gaps between the frames and Adam’s face, these guard against biohazards including blood and bacteria as well as dust and debris.

TWO-WAY RADIO Emergencies are unpredictable, so being able to hear and speak with a dispatcher is key to the safety of patients and paramedics. EMS practitioners across Alberta, including STARS Air Ambulance, are also able to communicate with each other via this radio system.

BALLISTIC VEST People in emergencies are unpredictable, and reflective body armour offers protection and visibility. It also has to be flexible so paramedics can easily go from sitting in an ambulance to climbing into cramped spaces to rescue an accident victim or lifting stretchers.

NITRILE GLOVES Medical grade disposable gloves act as a barrier against cuts, puncture wounds and biohazards — even against touching fentanyl. EMS has escalating protocols that correspond to increased levels of risk. Here Adam is at the lowest level.

PROTECTIVE FOOTWEAR Slips and falls can be made worse when carrying a patient on a stretcher, so boots must be slip-proof as well as steel-toe and waterproof. They must also be comfortable enough for constant walking or standing.

SAFETY DONE RIGHT

ORGANIZATIONS LIKE ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMS) AND PCL CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT LTD. HAVE STRICT PROTOCOLS IN PLACE FOR WORKPLACE SAFETY. AN ADDITIONAL MEASURE IS PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT (PPE), AND HERE EMS PUBLIC EDUCATION OFFICER ADAM LORIA AND PCL PROJECT MANAGER JON STEGMAN WEAR PPE DESIGNED FOR THE SPECIFIC RISKS OF THEIR WORK.

20 LINK KATE KUNZ PHOTO KUNZ KATE

SAFETY GLOVES Hand injuries are among the most common to occur. These PCL-issue leather and fabric gloves protect against hazards ranging from cuts and slivers to chemicals and heat.

HIGH VISIBILITY VEST The human eye responds to bright or moving objects, so this safety vest has contrasting colours to stand out on sites filled with construction materials and equipment. Reflective strips and fluorescent trim also help catch the eye.

HARD HAT Safety protocols include selecting, fitting and maintaining hard hats. This Type 1, Class E hard hat is shaped to deflect falling objects and protect against blows to the top of the head. It also guards against electric shock.

SAFETY GLASSES These Canadian Safety Association Class-1 glasses are designed to protect Jon’s eyes from dust, debris and chemicals on the construction site.

PROTECTIVE FOOTWEAR Jon’s Green Triangle rated boots guard his LEFT) Adam Loria (EMTP ’05, EMT ’02, EMR ’01, feet top and bottom, providing sole puncture OYA ’14) is shown in the ambulance bay of protection and a Grade 1 toe protection to EMS Headquarters. withstand impacts comparable to a 10 kg ABOVE) Jon Stegman (CVT ’12) is working on weight dropped 1.3 metres. construction of the Rocky Ridge Recreation Facility.

21 ESCAPING THE ORDINARY

AS THE DOOR LOCKS BEHIND THEM, SIX SOULS EMBARK ON A LINK SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT: TO CRACK THIS CHAMBER’S CLUES, ESCAPE IN 60 MINUTES AND HELP EXPLORE THE INSIGHTS ESCAPE ROOMS CAN OFFER ON TEAMWORK.

TEXT BY RUTH MYLES PHOTOS BY LEAH HENNEL

22 LINK ON TREND

Above: With just 60 minutes on the clock, the LINK team is feeling excited but unfocused — perhaps unsettled by the chanting in The Chamber of the Mysterati at Escape Capers YYC. Surrounded by darkness and slightly overwhelmed, people strike out on their own to tackle clues. ESCAPING THE ORDINARY

As golden grains of sand slide silently through environments and in a set period of time. Watching the group as they scurry about an hourglass, six colleagues from SAIT’s Reg But there is more going on here at Escape the wood-panelled room, turning objects Erhardt Library frantically decode clues in a Capers YYC than fun and games. This shared over and trying to work out clues, it quickly darkened room, racing to solve one last puzzle experience can also function as a microcosm becomes apparent who focuses on results and before their time runs out. The reward? Their of teamwork. who builds relationships, who is detail-oriented very survival, for if they fail the tests in The “Two people working on a problem are and who is a doer. Leaders typically “rise to Chamber of the Mysterati, they will all be way more likely to solve it than one person, the occasion,” says Lorraine Wiercinski, a injected with a lethal microbe and face cer- especially if the problem is complex,” says Human Resources instructor at SAIT’s School tain death… Eric Boudreau (TSR ’07), the owner of Escape of Business, but roles can change when pres- But with a nail-biting 45 seconds remaining, Capers and our in-room host for the evening. sure is added to the mix. they crack the final conundrum and break out “When one person says what they’re thinking “Because the escape-room experience is of the Chamber unscathed. They’ve just com- out loud, the other person will pick up on time bound, for it to be successful the team pleted an “escape room” game, where players what the insight is and they will keep develop- needs to be in a performing place. New teams search for clues and solve puzzles in themed ing that thread.” struggle a lot because they have not gone

ESCAPING THE ORDINARY 23 A) B)

The photographer for this story, Leah Hennel (JA ’98), won first place in the Sports Action category of the News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) 2016 National Pictures of the Year awards, and third place in its Social Issues category. She was also a finalist for NPAC’s best Picture Story Feature and for its Photojournalist of the Year award.

A) A mysterious hooded figure accompanies the team into the locked room, reminding them of the dire consequences should they fail. B) Gaining confidence as they solve more clues, the team is focused on combining their efforts. C) The team’s concentration intensifies as the minutes race by. Adrenaline surges as they escape with just 45 seconds remaining. D) The ability to work together and make connections were key to the LINK team’s success in escaping the Chamber, which boasts a 20 per cent escape rate. E) Escape Capers YYC’s building in Ogden.

through the phases of a team,” she says, refer- ring to the five phases of forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning (see sidebar, page 25). Boudreau says corporate Calgary has clued into the teamwork insights provided by this unique experience. Recently an oil company in the midst of a four-stage hiring process sent a group of prospective employees to work through a room at Escape Capers. “It’s unbelievable how helpful it was,” Boudreau says. “The company could observe who was a team player, who was a loner — even who was looking out for safety issues. It was so clear which people, when faced with a problem, shut down and tried to work it out themselves and who would really collaborate to come up with a solution.”

Watch the team as they experience The Chamber of the Mysterati — find it in the online version of LINK at sait.ca/alumni.

C)

24 LINK THE PATH TO TEAMWORK: A PRIMER

In 1965, psychologist Bruce Tuckman identified four phases that teams encounter as they strive to work together effectively:

Forming: team members are getting 1 to know each other, their strengths and skills, and what needs to be achieved.

Storming: conflict and competition 2 erupt as the actual work intensifies but team members are still thinking and acting as individuals.

Norming: trust has developed 3 among team members and they work cohesively towards group goals and success.

