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University of Winnipeg
The crest of The University of Winnipeg
Motto: Lux et Veritas Floreant
(Let Light and Truth Flourish)
Established: 1967
Type: Public
President: Lloyd Axworthy
Staff: approx. 300
Undergraduates: 9,219 [1]
Postgraduates: small number of
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Campus: Urban
Sports team: Winnipeg Wesmen
Mascot: Wesley Coyote
Affiliations: AUCC, IAU, ATS, CIS, CWUAA, UArctic
Website: www.uwinnipeg.ca

The University of Winnipeg (U of W) is a public university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that focuses primarily on undergraduate education. The U of W's founding colleges were Manitoba College and Wesley College, which merged to form United College in 1938. The University of Winnipeg was established in 1967 when United College received its charter.

The University of Winnipeg also contains a high school called the University of Winnipeg Collegiate.

It was ranked by graduates in Maclean's magazine University Graduate Survey (November 15, 2004) in the Top Ten of all Canadian universities when asked about their “Entire Educational Experience.”

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[edit] History

The U of W's founding colleges were Manitoba College and Wesley College, which merged to form United College in 1938. The University of Winnipeg was established in 1967 when United College received its charter. United College was formed in 1938 from the union of Manitoba College, founded in 1871, Yellow College in 1875 and Wesley College, founded in 1888. Originally affiliated with the University of Manitoba, United College received its charter in 1967 and became the University of Winnipeg.

University of Winnipeg was established in 1967, when an existing college of the University of Saskatchewan gained autonomy as a university. [2] University of Saskatchewan a single, public provincial university created in 1907 was modelled on the American state university, with an emphasis on extension work and applied research. [3] The governance was modelled on the provincial University of Toronto Act of 1906 which established a bicameral system of university government consisting of a senate (faculty), responsible for academic policy, and a board of governors (citizens) exercising exclusive control over financial policy and having formal authority in all other matters. The president, appointed by the board, was to provide a link between the 2 bodies and to perform institutional leadership. [4] In the early part of this century, professional education expanded beyond the traditional fields of theology, law and medicine. Graduate training based on the German-inspired American model of specialized course work and the completion of a research thesis was introduced. [5] The policy of university education initiated in the 1960s responded to population pressure and the belief that higher education was a key to social justice and economic productivity for individuals and for society. [6]

[edit] Campus

As a university in the downtown of a large urban centre, the U of W has attempted to play a role in the downtown community. Many see the university being pulled in two directions. On the one hand there are attempts to make the university a part of Winnipeg's downtown renewal efforts. On the other hand security issues have made some concerned that the university, with its focus on increased security measures, is being drawn away from the community turning the institution into an isolated area of affluence, in an area of Winnipeg that is populated with many low-income families.

The University of Winnipeg is expanding its housing stock. Current university housing exists in several houses within minutes of the campus, several floors of dormitory style accommodations in a seniors complex in the area surrounding the university, as well as bachelor and one bedroom apartments. Due to its location in the heart of Winnipeg, the city has expanded around the university, often depriving it of area it can use for either on-campus housing or expansion of current facilities; back when the University was United College, there was dormitory housing on-site, but that has long been taken over by much-needed classroom, office, and other space. With the closure of Spence Street on the university's west side talk has once again arisen of dormitories being built to house students.

[edit] Organization

The University of Winnipeg is a provincially and privately funded post-secondary institution with undergraduate and selected graduate programs, as well as a Division of Continuing Education and a high school division.

[edit] Academic

[edit] Students and faculty

Students at the University are represented by the University of Winnipeg Students' Association.[1] CKUW is the student radio station based out of the University of Winnipeg. The Uniter is the campus newspaper.[2]

[edit] Faculties

  • Faculty of Theology
  • Faculty of Arts & Science
  • Faculty of Business & Economics
  • Faculty of Education
  • Faculty of Environmental Design
  • Faculty of Graduate Studies
  • Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation Studies
  • Faculty of Science
  • Faculty of Social Work
  • Faculty of Theatre/Film

[edit] Centres

  • Centre for Academic Writing (CAW)
  • Centre for Distributed / Distance Learning (CDDL)
  • Centre for Forest Interdisciplinary Research (C-FIR)
  • Centre for Innovation in Teaching & Learning (CITL)
  • Centre for Research in Young People's Texts and Cultures (CRYTC)
  • Centre for Rupert's Land Studies
  • Centre for Sustainable Transportation

[edit] Athletics

The university is represented in Canadian Interuniversity Sport by the Winnipeg Wesmen.

[edit] Aboriginal

The University of Winnipeg provides services to Aboriginal people to urban Aboriginal people, for example, out of their centre on Selkirk Avenue in Winnipeg’s North End. The University of Winnipeg offers a B.A. in Aboriginal Governance with a Master’s Degree in Aboriginal Governance to be offered in September 2008. The University of Winnipeg provides special first-year bridging programs for Aboriginal students. Academic councillors, tutors, and Aboriginal Elders are present on campus at University of Winnipeg to provide academic and social supports. The University of Winnipeg reaches into Aboriginal communities to talk to potential students at a much younger age through its Wii Chiiwaaknak Learning Centre, Eco-Kids Program and Eco-U Summer Camp targeting Aboriginal elementary, middle and high school students. To assist with the transition to a fulfilling career, the University of Winnipeg is participating in a Aboriginal Lynx Career and Employment Project led by University of Calgary. [7]

[edit] Noted alumni

[edit] University History

  • Allen G. Bedford 'The University of Winnipeg: A History of the Founding Colleges' (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1976)

[edit] References

  1. ^ The University of Winnipeg. The Directory of Canadian Universities. Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. Retrieved on 2007-07-24.
  2. ^ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008242
  3. ^ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008242
  4. ^ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008242
  5. ^ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008242
  6. ^ http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008242
  7. ^ http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/cms-filesystem-action?file=pdfs/conferences/2007/aboriginal-rt-spring-report.pdf.

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