Thanks Table5 and others - great feedback. This is more about supplementing the skills I have rather than trying to be a full-time graphic designer. My background is marketing and writing, and I think that having some basic abilities in graphic design would be beneficial. I'm thinking along the lines of updating existing documents/websites, and maybe doing basic design work. To Cogent's point, I guess what I'm really looking for is some skills on the production side versus strong design skills (although that would be nice).
I'm not fooling myself about the natural ability and formal education that's required to be good with design - but if I could get some of the fundamentals and get somewhat proficient on the software side, I'd be happy. From the sounds of what folks are saying, the SAIT certificate program should suffice when it comes to learning at least about the production side.
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