Performing: team members are 4 confident, motivated and productive, working individually and as a group towards a common goal or goals.

In 1977 Tuckman and Mary Ann Jensen added a fifth stage called Adjourning. It’s when a team has completed its mandate and team members adjust to the fact that they will no longer be working together.

D) E)

Special thanks to LINK’s escape room team: Audrey Farch (LIT ’05), Jennifer Peters (LIT ’97, APM ’11), Janis Rapchuk (LIT ’95), Chris Savage (LIT ’11), and Library Information Technology program students Brenna Burwash and Michelle Eskrick.

ESCAPING THE ORDINARY 25 GEORGE WEBBER PHOTO WEBBER GEORGE

26 LINK FEATURE

A COMMUNITY OF 19 8EXCELLENCE 8 FOR THREE DECADES, WE’VE CELEBRATED SAIT’S OUTSTANDING GRADUATES — THOSE MAKING A DIFFERENCE ON THE WORLD STAGE, IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND AT SAIT. AS SAIT ENTERS ITS SECOND CENTURY, WE ARE PROUD TO WELCOME OUR LATEST INDUCTEES TO THIS DISTINGUISHED GROUP. THEIR PROVEN LEADERSHIP SKILLS, NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY AND EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS ARE TRULY INSPIRING.

TEXT BY RUTH MYLES

2017 SAIT DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS  VICTOR BUFFALO Chemical Laboratory Technology ’64 Former Chief, Samson Cree Nation Co-founder, Peace Hills Trust

When Victor Buffalo was a SAIT student, his class went on of the Peace Hills Trust Company, building four state-of- a field trip. During a stop at a cafe, his classmates invited the-art schools, and travelling to China to broker economic Buffalo to join them. He declined. Instead, he sat outside, opportunities for First Nations. eating his bagged lunch alone. “I cried, because I couldn’t Buffalo, a father of four, has received the Order of Canada join them. I didn’t have any money.” Two decades later, and been inducted into the Alberta Business Hall of Fame when he was first elected Chief of the Samson Cree Nation, — but even at 75, he keeps adding to his list of achievements. Buffalo remembered that incident and established the “What things do you want to accomplish? Write them down Samson Education Trust Fund, now standing at $35 million. and go after them. It’s how I started. I told myself, ‘I am He served as Chief for eight years, working to build a going to be a goal setter’ — and I’ve accomplished most brighter future for his people through education and eco- of the things I wrote down. That list keeps growing. Some nomic development initiatives including the establishment you accomplish, some are far-fetched, but you keep trying.”

2017 ALUMNI AWARDS 27 “Every day is different, which keeps it exciting. There are new challenges, new people, new projects to move along.”

AVREE BUJACZEK (BCPM ’15)

CAROLYN KREMER PHOTO GEORGE WEBBER PHOTO

2017 SAIT DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS  DAVID SARTORELLI (1957–2014) Emergency Medical Technology Paramedic 1982

“Everybody is someone.” This belief informed the work of But his legacy lives on. Passionate about sharing his David Sartorelli over his 32 years of service as a paramedic. knowledge and positive outlook, Sartorelli served as a Working in Calgary’s downtown core, Sartorelli was in mentor for new paramedics and taught courses in advanced constant contact with those society doesn’t always care for. cardiac life support. He eagerly learned from those around But Sartorelli cared. He’d share a kind word, give a reassuring him and constantly strove to do his best for his patients. In touch, advocate for a patient who wasn’t being heard. On 2013, Sartorelli received the Alberta College of Paramedics calls, he would ask, “Is there anything we can do for you?” Award of Excellence and the Federal Emergency Medical He talked people considering suicide off bridges, delivered Services Exemplary Service Medal — the first person ever more than 25 babies and was always attuned not just to the to receive both. A memorial award in his name, donated patient — but to the person. He died of a heart attack in by his family, supports SAIT students studying to enter 2014 at the age of 57, while at home with his wife, Sherry, the profession. after finishing a shift.

28 LINK A TRADITION OF EXCELLENCE

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI Established in 1988, the Distinguished Alumni Award recognizes a SAIT alumnus/ alumna who demonstrates proven leadership skills, exceptional achievements in business or industry, outstanding contributions to the community and a history of support for SAIT.

OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNI Established in 2009, the Outstanding Young Alumni Award recognizes an alumnus/ alumna who has graduated from SAIT in the past 10 years and is 35 years or younger, has proven leadership skills, exhibits exceptional achievements in his or her field of endeavour and demonstrates outstanding contributions to the community.

2017 SAIT OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNA  AVREE BUJACZEK Bachelor of Science — Construction Project Management 2015 Field Coordinator, PCL Construction Management Ltd.

There’s a generation gap in the construction industry, and new projects to move along,” says Bujaczek. 29-year-old Avree Bujaczek is determined to address it. She As vice chair of the Calgary Construction Association’s knows first-hand the rewards of construction work, having Young Construction Leaders Committee, Bujaczek helps been involved in projects ranging from the Airport Trail her industry peers under 35 to increase their knowledge tunnel and new runway, to flood mitigation at the Calgary and skills in key areas such as networking and communi- Zoo, to University of Calgary field research stations. As cation. And as a member of a BuildForce Canada advisory a field coordinator with PCL Construction Management panel on recruiting and retaining women and promoting Ltd., Bujaczek assists with overall project performance and diversity in the industry, she is ensuring many others have is responsible for relationship-building and coordination access to a career in construction. “Coming out of high with sub-trades and clients. “Every day is different, which school I never would have thought I’d be where I am, doing keeps it exciting. There are new challenges, new people, what I’m doing.”

2017 ALUMNI AWARDS 29 BRIAN BUCHSDRUECKER PHOTO PHOTO BUCHSDRUECKER BRIAN

2017 SAIT OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNUS  ALBERT MYLES MEJIA Aircraft Structures Technician 2010, Business Administration 2014 Founder and Owner, Legal Hustle Clothing Inc. Founder, YYC SOLEdiers Co-founder, Empirical Freedom

Albert Myles Mejia has always been on the hustle. As a — a community of 6,200 people passionate about sneakers. child, he’d shovel sidewalks, mow lawns, run errands — He and his team are the drivers behind the YYC Sneaker anything (legal) to make a buck. Today, the 27-year-old Swap, an annual event that’s grown to more than 800 attendees. designer and entrepreneur owns his own streetwear Mejia is also a professional dancer (he co-founded dance company called Legal Hustle Clothing Inc. — just one of crew Empirical Freedom); the promotions coordinator many ways Mejia serves as an ambassador for street with the SAIT Students’ Association; an active volunteer culture. “I’m not pushing clothing; I’m pushing a lifestyle (with Movement with a Message, providing opportunities and a story,” he explains. “I am very influenced by street for artists advocating for social justice issues); and a role culture, from hip hop, dance, street art and fashion to model for Calgary youth. “I get to show people that you sports. It’s what I grew up on.” don’t have to do what people expect you to do. The only He’s the founder of the YYC SOLEdiers Facebook group person that stops you from doing it is you.”

