SAIT is a good program. NAIT's practicum is longer (thus a tougher expense to bare up front) but gets you more experience in the building. That said, SAIT is a good program and well respected.
If someone tries to give you a job in Calgary/Edmonton out of school, run. Run as fast as you can until you're in a town that has one Subway and if you're lucky a McDonalds and will have you doing more than getting coffee for somebody who's doing the job you want to do. Go somewhere that finds YOU doing the daypart and if you're lucky have someone with some chops above you that you can learn from. Realize that it's a trade and the 2 years in school is just the START of your education. Call around, ship tape out, find mentors and be winning to bust your ass and then some.
The pay isn't great, there are definite fringe benefits, but if you're doing it right you'll be a decade in and realize you haven't actually "worked" a day in your life.
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