Annual Report 2019/2020 OUR VISION
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Annual Report 2019/2020 OUR VISION To be a global leader in applied education. We believe in excellence as demonstrated by fresh thinking, best practices, entrepreneurial initiatives, bold solutions to new opportunities and fiscal responsibility. We believe in collaboration and we work together as a learning community to serve our students and partners. We believe in fairness modelled by honest and ethical dealings in our relationships with students, employees and partners. THINK BIG. THINK APPLIED EDUCATION. 2015-2020 STRATEGIC PLAN. 02 ANNUAL REPORT 2019/2020 BOARD OF SENIOR TABLE OF GOVERNORS EXECUTIVE CONTENTS President and CEO Chair HIGHLIGHTS Scott Thon Dr. David G. Ross 2 Message from the President and CEO Chief Financial Officer 3 Message from the Board Chair Public members and Vice President, Janet Annesley 4 Accountability Statement Corporate Services Cameron Bailey 5 Management’s Responsibility Roy Daykin David Erickson 6 Year in Review Henrietta Falasinnu* Vice President, 8 Strategic Priorities Tonya Fleming Academic Ruhee Ismail Teja* Dr. Brad Donaldson REPORTING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE Patrick Jarvis* INSTITUTIONAL PLAN Vice President, Sophia Langlois Corporate Development, 10 Executive Summary Bruce Leslie* Applied Research 11 Satisfaction Surveys Peter May and International 12 Graduate Employment Survey Lara Murphy Tom Bornhorst 13 Priority Initiatives 1-16 Matko Papic* 36 Enrolments (FLEs) Melinda Park Vice President, Reynold Tetzlaff External Relations 42 International Enrolments (FLEs) Joanne Todesco* Heather Magotiaux 45 Program Changes 46 Research, Applied Research and Faculty members Scholarly Activities Stephen Barry 51 Regional Stewardship, Foundational Learning, Cameron Hodgins Underrepresented Learners 60 Internationalization Student members 64 Information Technology Ryan Morstad 66 Capital Plan Rigel Raju 68 The Year in Numbers Non-academic staff members Mo Keshavjee MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS *denotes term expired prior to fiscal year-end 71 Management's Discussion and Analysis 72 Executive Summary 73 Financial Results 78 Capital 79 Managing Risk FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 81 Statement of Management Responsibility 82 Independent Auditor’s Report 85 Statement of Financial Position 86 Statement of Operations 87 Statement of Change in Net Financial Assets 88 Statement of Remeasurement Gains and Losses 89 Statement of Cash Flows PUBLIC INTEREST DISCLOSURE (WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION) ACT 90 Notes to the Financial Statements SAIT is committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct in all of its activities PROGRAMS and encourages members of the SAIT community to disclose any unethical behaviour they may have knowledge of or reasonably suspect. SAIT’s Ethical Disclosure Procedure 118 Programs provides avenues for such reporting. During the 2019/20 fiscal year, there were no 120 Awards disclosures of wrongdoing received or acted on under the Public Interest Disclosure Act. 120 Honours and Accolades ANNUAL REPORT 2019/2020 1 Message from the President and CEO The character of a community Despite the difficult decisions we made is revealed by the actions of its this past year, our Centre for Applied members. 2019/20 highlighted the Education Innovation developed 20 new programs, including two in the vision commitment, tenacity, ingenuity care sciences and a degree in Hospitality and caring of the staff and faculty and Tourism. We celebrated a number of of the Southern Alberta Institute firsts, welcoming the first intake into our of Technology (SAIT) as we faced Integrated Water Management program a year unlike any other. I am proud and Water and Wastewater Treatment and grateful for the way the SAIT Operations program, launching our Open Studies program in the winter of 2020 community navigated changes to and our inaugural spring semester a few public policy and funding, adapted months later. and responded to the COVID-19 Thanks to the most generous gift in global pandemic and to the effects our institution’s history, SAIT is well- of both on students, colleagues positioned to meet industry needs. and families. Businessman and philanthropist David Bissett’s gift of $30 million supports the SAIT’s strength is how we respond to opening of our new School for Advanced meet the moment. Since welcoming our Digital Technology (SADT), which will first students in 1916, SAIT has produced equip students with the skills to thrive in a remarkable 250,000 graduates. The a digital future. institution has served as a hospital, a 2020 is the final year of our five-year wireless training school and a refuge for strategic plan Think Big. Think Applied families fleeing floods and fires. When Education. Its replacement is written