30 LINK “…it shows the power of volunteering and what people can do when they come together.”

NICKY NASH (BA ’08) 2017 SAIT OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNA  NICKY NASH Business Administration 2008 Executive Director, Kids Up Front Calgary

Contributing to the community is second nature to Nicky for events such as hockey games, concerts and plays to Nash. Both her grandfathers served as mayors of their youth under 18 who are experiencing poverty, abuse, illness hometowns and, as a child growing up in Hussar, Alta., or disability. Nash joined her community in successfully raising enough She’s been with Kids Up Front since 2012, when her money to build a new arena. That sense of possibility stays passion for creating change inspired Nash to leave a market- with her. “Hussar’s population is only a few hundred, so it ing career working on Fortune 500 accounts. She continues shows the power of volunteering and what people can do to volunteer with Give a Mile, Ronald McDonald House when they come together,” says Nash, 30. and other groups in addition to her busy job. “I have three Today, as Executive Director of Kids Up Front Calgary, thank-you cards from kids framed in my office. It’s a good Nash and her team harness that collective power. They reminder of why we are doing this and who we are doing work with 230 partner agencies to distribute donated tickets this for.”

Watch a video tracing 30 years of Alumni Awards in the online Past recipients of SAIT’s Alumni Awards reflect on what their version of LINK at sait.ca/alumni, where you can also watch award has meant to them on sait.ca/alumni. videos introducing each of the 2017 recipients. CAROLYNN VAN DE VYVERE PHOTO PHOTO VYVERE DE VAN CAROLYNN

2017 ALUMNI AWARDS 31 Retired editor of The Taber Times, Coleen Campbell, stands at the corner of 52nd Street and 48 Avenue — the town’s historic main street. Campbell spent four decades working at some of Alberta’s 124 community papers which, together, circulate more than 953,220 copies every week.* *Source: News Media Canada

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COVERING COMMUNITY

WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS TELL THEIR COMMUNITY’S UNIQUE STORIES AND CAN LAUNCH JOURNALISTS ON A — SOMETIMES UNEXPECTED — CAREER PATH. BUT WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD IN A CHANGING MEDIA LANDSCAPE? LINK ASKS THREE INDUSTRY INSIDERS.

TEXT BY ERIC ROSENBAUM

COVERING COMMUNITY 33 A)

On an April day in 1999, a teenager armed After two years, Campbell moved to ad with a sawed-off rifle walked into W.R. Myers sales, then assistant manager. Eventually she High School in Taber, Alta. and opened fire, became publisher of The Times and a number killing one boy and injuring another. The of other papers in Coaldale, Vauxhall, Bow tragedy traumatized the agricultural commu- Island and Saskatchewan. She also held a nity of 8,000 and, because it happened days senior position with The Lethbridge Herald. after the Columbine High School shooting, an She’s seen big changes in an industry where onslaught of international media attention readers left papers to get their news for free on focused on Taber. the internet. The drop in readership resulted Coleen Campbell (JA ‘75) was the publisher in a drop in ad revenue including classified of The Taber Times, but says covering the big ads, which suffered because of free online story wasn’t her highest priority that day. services like Kijiji. The result has been huge “One of my employees gets a call at work. Her job cuts at newspapers. son was shot. My place was with her,” Campbell But Campbell says cuts haven’t been quite says. “I took her to the hospital and we waited so deep in community papers. “We were for her husband and the ambulance with never ‘fat cats’ like the dailies. To this day the her son to arrive. Luckily, their son survived reporters still do a bit of everything, including his injuries.” taking all the pictures and laying out the Later that night Campbell returned to paper.” She says the strong suit of the commu- the newsroom to coordinate coverage of the nity press is that they remain the best — and shooting. “After all the chaos of the day, I met often the only — source of local news. with my staff and we decided to put out a special edition.” The next issue ofThe Times wasn’t due for another week, but Campbell says that was too long to wait. Two days later, the issue, entitled “Hope and Healing,” came out. It focused on helping residents cope and Two hours north of Taber, Don Patterson included information about grief counselling (JA ’04) remains on the front line of the news and other services. business. He started his career as a reporter in Campbell says her paper’s response is an High River and is now the editor of The Okotoks example of the important role small-town Western Wheel. He agrees with Campbell that newspapers play in people’s lives. Recently the strength of community newspapers lies in retired, Campbell dedicated her entire career their hyper-local coverage. — a little over four decades — to community “People who live here aren’t going to find the press in southern Alberta. local news coverage with the same frequency It wasn’t the career she expected. Campbell and depth in Calgary media that they find in a says the unwritten rule for new journalists is: paper like The Western Wheel,” says Patterson. you pay your dues in a small town, then move “We cover all the surrounding town councils to a bigger city with a daily, then to a bigger and sports like the Okotoks Dawgs baseball one. “I landed a job as a reporter at The Taber team. Another of our strengths is that we cover Times right after graduating. I remember how the community comes together when driving into Taber and thinking, ‘I’ll give it one disaster strikes. We tell stories about how people year,’” she says with a smile. rally together and help families in trouble.” It didn’t quite work out that way. And The Western Wheel has expanded “When you work at a community paper how they can tell those stories by launching a you do a bit of everything,” says Campbell. “I glossy magazine called The Okotokian. covered the stories and wrote the news, I was “My bosses said we could pull back or we could a photographer and proofreader. I co-ordinated grow. We decided to grow,” says Patterson. He the 4-H news and the social page. My desk adds that, while his paper remains the main was near the front of the office so I was even vehicle for news, The Western Wheel’s website

the part-time receptionist.” and social media are gaining ground. PHOTO PATTERSON DON

B) 34 LINK A) Don Patterson, editor of The Okotoks Western Wheel. According to News Media Canada, 83 per cent of Canadians over 18 have read a community newspaper in the past month or longer. B) Launched in 1976 and published every Wednesday, The Western Wheel has a print readership of 35,000, receives more than 60,000 page views on its website every month and has 2,500 followers on Facebook. ERIC ROSENBAUM PHOTO ROSENBAUM ERIC

COMMUNITY NEWSPAPERS BY THE NUMBERS 15001,500 Albertans are employed by community newspapers* 9191% of Canadians% say they read community newspapers for local information** 6363% of Canadians% read community newspapers for advertising** 44% of Canadians who read community newspapers read across four platforms:** Newspaper:% 82% 44Desktop/laptop: 73% Smartphone: 71% Tablet: 60%

Sources: * Alberta Weekly Newspaper Association ** News Media Canada Snapshot 2017: Canada’s Community Newspapers, Community Newspapers Drive Results 2017, Totum Research Base: Printed and/or digital community newspaper readers

