Getting Started

Self-Guided Orientation is a go-at-your-own-pace online orientation accessible to all incoming students and available to revisit throughout the 2023-24 academic year.

Learn about the supports and services available to you as a student with this online orientation. It’s delivered using Brightspace—Sask Polytech’s online course system—where you’ll soon be logging into your courses. 

Check it out for a chance to win great prizes! See contest rules.

Self-guided orientation

To access this online orientation, make sure you have your mySaskPolytech login information handy. Learn more at mySaskPolytech Quick Reference Guide.

If you have any problems accessing this course or with self-registration, please contact the Helpdesk.

You’re encouraged to register for virtual orientation sessions below to help ease you into the ins and outs of our campuses from the comfort of your own home. This Zoom Q&A series familiarizes you with the departments essential to your studies. Each session covers different departments with designated speakers from each. Ask them anything, or simply sit back and listen. You are encouraged to attend as many sessions as possible.

Sask Polytech staff will tour you around the campus and highlight key student spaces to provide you with a better understanding of the full student experience. You will be introduced to the many services available to support your academic journey as well as where your classes will be held.

Registration is not required. A friendly tour guide will be inside the main entrance to greet you.

Explore Sask Polytech from the comfort of your home! Peek into our campuses across the province with a 360-degree tour. From our welcoming facilities to our state-of-the-art labs, these tours highlight some of our favourite places and spaces.

360-degree tour

My First Five is a series of orientation programming designed to help you learn about the many supports and services we have available to help you succeed in your studies and enhance your Sask Polytech experience. We've got you covered! 

January 2 - 12, 2024 is all about getting started and settled. This week is all about welcoming you to campus and helping you get settled and connected. Join us for Welcome Week events  to kick off the year! 

Event:	Meet your academic supports (Learning Services)
Date:	January 8, 2024
Location:	All main campus libraries
Details:	Come to the library for a free cup of coffee and meet the Library and Learning Services staff!

 

Event:	Academic success scavenger hunt
Date:	January 8 - 12, 2024
Location:	All main campuses Learning Services locations
Details:	Pick up your scavenger hunt card at Learning Services. Enter to win a pair of Beats Studio Buds!  Your academic success is our priority.

 

Event:	Healthy Minds and Bodies (Fitness and Recreation, and Counseling Services)
Date:	January 9, 2024, from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Location:	Moose Jaw campus: Cafeteria foyer Prince Albert campus: Cafeteria foyer and North field (Technical Building) Regina campus: Main street Saskatoon campus, Idylwyld Dr.: Cafeteria foyer
Details:	Join the Fit and Rec team in January and take part in a variety of indoor and outdoor activities. One of the keys to improving our health is regular activity so come on out and try something new! Each campus will have a host of activities for your enjoyment. We welcome you to a game of Toss Your Troubles and to learn (bite-sized) strategies to improve your wellness with the Counselling team.

 

Event:	Virtual scavenger hunt
Date:	January 10, 2024, from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Location:	Virtually via social media
Details:	The Student Relations Office and Campus Safety and Security will be hosting a virtual scavenger hunt. We will be asking students to submit pictures of safety related items or places around their campus. The students who successfully capture all items within a certain time period will be entered into a draw to win a prize.

 

Event:	Career and Employment Services and Student Awards
Date:	January 11, 2024, from 12 - 1 p.m.
Location:	Join Zoom meeting
Details:	Sask Polytech’s Career and Employment Services and Student Awards are joining forces to offer a Zoom information session to get you connected with the wealth of support right on the campus for you. Presentation outline: Student Awards: 12 - 12:30 p.m. Learn how quick and easy it is to apply! Whether you are a new student, or continuing your program, student awards are a great way to support your educational journey. With almost $2 million in student award opportunities each year, there is an award for almost everyone. Career and Employment Services: 12:30 - 1 p.m. Reaching career goals can be both exciting and challenging! Meet the people who can give you resume development and job interview help, employer contacts, career guidance and career development strategies. Sask Polytech Career & Employment Services is here to support you along your entire career journey.

 

Event:	Information booth
Date:	January 11, 2024
Time:	Noon - 1 p.m.
Locations:	Moose Jaw campus: Cafeteria foyer Prince Albert campus, Technical Building: Cafeteria foyer Regina campus: Main street Saskatoon campus, Idylwyld Dr:  Cafeteria foyer
Details:	Stop by the Career Counselling and Student Employment Services information table over the lunch hour and meet the team available to navigate your career goals.

This orientation is open to all new international students registered for Sask Polytech programs starting in the fall. Organized by Sask Polytech's international student advisors, it is designed to help student understand their study permit conditions and prepare for their new life in Canada.

Learn more and register to attend