for COVID-19 cases began appearing in a different world and a different time, Calgary in March, SAIT shut down on- and reinforces SAIT’s commitment to campus operations and moved classes delivering work-ready graduates who will online within three days. This allowed reimagine and build Alberta’s economy. students to complete their semesters and employees to work safely from home. [Original signed by Dr. David G. Ross] Dr. David G. Ross President and CEO 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2019/2020 Message from the Board Chair SAIT’s role in the economies of SAIT’s Applied Research and Innovation Calgary and southern Alberta goes Services (ARIS) had a remarkable beyond producing work-ready year with an estimated total revenue of close to $10 million. ARIS helps graduates, it includes a focus businesses large and small develop and on igniting industry innovation. test their ideas. In so many ways, this past year My first full year as Board Chair has has deepened our sense of only strengthened my appreciation responsibility to the community as for SAIT’s connection to industry and we work together to find a path the value of an applied education. through the economic downturn SAIT graduates were on the frontlines and global pandemic. of the pandemic — showing how essential applied skills are. Even in a As challenging as 2019/20 was, it year marked by widespread global job was also filled with moments that losses, SAIT graduates continued to be underscore my optimism for Calgary’s hired by employers. Our graduate and future. Thanks to a $30-million gift from employer surveys showed 91% of recent Calgary businessman and philanthropist graduates had found work. Employer David Bissett — the most generous in satisfaction remained high, with 98% our school’s history — we were able saying they would hire a SAIT grad to lay the groundwork for our new again. School for Advanced Digital Technology SAIT will remain focused on adapting (SADT). The school will ensure there is to ensure our students are work-ready a pipeline of graduates able to support and will continue to shape the future of the digital transformation underway our province. I am excited to see what across all industries. SAIT partnered comes next. with Accenture to develop a roadmap to kick-start our plans, along with [Original signed by Scott Thon] Ryerson University’s Diversity Institute in Toronto, to build programming that supports graduates’ successful transition to the digital world of work. Scott Thon Chair, Board of Governors I see gifts such as David Bissett’s and those of our other generous corporate partners, including Cenovus Energy, CN, Spartan Controls, RGO, Shaw Communications and Hoya Vision Care, as a vote of confidence in Calgary’s future, and in SAIT’s key role and responsibility in forging it. HIGHLIGHTS 3 Accountability Statement SAIT’s Annual Report for the year ended June 30, 2020 was prepared under the Board’s direction in accordance with the Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act and ministerial guidelines established pursuant to the Post-secondary Learning Act. All material economic, environmental or fiscal implications of which we are aware have been considered in the preparation of this report. [Original signed by Scott Thon] Scott Thon Chair, Board of Governors 4 ANNUAL REPORT 2019/2020 Management’s Responsibility SAIT’s management is responsible for the preparation, accuracy, objectivity and integrity of the information contained in the Annual Report including the financial statements, performance results and supporting management information. Systems of internal control are designed and maintained by management to produce reliable information to meet reporting requirements. The system is designed to provide management with reasonable assurance that transactions are properly authorized, are executed in accordance with all relevant legislation, regulations and policies, reliable financial records are maintained and assets are properly accounted for and safeguarded. The Annual Report has been developed under the oversight of the institution audit committee, as well as approved by the Board of Governors and is prepared in accordance with the Fiscal Planning and Transparency Act and the Post-secondary Learning Act. The Auditor General of the Province of Alberta, the institution’s external auditor appointed under the Auditor General Act, performs an annual independent audit of the consolidated financial statements, which are prepared in accordance with Canadian public sector accounting standards. [Original signed by Dr. David G. Ross] Dr. David G. Ross President and CEO HIGHLIGHTS 5 Year in Review 2019 The 2019/20 academic year was a year JULY 2 SUMMER like any other — until it wasn’t. The SAIT launches Banner 9, a once-in-a- Award-winning country music star, Paul institution’s trajectory took a sharp turn generation Enterprise Resource