COVERING COMMUNITY 35 “This is a young community and a lot of Coleen Campbell doubts newspapers in “Community newspapers have become people turn to our website and Facebook page small towns will be usurped by social media, more of a career choice and in many respects for local news,” says Patterson. “We’ve started but she agrees that, like The Western Wheel, that’s good. It means people like Don Patterson to post stories every day and not wait for our they must increase their digital presence. can stay in a community and make a real weekly paper to come out.” “Five years ago, rural communities couldn’t contribution, rather than leaving after a Jim Cunningham, a SAIT journalism get internet service,” she recalls. “There was no couple of years and taking with them all the instructor, believes community newspapers competition there. Nobody was advertising understanding of local issues accumulated have an advantage financially because they there. However, that has changed. Facebook while living and working in the town,” he says. remain the best place for local businesses to has changed that. Our industry’s five year It’s a career path Coleen Campbell knows is advertise. Still, he says, The Western Wheel’s head-start is up.” still a smart choice. social media strategy is a smart — and neces- Campbell says her former paper will need “Working as a reporter for a community sary — one. to increase its focus on social media and its newspaper isn’t going to make you rich,” “Community papers need to keep an eye on website — likely without adding staff — in Campbell says. “But it’s a good place to work if social media and engage with their audiences order to keep up with consumer demand. you’re passionate about storytelling.” online as people start up informal groups to Another challenge for weekly newspapers is She adds, “I stayed in this industry and exchange information on Facebook and other that the typical first step on today’s journalism within The Taber Times group of newspapers platforms,” he says. “Online and in print, career path is shifting away from dailies and because many new career opportunities kept community newspapers will remain strong as towards business and government communi- coming my way.” long as people see them as the most important cations jobs. At the same time, Cunningham and accurate source of information.” says, the number of jobs at community papers Coleen Campbell shares the advice she’d give to today’s journalism graduates in the digital version has remained stable. of LINK at sait.ca/alumni.

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IN THIS ISSUE

PROFILE Library technician Jordan Chappell and the field of play 37

INNOVATION Anatomy of a time capsule  38

LOOKING BACK Student clubs go on the record  40

CLASS NOTES Reconnect with your classmates. This issue: School of ICT take-over!  41

PROFILE Sous chef Whitley Williamson and a fast- paced kitchen with a difference  43 “It’s a lot of fun getting your stresses

CALENDAR out by tackling somebody.” OF EVENTS See what’s coming up at SAIT  47 JORDAN CHAPPELL (LIT ’14) ON THE JOB An expert forensic ON WEEKDAYS, JORDAN CHAPPELL runs children’s programs at the Graham video analyst shares her Community Library in Ralston, Alta. On weekends, she works the circulation desk at the view from inside the Brooks Public Library — and plays as linebacker with the Calgary Rage women’s tackle courtroom  48 football team. The 24-year-old — whose mother and grandmother were both librarians — says football and library science require similar traits: patience and communication. “You need communication on the football field because there’s a lot going on,” says Chappell. She adds that football is a great way to tackle stress. “I like the physicality of it. You get a lot of adrenaline when you’re running down the field and then just suddenly plow somebody over. It’s a lot of fun getting your stresses out by tackling somebody.” Chappell joined the Rage as a student and continues to play three-hour games almost every weekend from April to late June. The Rage finished their 2017 season with a team-best 4 and 0 record, winning their division in the Western Women’s Canadian Football League and playing in the league championship game. Last year Chappell also played on Team Alberta, which achieved third place in the national tournament. Chappell finds library work equally rewarding — especially when helping people find a great read, or when she scores first dibs on new books as they arrive.

TEXT BY SUZANNE BOWNESS PHOTO BY GREG FULMES

IN THE LOOP 37 INNOVATION

PRESERVING TIME

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO PRESERVE AN ENTIRE YEAR OF MAN-MADE MEMORIES UNDERGROUND FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS? WHEN SAIT INSTRUCTOR GREG BALL WAS FIRST ASKED TO DESIGN SAIT’S 2016 TIME CAPSULE, HE DIDN’T KNOW THE ANSWER. AFTER 10 YEARS IN THE INDUSTRY, THE ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGNER HAD CONCEIVED LAMP POSTS, BUS SHELTERS AND LARGE PIECES OF PUBLIC ART, BUT NEVER A TIME CAPSULE.

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“What got me excited right away was that there was a blank canvas,” Ball says. “No one knew what the time capsule was going to look like or what material it should be. For me, that’s the fun — trying to find the solution.” Ball was part of a committee of experts from the School of Construction, the School of Manufacturing and Automation, and across SAIT who collaborated on every aspect, from the design, construction and placement of the capsule to the framework necessary to keep its contents intact. It started with an idea and almost 100 drawings in Ball’s sketchbook. It ended with something special — once-in-a-lifetime, even. On June 5, 2017, the time capsule was interred next to Heritage Hall’s main entrance. Sealed in a concrete bunker built to withstand flooding, extreme weather and time, it is topped with a granite plinth, a steel sphere and a message to whoever opens it on Oct. 16, 2116. Until then, Ball gives LINK an exclusive glimpse into the innovation behind this legacy of SAIT’s centennial.

Watch an interview with Greg Ball, School of Manufacturing and Automation instructor, and see footage of the time capsule in the digital version of LINK at sait.ca/alumni.

