Canada West Universities Athletic Association



































Canada West
Canada West logo
Established 1972
Association U Sports
Members 17
Sports fielded

  • 12

    • men's: 9

    • women's: 11



Region Western Canada
Former names Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union, Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Website www.canadawest.org

Canada West is a regional membership association for universities in Western Canada which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and events to the public and the media. This is similar to what would be called a college athletic conference in the United States. Canada West is one of four such bodies that are members of the country's governing body for university athletics, U Sports. The other three regional associations coordinating university-level sports in Canada are Ontario University Athletics (OUA), Atlantic University Sport (AUS), and the Quebec Student Sport Federation (known by its French initialism of RSEQ).




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 Membership changes




  • 2 Member schools


    • 2.1 Current members


    • 2.2 Former member




  • 3 Facilities


  • 4 Future expansion


  • 5 Scholarships, UBC, Simon Fraser University, and the NAIA


  • 6 Awards


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





History


The Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union (WCIAU - later renamed Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Association) was formed in 1919-20 as the first recognized western-based post-secondary athletic organization in Canada, with the University of Manitoba winning the first-ever league championship, a men's hockey title, in 1920.


In the spring of 1972, the WCIAA was split into the Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA) and the Great Plains Athletic Association (GPAA - later renamed the Great Plains Athletic Conference).


CWUAA consisted of schools spanning from Victoria to Saskatoon (Victoria, British Columbia, Calgary, Alberta, Lethbridge and Saskatchewan), while GPAA's member institutions stretched from Regina to Thunder Bay (Regina, Brandon, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Lakehead).[1]



Membership changes


In 1985-86, Canada West offered playing privileges to men's hockey teams from the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) with other sports following over the years, culminating with the 2001-02 merger of basketball.


Since 1999, 11 additional schools have joined the Canada West's six charter members. Trinity Western joined in 1999-00 and, in 2000-01, all schools from the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) except for Brandon were provided full membership in Canada West (Manitoba, Regina and Winnipeg). Brandon joined as an associate member at the time, until full membership was granted in 2005.


Simon Fraser joined Canada West in 2000, followed by Thompson Rivers in 2005 and Fraser Valley in 2006.


Simon Fraser withdrew from the conference as a member after the 2009-10 season, while both Thompson Rivers and Fraser Valley were awarded full membership in 2010 and, at the same time, UBC Okanagan received probationary membership.[2]


In 2011, Mount Royal University[3] and the University of Northern British Columbia[4] were voted in as probationary members and began active competing in 2012-13.


In 2013, UBC Okanagan was awarded full membership, while Mount Royal University and the University of Northern British Columbia were awarded full membership in 2014.


Full membership was granted to MacEwan University in the spring of 2015,[5] after the Edmonton-based university fulfilled their probationary membership requirements and was accepted by Canada West membership as the conference's 17th member.



Member schools



Current members




Canada West Universities Athletic Association is located in Western Canada

Winnipeg

Winnipeg



Alberta

Alberta



Brandon

Brandon



UBCO

UBCO



Calgary

Calgary



Lethbridge

Lethbridge



MacEwan

MacEwan



Mount Royal

Mount Royal



UNBC

UNBC



Regina

Regina



Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan



UVic

UVic



Winnipeg schools: Manitoba Winnipeg


Winnipeg schools:
Manitoba
Winnipeg




Locations of the Canada West member institutions




Canada West Universities Athletic Association is located in British Columbia

UBC

UBC



UFV

UFV



TRU

TRU




Locations of the Lower Mainland institutions









































































































































































































Institution
Nickname
Location
Founded
Type
Enrollment
Endowment
Joined
Division

University of Alberta

Golden Bears (men's)
Pandas (women's)

