At 20 years old, the average SAIT student starting classes this fall was born into a world of GST, text messaging, and the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

1. WELCOME
STUDENTS OF 2013

2. The median age
of students
entering SAIT
Polytechnic this
year is 20 years
old. That means
they were born in
or around 1993.
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TODAY’S STUDENT

3. SAIT Polytechnic
THE WORLD IN 1993
Bill Clinton
becomes president
of the United States.
Prime Minister (s)
It was a year of three prime ministers. Canada had its first
female prime minister Kim Campbell (and only one to date)
(June to November 1993) after the resignation of Brian
Mulroney. She was followed by Jean Chrétien.
Premier of Alberta
Ralph Klein , MLA for
Calgary-Elbow was a
recently elected (1992)
premier of Alberta when our
students were born and led
the party until his retirement
in 2006.
Major attack on
World Trade
Centre
Fundamentalists
bombed the
parking lot of the
World Trade
Center, killing six
and trapping tens
of thousands of
office workers.
Mayor of
Calgary
Alfred (Al) Duerr
is the 34th Mayor
of Calgary from
1989 to 2001.
European Union
The EU has been
in existence for
the lifetime of this
student. It was
created by the
Maastricht
Treaty, which
came into effect
on Nov. 1, 1993.
The World Wide
Web was created
free for everyone
at CERN in
Switzerland with
more than 500
servers in 1993.

4. Music
The most popular song in
1993 was I Will Always Love
You by Whitney Houston.
In 1993, In Utero by Nirvana
was the album of the year
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MOVIE, MUSIC AND POPULAR CULTURE IN 1993
Popular feature film
releases in 1993
 Jurassic Park
 Sleepless in Seattle
 Mrs. Doubtfire
 Schindler’s List
 The Fugitive
 The Firm
Popular Television
 X-Files
 Boy Meets World
 Frasier
 Star Trek Deep Space 9
 Mighty Morphin Power
Rangers
 The Nanny
Popular bands
 Smashing Pumpkins
 Bjork
 Snoop Doggy Dogg
 Pearl Jam

5. SAIT Polytechnic
FASHION IN 1993
JanSport backpacks
Crimped hair
Jelly shoes
Baby Gs
Overalls
Slap
bracelets
Choker
necklaces
Scrunchies Bucket hats

6. SAIT Polytechnic
SPORT HIGHLIGHTS IN 1993
Football
The Calgary Stampeders finished in first place in the West Division with a 15–3 record.
They attempted to defend their Grey Cup championship, but lost to Edmonton in the
Western Final. The Edmonton Eskimos won the Grey Cup beating the Winnipeg Blue
Bombers 33 - 23.
Baseball
This was the last time a Canadian team won the World Series in this student’s lifetime.
The Toronto Blue Jays won back-to-back World Series, the first on Canadian soil, as
Joe Carter hit the series-winning home run. The Blue Jays beat the Philadelphia Phillies
in game six, winning the series four games to two.
Track and Field
Sprinter Ben Johnson, whose 1988 Olympic Gold medal was rescinded after it was
discovered he used performance enhancing drugs, is permanently banned from
international competition after again testing positive for banned substances.
Hockey
Gary Bettman became commissioner of the National Hockey League, so many lock outs
ago. The Montreal Canadiens defeated the Los Angeles Kings to win the Stanley Cup.
Wayne Gretzky played for the LA Kings but they lost the series four games to one.
Figure Skating
Kurt Browning won the Men’s World figure skating championship for the 92/93 season
and Ice Pairs Figure Skaters Isabelle Brasseur and Lloyd Eisler won the pairs skating
championship.