01 of time making sure the letters sealed polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, 11 30" DIAMETER POLISHED are large enough. There’s an lining that holds the artifacts. 30" DIAMETER STAINLESS 304L STAINLESS STEEL SPHERE ergonomic factor to how people PVC pipe is designed to be used STEEL SLEEVE CAST INTO “When you look at it, you see see and they shouldn’t have to underground, remain watertight CONCRETE SLAB your image. That was part of walk right up to the plinth and and hold nitrogen, which are “It’s like layers of skin. Each layer SAIT’s centennial — looking in kneel down to read the message. all necessary to preserve the helps to protect what’s inside.” the mirror and thinking, ‘What “I like how the plinth and capsule’s contents. are we now? What will we be in the sphere reflect campus “PVC caps were attached to each 12 the future?’“ architecture. There are concrete end, using a primer and contact STEEL ROD SCREEN spheres on the north, east and cement. A valve attached to ”This elevates the time capsule 02 west sides of Stan Grad Centre, each cap was used to complete off the ground to protect it from 26" DEBOSSED GRAPHIC and the plinth matches granite a nitrogen purging process after moisture.” SHOWING THE CATALYST used in Heritage Hall.” the capsule was sealed, removing ELEMENT OF SAIT’S LOGO oxygen to prevent oxidation of 13 “A sandblaster was used to apply 05 the archival materials. Silica gel OPEN SPACE this design to the sphere. As I 30" DIAMETER STEEL desiccants were also placed inside planned the sphere, I researched MANHOLE COVER AND to absorb any rogue moisture. 14 ‘death ray’ architecture, where LID WITH 2" OVERLAP “All together the capsule, DRAINAGE HOLE WITH light reflected from buildings and contents and pipe weigh 209 ONE-WAY CHECK VALVE BELOW public art melts things. Luckily, 06 pounds. My colleague Jim Fehr “These one-way valves are used the sphere won’t do that because 60" SQUARE CONCRETE (SMP ’80) designed a metal frame in home basements to stop it’s convex.” SLAB WITH REBAR AND around the PVC pipe to absorb the sewage backups. That’s how 12" CONCRETE APRON weight when it’s lifted out of the design works — use an idea 03 ground in 100 years. Otherwise, that’s worked somewhere else.” 1" DIAMETER THREADED 07 the lid would bend or even pull ROD AND RUBBER MEMBRANE CONCRETE SLAB AND FOUNDATION off.” 15 “The rod fastens the sphere to the COMPLETE WITH REBAR AND 1.5 CUBIC METRE BASE OF stone plinth. You can tow a trailer WATERPROOF COATING 09 COMPACTED GRAVEL with a threaded rod like that. It’s “All 3.5 cubic metres of concrete EYE HOOK serious. The rubber membrane in this slab meet exposure class “This is used to lift and carry the 16 allows for movement because, C-1, minimum 35 MPa, maximum time capsule. It is one of my favorite 6-FOOT EXCAVATED HOLE over time, snow and ice might get 19 millimetre aggregate. Plus, details. It’s like a piece of jewelry “I drew what our committee between the sphere and plinth 500 feet of 15 mm rebar is — a shiny, gold, beautiful thing.” thought the structure should and could push and pull.” used to reinforce the concrete be and then consulted with structure.” 10 a structural engineer. The 04 SAIT LOGO CAST IN BRASS engineer basically doubled the 48" BY 48" SQUARE 08 “A really nice gift has a beautiful size of everything and added GRANITE PLINTH WITH 23" DIAMETER BY 31" HIGH wrapping to it. We imagined that rebar throughout the cement ¾" CHAMFERED EDGE STAINLESS STEEL TIME CAPSULE in 100 years, the time capsule foundation. It’s built exactly like “The plinth weighs 2,700 pounds. “The time capsule is made of will sit in a room and people will a bridge foundation would be.” It’s engraved with a message to 304 stainless steel grade with be gathering around it taking the Class of 2116. I spent a lot No. 4 Brushed Finish. Inside is a pictures.”

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LOOKING BACK

One of countless student clubs, the SAIT Sky Divers offered exhilaration, achievement and good times.

1975BY THE END OF THE CLUB’S FIRST SUMMER IN 1968, MORE THAN 25 STUDENTS HAD PARACHUTED FROM A CESSNA 180 OVER THE PRAIRIES NEAR CARSELAND, ALTA. CLUBS STILL FLOURISH AT SAIT AND THIS FALL A NEW CO-CURRICULAR RECORD PROGRAM LETS STUDENTS CREATE AN OFFICIAL SAIT RECORD THAT GOES BEYOND THEIR ACADEMIC TRANSCRIPT TO CONFIRM INVOLVEMENT IN CAMPUS LIFE AND SHOWCASE IT FOR PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS.

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“SAIT laid the groundwork and I'm still very grateful for that first jam-packed two years of In honour of the 50th anniversaries of five programs in the School of Information and training in the Architectural Communications Technologies, LINK posted an invitation on social media for alumni of Technology program.” those programs to send us their Class Notes to include with this issue. You’ll also find JAMES REID (AT ’94) video Class Notes from ICT instructors and alumni at sait.ca/alumni. 1980s 1970s DEAN AYLES (EXT ’80) MARTIN LESPERANCE (EMTP ’84) DOUG HANDFORD (TSR ’73) Dean has retired from SAIT after 37 years Now retired from his career as a Doug earned a Bachelor of Science in as an electronics technologist producing firefighter and paramedic, Martin is a Business from DeVry University in Phoenix, training aids for instructors. His father, prolific author and public speaker who Arizona in 1991. In 1988 he received Chuck Ayles, was a SAIT instructor and his educates people on safety topics related the Order of the Hospital of St. John of son, Chris, graduated from SAIT’s Aircraft to work, home and play. He is expanding Jerusalem from Queen Elizabeth II for his Structural Technician program in 2017. his website, www.thinkandbesafe.com, as work with St. John Ambulance. In 2005 he a free safety training resource for small received the Alberta Centennial Medal for ADRIENNE OWEN (CTSR ’82) business. The website features Martin’s having served with the Order of St. John for “After graduating from the Radio section of articles and videos with additional more than 12 years, including serving as CTSR and working in radio news for two content posted regularly. Dedicated to Chair of the Central Alberta Branch. years, I explored several different careers injury prevention, Martin draws on his including working at oil companies and experience as a paramedic for topics in PAT MORROW (JA ’73, DA ’10) selling cars. I've been at WestJet for the his multiple publications, his YouTube Pat began working freelance as an past several years, looking after guests channel, presentations to clients including adventure photographer in 1975. For 35 in the Service and Sales Centre and using Boeing, Los Alamos National Laboratory years, he and his wife Baiba produced every skill I ever learned at SAIT.” and Weyerhaeuser, and “Think & Be Safe,” magazine articles and books; for 10 years a multi-media resource kit with video they were a documentary filmmaking ANN MARIE ANGEBRANDT (JA ’82) presentations and specially created playing team. Now retired, Morrow is still using “After SAIT, I did a BA at the University of cards on specific safety topics. the photo and writing skills from his SAIT Calgary with internships at the Calgary Journalism program in volunteer projects for Herald and Canadian Press. I travelled the KIM MARTIN (LIT ’85) environmental and humanitarian causes. world for the next three years, including “After graduation I worked in the crewing on a yacht from the Mediterranean PanCanadian Corporate Library followed JAN WAGNER (TSR ’79) to India, and driving an old Volkswagen by 13 years at Springbank Community High “In 1979, I began my career writing and camper around Australia for a year. I then School. In 1999, I was office manager of JW producing TV commercials, first at CFCN did a post-grad diploma in Asian business Plumbing & Heating. Since 2013, I’ve been Lethbridge and then at ITV in Edmonton. studies at Vancouver’s Capilano College, the ‘K’ in J & K Limited, where my partner In 1984, a client transferred me to San which took me to Hong Kong for work in does the plumbing and I take on whatever Diego, where I still live. I’ve also written magazines and radio for nearly five years. job comes my way — from graphic design and produced industrial and marketing I moved to Australia in 1995, had a family, to photo shoots to bookkeeping. I’ve been videos, computer- and paper-based and worked in media and teaching roles. For an active member of the Alberta Association training, interactive web content and more. the last decade I've been at a Melbourne of Library Technicians for 34 years, and I am Now I write and do photography for my university doing media and communications.” Team Leader and a singer with the Chinook weekly, self-syndicated newspaper, online Winds Show Chorus.” and magazine lifestyle column called KEN KING (EMTP ’82, DA ’89) ‘AutoMatters & More.’ As of mid-August, 502 In July, Ken celebrated 30 years as a flight PATRICIA HARCOURT (JA ’86) columns have been published. To read some paramedic with STARS. He was one of After 10 years with the Tofield Mercury, of them, visit www.DriveTribe.com and enter the first paramedics to join STARS as a where she won numerous national awards ‘AUTOMATTERS’ in the website’s search bar.” volunteer in 1985 and was involved in for writing and photography, Patricia has creating the Emergency Link Centre in 1996. returned to the Viking Weekly Review as On Facebook, STARS says “His passion for its editor. She holds a Bachelor of Arts patient care still burns just as brightly 30 with Distinction in Sociology from the years later.” University of Saskatchewan as well as her

