UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG

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 is the only on-campus high school in Canada.
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.”

Contents

History

Campus

Organization

Students and faculty

Athletics

Noted alumni

References

External links

History

United College was formed in 1938 from the union of Manitoba College, founded in 1871, 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.

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 lacks dormitory style campus housing. Current university housing exists in several houses and three floors of a seniors complex in the area surrounding the university. 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, 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.

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.

Students and faculty

Students at the University are represented by the University of Winnipeg Students' Association. CKUW is the student radio station based out of the University of Winnipeg.

Athletics

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

Noted alumni

★ Lloyd Axworthy - politician and current UW President

★ Bill Blaikie - NDP politician

★ Ruby Dhalla - Brampton Liberal MP

★ Chantal Kreviazuk - singer/songwriter

★ Margaret Laurence - Canadian novelist and short story writer.

★ Guy Maddin - film director

★ John Paskievich - film director and photographer

★ Howard Pawley - former Premier of Manitoba

★ Fred Penner - children's entertainer

★ Susan Thompson - former mayor of Winnipeg

★ Bif Naked - punk rock singer

★ Brad Roberts - pop singer, Crash Test Dummies

★ Bill Richardson - CBC radio host

References

1. The University of Winnipeg

External links

★ University of Winnipeg (official site)

★ The University of Winnipeg Students' Association

★ University of Winnipeg Education After Degree Class of 2005