7. Financials
 Mortgage rates were between 4-8%.
 The unemployment rate in Canada reached its peak in 1993 at 11%.
 Youth unemployment rate was at 17%.
 1993 is often considered to be the end of a recession in Canada.
 Price of Brent Crude oil in September 1993 $19.99 US per barrel.
Computers
 Apple was in decline and locked in battle with Microsoft.
Microsoft launched Window NT.
 Floppy disks were in vogue.
Gas
 A litre of regular gas prices in Calgary was about 50 cents.
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ECONOMY IN 1993

8. Canada’s
population
was almost 27million
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*Today it’s over 35 million

9. 4 years old when Diana,
Princess of Wales, died as a
result of injuries sustained in
a car accident Paris, France.
8 years old when
Canadian Airlines, with
more than 90
destinations worldwide,
went out of business.
6 years old when the
Taber high school
shooting occurred.
13 years old when
Stephen Harper became
Prime Minister.
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THEY WERE …
11 years old the last
time the Flames made
it to the Stanley Cup.
0 Missed man landing
on the moon but were able
to use social media to send
messages to Chris Hadfield
in space.
8 years old when
the iPod was
released.
6 years old
when Nunavut
became a
Canadian
territory .

10. Five years old when Google was
founded in 1998.
Eleven years old when Facebook was
founded in 2004.
Twelve years old when YouTube was
created.
Grew up with text messaging. The first
text message SMS was sent a year
before their birth.
Thirteen years old when Twitter was
founded in 2006.
Two years old when Windows 95 was
released.
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THEY WERE …

11.  A time when all the Beatles were
alive
 A world without GST
 The Olympics in Calgary
 Temperatures given in Fahrenheit
in Canada
 Road signs in miles in Canada
 The first three seasons of The
Simpsons
 A world without laptops
WHAT THEY NEVER EXPERIENCED
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Did you know
that they never
experienced
a world without
cellphones?

12.  Unemployment rates are above 13% for their demographic.
 In relative dollars, hourly pay for youth under 25 has dropped for
full time jobs by 13% for men and 8% for women in Canada.
 According to comScore, one in four aged 18-25 no longer watch
traditional TV; more are now watching it on the web.
 One in four of our students access YouTube several times a day in
contrast to 1 in 10 of SAIT instructors.
 More than 50% of SAIT students access Facebook several times a
day in contrast to 20% of instructors.
 Fastest growing social media sites in Canada for 2012 according
to comScore include Tumblr, Pinterest and Instagram.
 88% of SAIT students have a smartphone in contrast to 62%
Canada-wide.
FACTS ABOUT 2013
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13. SAIT Polytechnic
Selfies (n) a picture taken of yourself that is
planned to be uploaded to
Facebook, Instagram or any other sort of social
networking website.
Did you know
that Selfies are
when someone
takes a picture of
themselves?
POP CULTURE NOW

14. SOME FACTS ABOUT NOW
SAIT Polytechnic
 Personal videos are becoming more popular thanks to smart
phones. Vine allows creation of 6 second videos. Instagram
recently launched a 15 second video option.
 30% of students have purchased e-textbooks in the past.
 More than1/3 of students will not buy all required textbooks.
 25% of youth age 25-29 still live with their parents compared to
11% in 1981.
 40% of students will likely work while attending SAIT.
 20% of SAIT students will likely speak another language at
home.
SAIT students are a smartphone generation, true digital natives
moving from desktops to smartphones for searching the web,
banking and watching videos .
This year’s students hold access to the world in
their hands!

15. SAIT Polytechnic
SAIT 1993 TO NOW
1993 2013
Number of full time students 4,801 16,000+
Number of apprentices 3,957 8,000+
Number of schools 6 schools:
Business, Communications, Engineering
Technologies, Hospitality, Medical/Health
Services, Transport Mechanical/Facility
Operations
8 schools:
Business, Construction, Energy
Hospitality and Tourism, Health and
Public Safety, Information and
Communications Technologies,
Manufacturing and Automation,
Transportation
Training Related Graduate
Employment rate
81% 84%
President of SAIT Dale Landry Dr. David Ross
Number of programs 57 including Dietary Technology, Animal
Health Technology and Recreation
Facility Maintenance and Operations
77
Apprentice programs 29 Including power lineman, partsman
and appliance serviceman
30+

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20. THEN
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NOW

21. O
CLASS OF 2013,
WELCOME TO SAIT
POLYTECHNIC.
HOW WILL YOU CHANGE
THE WORLD?
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