SAIT, UCW extend footprints into downtown

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and University Canada West have each announced that they will be expanding their footprint in the downtown region of their respective cities. SAIT is opening a new space in downtown Calgary’s Barclay Centre that will primarily house the School for Advanced Digital Technology (SADT). The 19,000 square-foot, two-storey space will feature instructional and collaborative learning spaces and a new state-of-the-art cyber lab. UCW will move into five storeys of an office tower in Vancouver’s Central Business District. The 89,000-square-foot space will feature classrooms and a lab, student lounges, a library, offices, and faculty spaces. The downtown campus space is anticipated to host 150 staff and faculty members and 2,200 students at any given time.