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the wonderful world of wine and food. Books “I loved my time at SAIT! and wine, wine and books — how to choose between them? Maybe I’ll write an annotated …I’ve moved to beautiful Victoria, bibliography of Canadian wine books!” HARWINDER KANG, (AUCD ’97) B.C., earned my master’s degree Harwinder is President of Prime Real Estate Group and has been recognized by Business in and landed a career working for Calgary magazine with a 2017 Leaders Award. HARRY S. ANCHAN (TNT ’92, BAI ‘98) the provincial government.” “Those were memorable days at SAIT. After eight years at IBM, followed by 10 years at COLLEEN HILDEBRANDT (TSR ’05) TransCanada, ConocoPhillips, Chevron, and Enbridge, I am working as a systems analyst for Alberta Justice, supporting judges, justices and administration at the Calgary Court Centre. SAIT diploma. Previously Patricia has worked 1990s I would love to hear from my classmates in at the Banff Crag and Canyon and with Caribou both programs.” Publishing’s The Community Press. She will NORM HAWKINS (TSR ’92) continue to cover county meetings for the “I worked in TV (CHAT and A-Channel) and LISA SOLIE (NÉE PANCHYK, CTSR ’98) Beaver County Chronicle. started my own production company. In 2006, “Although I'm not currently working in media, I accepted a job at SAIT instructing journalism. I'm pretty sure I'm using some of the things I GRANT NOLIN (CTSR ’87) I've had the best job in the world ever since.” learned in CTSR. As a stay-at-home mom, I get “Like many students in my class, I started my lots of opportunities to practice my diction and career in a small market — when stations MARGARET (MAGGIE) NODEN-HAMILTON (NÉE projection (thank you, Dean Patterson) when still produced content. I worked at CFJC in NODEN; CTSF ’92) I yell at my 2½-year-old daughter to get off Kamloops before the bright lights of 2&7 Following her time at SAIT, Maggie went on to the table. My interviewing skills are stymied, Television lured me back home. I produced earn her Bachelor of Communications Studies though, when I ask my eight-year-old son and directed commercials for the next eight and Master of Arts of Communications and what he did all day at school and he tells me years, notably Jarome Iginla's first TV spot as Technology. She worked at CTV as a news he forgets or doesn't want to talk because his a professional. I then did the freelance thing, editor and as a VTR operator. Since 1999, she brain is too full at the moment.” directing documentaries and criss-crossing has worked at SAIT as a senior multimedia North America, from diamond mines to an developer. orphanage in Haiti. Now I run a company of 2000s one, shooting and editing corporate videos JAMES REID (AT ’94) for a handful of clients. Thirty years later Licensed to practice architecture in both JOHN HIMPE (CTSR ’00) and still in the business!” Alberta and California, James has accumulated “After 16 years working in radio and television more than 15 years of extensive experience in in Saskatchewan, I finally made the move back TODD POULSEN (CVT ’88) the fields of building conservation, commercial to Calgary where I am part of the team at Corus Todd, President of Elan Construction, has been and residential architecture, and interior design. Radio's News Talk 770. Working the beat as a named by Business in Calgary magazine as He holds a master’s degree in architecture reporter, I'm rediscovering Calgary and getting one of its 2017 Leaders. from Montana State University and, in 2012, he the opportunity to tell some great stories!” returned to Alberta to start Taigh Architecture, ANIKA VAN WYK (JA ’88) a firm specializing in heritage conservation JENNIFER TZANAKOS (CTSR ’00) “So happy to be back at SAIT — this time as of Alberta's historic buildings. “SAIT laid the “After graduating from Film and Video Associate Director of Communications. Every groundwork and I'm still very grateful for that Production, I attended ACAD for four years, day the work we do fills me with pride.” first jam-packed two years of training in the focusing on photography. I worked as a Architectural Technology program.” marketing assistant at Art Central for three- BRENT MORRICE (BA ’90) plus years, then for UPPERCASE Magazine. I Brent has worked with IKON Office Solutions, JANIS RAPCHUK (LIT ’95) now work as a media designer for curriculum Rogers Wireless Airsource, and Extreme After graduation, Janis worked in private development at Bow Valley College, which Engineering: A Schlumberger Company. He industry for 15 years. For the last eight years, I love. A typical workday for me includes is now president of Kayden Industries, an she has worked as a library technician in SAIT’s photography, graphic design and video creation international oil and gas service company Reg Erhardt Library. and curation.” located in Calgary and Houston, Texas. CHRISTINE CHAMBERS (LIT ’96) PAUL KINGSMITH (TSR ’02) “After graduating from SAIT, I worked for the Paul has been named one of four public library system and an energy company SimpsonScarborough Scholars by the library. In 1999, I took time out to be a full- Council for Advancement and Support of time mom then went back to do a BA in English Education (CASE). As a scholar, Kingsmith at St. Mary’s University, where I now work. travelled to Boston University to attend the I also spent almost two years part time at Summer Institute for Communications and Willow Park Wines helping connect people with Marketing, CASE’s flagship training program

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for newcomers to the field. Kingsmith joined Lethbridge College as a communications specialist following a career in television news.

PETE MCCARTNEY (JA ’06, PCK ’11) “Since graduation, I have been published in magazines and newspapers across Canada, but in the end it really didn't end up paying well and I am now working as a chef.”

COLLEEN HILDEBRANDT (TSR ’05) “I loved my time at SAIT! Since graduating I've moved to beautiful Victoria, B.C., earned my master’s degree and landed a career working for the provincial government. The CTSR (now RTBN) program was amazing and I've continued to stay in touch with the incredible friends I made between 2003 and 2005.”

CHARLIE LEE (JA ’06) “After journalism, I decided to expand my horizons, so to speak, and pursue a career in engineering. I completed a B.A.Sc in environmental engineering in 2013.”

IMMANUEL NWACHUKWU (NMPD ’06) “Hello, class. After my graduation, I completed the co-op bachelor’s degree program for communications studies at the University of Calgary. Our introduction to video production “Leading with a positive attitude in NMPD drew an interest in filmmaking, which I furthered with a minor degree in film studies is the key to a successful day.” along with getting involved with the local film production community. I began working at Mezintel Inc., a software company, as a graphic/web designer freelancer and I now manage Mezintel’s sales and marketing efforts. I'm also involved with a vocational school in WHITLEY WILLIAMSON (ACKP ’16) Nigeria as a Marketing and HR advisor. Many of my efforts at El-Shaddai School of Vocational Studies are inspired by my experience at SAIT, THE CHAOTIC PACE of a professional kitchen is often a source of stress and by my perception of how SAIT is being and frayed tempers for restaurant staff. But for one Calgary chef, positivity established as a highly reputable polytechnic in Canada. Above all, I’m a husband and father of makes all the difference. “Leading with a positive attitude is the key to a two. My family is truly a blessing. Cheers.” successful day,” says Whitley Williamson (ACKP ’16), sous chef at the in-house restaurant for senior citizens living at the Manor Village at Signature Park. As SARAH HAMILTON (RTBN ’08) “My two years as a radio major were some of Canada’s population ages, Williamson is among a growing number of trained the most challenging and fun times of my life. chefs building successful careers in retirement-home restaurants. As part of Thanks to the high-quality training from Steve, the Statesman culinary team, he prepares and plates meals for residents and Lou, Richard and others, I had a junior writing position by April of my second year. Nine and their guests serving up to 70 people at lunch and 100 people at dinner. Cooking a half years later, I'm still at Rogers Media nutritionally-balanced meals for seniors has its challenges, Williamson says, Calgary — writing copy, overseeing internal so he ensures the dishes he assists in planning aren't too spicy or overly salty, social media and a paperless broadcast order program, and more. It's always a humbling and that they won't have adverse reactions with residents' medications. He honour to come back to SAIT and chat with the constantly dreams up inventive ways to keep menus fresh, gaining inspiration current class. My words of wisdom: Don't let from his collection of cookbooks or searching for recipes online. One recipe anyone tell you what is and isn't possible in your career, and make sure you have a work- he never has to reinvent is his signature Yorkshire puddings, featured on the life balance that keeps you happy and healthy.” last Sunday of every month as part of the restaurant’s roast beef buffet. And while Williamson guards his recipe closely, there’s no secret as to why these crispy golden puddings are so popular. “It’s just good comfort food done right,” he says.

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WINNERS AT ASIA’S TOP FOOD TRADE SHOW KOHL HONOURED

For the first time, SAIT instructors and the Canadian Beef Council sent a In May, the Canadian professional team to compete with butchers from around the world at the 2017 Culinary Federation of Chefs HOFEX Hong Kong International Culinary Classic in May. The team — Adrian and Cooks inducted long- Jemmett (PCK ’94), Ronald Welkert (PCK ’86), Vanessa Mendoza (PCK ’96) and time SAIT instructor Werner Abe Van Melle from the Beef Council — tied for silver. Matthew Liesemer (PCK Kohl to its Honour Society ’13) won gold and silver in his categories. SAIT student Kate McIntyre took gold of Canada in recognition of and bronze in her categories and fellow student Adrian May won silver and his lifetime commitment to bronze in his categories. the industry.

2010s began her career right after graduation, ASHLEY HUTCHINSON (PCK ’15) working with Blackgold Broadcasting to Ashley is working on the pastry team at AMANDA GREEN (LIT ’10) launch 93.1 The One in Leduc and, two years the Hyatt Regency Calgary and spent the “After graduating, I was hired by the Royal later, 88.1 The One in Stony Plain. Dalen summer working as a counsellor with SAIT Tyrrell Museum and I have been working in now works for Newcap Radio and is based Summer Camps. the museum’s research library since March in Red Deer, where she programs Heritage- 2011. It is an exciting and challenging place Radio station CKGY (Real Country 95.5) and MIA OSTERE (GCPT ’15) to work and, as the only employee in the Newcap Alberta South (which includes Real Mia is working as a freelance graphic library, I am responsible for everything Country 93.3 in Stettler, Real Country 105.7 designer and recently graduated from the from purchasing to shelving the books. I in Brooks, Real Country 94.9 in Blairmore, Hospital Unit Clerk certificate program at also assist the curators in finding journal and 910 CFCW in Drumheller). Bow Valley College. articles and books that are needed for their research.” BRANDI HOWARD (RTBN ’12) CHELSEA SKELLY (GCPT ’15) “Days before graduation, I signed on with the Chelsea is a graphic designer with RedPoint MONIQUE MASSIAH (JA ’10) Canadian Traffic Network and it's been a Media & Marketing Solutions. As part of the Monique became a photojournalist right dream. I report afternoon traffic on Country Marketing Solutions department, she works out of school. She’s also a blogger and 105 and Q107, and I film Breaking News on custom publications and design projects a YouTube artist with live broadcasts on from a helicopter for Global Calgary. Truly and has also worked on design pieces such photography, black beauty and hair products, an amazing opportunity! I've had the great as advertisements in Avenue magazine and and editing tips using iMovie. pleasure to work alongside many SAIT grads for WestJet publications. “I'm grateful to be who continue to accomplish incredible pursuing a career in something I love. Find SARAH SCOTT (RTBN ’11) things. In the future, I hope to finish my me on LinkedIn!” “Take any opportunity that you get that communications degree and explore SAIT's will lead towards your dream. Take the photography program.” MARISHA BHUIYEN (GCPT ’17) small town spot, the show that may not Marisha travelled to Edmonton to compete get thaaat many listeners or viewers, take STEPHANIE MASSICOTTE (RTBN ’12) in Graphic Design as part of Provincial the internship, take the job out of your Stephanie has been working at CTV Skills Canada Competitions, where she comfort zone, because it all leads to huge Saskatoon since graduating. She has worked represented Calgary. She then advanced opportunities.” her way up from chase producer and is to National Skills Canada Competitions now co-host/anchor of CTV Morning Live. in Winnipeg as the Graphic Design KEVIN VINK (JA ’11) Twitter: @CTVStephanie representative for Alberta. She’s also landed “I loved the Journalism Arts program. It a full-time job as a graphic designer with helped me land a job as an editor/reporter, a SHAWN NORRIS (RTBN ’14) Cascade Printing in Calgary. career which I pursued for two-and-a-half “Since graduating, I knew that Global News years. I decided the trades were a better fit was the place where I wanted to work. I KERRIENE ENGLAND (JA ’17) for me, however, and I am now working as landed myself a casual position there and, Kerriene is working as social media an electrical apprentice. My photography over the years, I moved to permanent part- coordinator with Ghost Hunt Alberta. She and writing skills are still serving me well time and then to full-time. I attribute this also does design work for friends or family, and despite not working in journalism, I still largely to the philosophy I learned at SAIT: and is debating coming back to study at SAIT appreciate the education I received.” you get as much out of something as you in the School of Hospitality and Tourism, or put in. Day in and day out, I know that my pursuing a communications degree through JENN DALEN (RTBN ’12) dedication and willingness to learn helped the University of Calgary. Jenn was named Program Director of the me succeed to where I am today. All of that Year (Small Market) in the 2017 Canadian started at SAIT.” Music and Broadcast Industry Awards. She

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OCT The Dudes Annual NOV SAIT vs NAIT — Men’s Hockey Halloween Party 7 pm 28 8 pm 17 Campus Centre Arena The Gateway NOV Career Fair Tickets through Ticketmaster; 10 am to 2 pm advance tickets at Sloth Records 21 Irene Lewis Atrium, Find the full SAIT Trojans game schedule at and room MC107 on campus. Stan Grad Centre sait.ca/Trojans An evening with Canadian indie An excellent opportunity for SAIT rock band The Dudes plus a chance students and alumni to meet with to win the Costume Contest: one recruiters from companies across $250 prize for best costume and a wide variety of industries. one $250 prize for best group/duo costume.

Open during renovations! OCT Day of Giving The John Ware Building is undergoing upgrades, 30 7 am – 7 am but SAIT students are still serving up great  Be part of SAIT’s first-ever 24-hour DEC Skate With Santa meals at The Highwood restaurant. Join us drive to raise donations in support 9 2:30 – 5:30 pm for another year of exceptional cuisine and 31 of students. Watch #SAITGIVES Campus Centre Arena outstanding hospitality. Walk-ins are welcome! and our social channels, and visit An annual alumni family tradition! Reserve your table at sait.ca/highwood sait.ca/givingday to donate and Bring your skates for yuletide fun make a difference. and treats. Registration opens Nov. 15 at 10 am at http://sait. imodules.com/SWS2017

OCT Fall Convocation By invitation NOV Alumni Cooking Class 17 Jubilee Auditorium 5:30 pm SAIT welcomes our newest alumni 14 Culinary Campus JAN Themed Trivia to the family. Enjoy A Taste of the South as Chef Team registration at 5 pm Stuart Kirton teaches you to make 10 Trivia madness at 6 OCT Alumni Cooking Class fried chicken, grits and cheese The Gateway 5:30 pm biscuits. Exclusively for SAIT alumni! Alumni are invited to join the fun 20 Culinary Campus Registration opens Nov. 6 at 10 for themed trivia on the second Enjoy A Taste of Morocco with am sharp at sait.imodules.com/ Wednesday of every month through Chef Stuart Kirton at this evening tastenov17 April. Free to play and open to exclusively for alumni! Registration teams of one to 10. First prize opens October 11 at 10 am sharp. NOV Employment Workshop Week wins a $100 Visa gift card! Details and to register: 14 SAIT Main Campus sait.imodules.com/tasteoct17  Free workshops for SAIT students JAN New Chapter: Re-design and alumni ranging from writing your life and your career OCT SAIT Open House 16 resumes and cover letters to 10 5:30 – 8 pm 9 am – 4 pm networking skills and interview SAIT campus 27 Irene Lewis Atrium,  strategies. Details and to register: This free workshop is for mature Stan Grad Centre [email protected] participants who are in the career 28 Learn about SAIT programs, take a change process either as a result tour, meet faculty and try a skill. NOV New Grad Networking Night of unexpected life events, a If you’re a new or recent SAIT grad, OCT The Alumni Lounge in Heritage Hall desire to improve and advance, or 16 you’re invited to the first New Grad welcomes SAIT graduates to drop immigrating to Canada. Space is Networking Night, where you can 28 by during the second day of Open limited to 40 people. To register network with each other and build House. Located in Heritage Hall, the email [email protected] on your personal and professional lounge lets you learn about student or [email protected] skills in a fun and casual awards and alumni benefits, have environment. Watch SAIT Alumni JAN Make Some Noise a snack and rest your feet, and use social media for more details! for Mental Health: DJ Spin computers reserved for alumni and 22 SAIT Gym their children to avoid the line-ups NOV Trojans Student Night Campus Centre for online registration. 5 pm to 8 pm: Tailgate party Alumni are invited to join an 17 Odyssey Coffee House. OCT Skate with the Trojans epic spin session featuring a live Alumni are welcome; show your 2 pm: SAIT Men’s Hockey vs. DJ as part of the SAIT Trojans Trojans game ticket for entry. 28 Briercrest College award-winning campaign to raise 7 pm: SAIT Women’s Hockey vs. NOV SAIT vs Ambrose University — awareness around mental health. Olds College Volleyball Watch SAIT Alumni social media Campus Centre arena 17 Women at 6 pm for more details. Cheer on the Trojans, then skate Men at 8 pm with the men’s and women’s hockey SAIT Main Gym teams. For details and to RSVP, email [email protected]

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48 LINK In her role as a forensic video analyst with the Calgary Police Service, Kathy McCaw (TSR ’77) has served as an expert witness in a number of high-profile cases. It’s a far stretch from the television career she imagined for herself back when she first started out. The work can be daunting — but immensely rewarding.

“While my career didn’t follow a path that I could have in any way imagined, it’s definitely been a natural progression of technology and learning.”

DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE? KATHY Mc CAW

ameras don’t judge. They document. As a forensic video analyst with the Calgary Police Service, I study video images, frame by frame, to help reveal what they’ve captured: A guy in a grey hoodie with a cigarette burn on the left sleeve; a dark green minivan with decals on the back window representing a family of four and their cat; a woman’s hand with a French manicure. In everyday life, details like these tend to blend in. During a criminal investigation though, they differentiate one thing from another. And once they stand out they can be very convincing. I use my technical skills to clarify the images caught on camera — to resize, adjust c lighting or reduce colour noise. I might be asked to put together an edited timeline from video captured on multiple cameras, revealing the exact sequence of events. Objectivity is critical, and my approach methodical — clinical, really. It has to be. The better I do my job, the less likely the case is to go to trial. Cameras don’t lie. After the video evidence is documented and shared pre-trial, the defense might change the plea. If the case proceeds to trial despite the evidence, and I’m called upon to provide ex- pert testimony, I know my work could be the piece that helps remove any shadow of doubt. While my career didn’t follow a path that I could have in any way imagined, it’s defi- nitely been a natural progression of technology and learning. After working as an off-line editor at CFCN television I was hired as a civilian with the Calgary Police Service to edit operational training videos. A decade after that, video forensics was an up-and-coming field. With my skill set, it seemed like the perfect fit. Some people love being on-air, on-camera, but that’s never been my thing. I prefer making a difference behind the scenes. The irony — that I now stand in court and provide expert testimony for the Crown in what can be high-profile cases — isn’t lost on me. My knees still tremble at the start, every single time. But when I begin to present my report to the court, a sense of calm washes over me. I know the material inside and out. I’ve documented my work every step of the way. What I’m there to share with the court are the facts. I am always confident about that.

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