Edmonton, Alberta
1908
Public
36,435
$1.2B
1971-72
Prairie

Brandon University

Bobcats

Brandon, Manitoba
1890
Public
3,383
---
1999-2000
Prairie

University of British Columbia

Thunderbirds

Vancouver, British Columbia
1908
Public
43,579
$1.01B
1971-72
Pacific

University of British Columbia Okanagan

Heat

Kelowna, British Columbia
2005
Public
8,307
---
2010-11
Pacific

University of Calgary

Dinos

Calgary, Alberta
1966
Public
28,196
$952M
1971-72
Prairie

University of the Fraser Valley

Cascades

Abbotsford, British Columbia
1974
Public
21,500
---
2006-07
Pacific

University of Lethbridge

Pronghorns

Lethbridge, Alberta
1967
Public
8,000+
$24.5M
1971-72
Prairie

University of Manitoba

Bisons

Winnipeg, Manitoba
1877
Public
27,599
$303M
2001-02
Prairie

MacEwan University
Griffins

Edmonton, Alberta
1971
Public
19,606
---
2013-14


Mount Royal University

Cougars

Calgary, Alberta
1910
Public
14,175
---
2001-02
Pacific

University of Northern British Columbia

Timberwolves

Prince George, British Columbia
1990
Public
4,183
$78.5M
2011-12
Pacific

University of Regina

Rams (football)
Cougars (other sports)

Regina, Saskatchewan
1911
Public
12,800
$25.9M
2001-02
Prairie

University of Saskatchewan

Huskies

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
1907
Public
19,082
$136.7M
1971-72
Prairie

Thompson Rivers University

WolfPack

Kamloops, British Columbia
1970
Public
13,072
---
2005-06
Pacific

Trinity Western University

Spartans

Langley, British Columbia
1962
Private/Christian
2,700
---
1999-2000
Pacific

University of Victoria

Vikes

Victoria, British Columbia
1903
Public
19,500
$155.4M
1971-72
Pacific

University of Winnipeg

Wesmen

Winnipeg, Manitoba
1871
Public
9,219
---
2001-02
Prairie


Former member



























Institution
Nickname
Location
Founded
Type
Enrollment
Endowment
Joined
Left
Current
Conference

Simon Fraser University

Clan

Burnaby, British Columbia
1965
Public
35,604
$209M
2000-01
2009-10

GNAC
(NCAA Division II)


Facilities


Canadian athletic facilities are often listed by their "maximum capacity", which is often an estimate of their largest recorded crowd in the facility. These maximum capacities can and often do include standing room patrons and attendees seated on grass surrounding a playing field. Seated Capacity is the actual number of permanent seats, be they grandstands or permanently in use bleachers. This is why you will sometimes see larger capacities listed for these sites when searching for them on line. When capacity numbers have mismatched on source sites, unless the larger capacity could be confirmed as a seated capacity, the smaller capacity number has been listed here.


Please update with verified "seated capacities" only when the institutions release more accurate official seated capacities.












































































































































































































Facilities
Institution Football
Stadium
Seated
Capacity
Basketball
Arena
Seated
Capacity
Hockey
Arena
Seated
Capacity
Soccer
Stadium
Seated
Capacity
Alberta Foote Field 3,500 GO Centre 2,600 Clare Drake Arena 3,000 Foote Soccer Field 1,500
Brandon No Football -- Brandon University Gym 1,000 No Hockey -- No Soccer --
UBC Thunderbird Stadium 3,441 War Memorial Gymnasium 2,222 Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre 7,200 Thunderbird Stadium 3,500
UBCO No Football -- UBC Okanagan Campus Gym 1,000 No Hockey -- Nonis Sports Field --
Calgary McMahon Stadium 35,650 Jack Simpson Gymnasium 2,700 Father David Bauer Olympic Arena 1,750 West Varsity Soccer Pitch 500
Fraser Valley No Football -- Envision Athletic Centre 1,700 No Hockey -- Exhibition Field, Chilliwack 2,000
Lethbridge No Football -- 1st Choice Savings Centre 2,500 Nicholas Sheran Arena 1,100 University Field 2,000
MacEwan No football -- Christenson Family Centre for Sport and Wellness 2,000 Downtown Community Arena 1,000 Jasper Place Bowl 1,000[6]
Manitoba Investors Group Field 33,500 Investors Group Athletic Centre 3,100 Max Bell Centre 1,400 Turf East Field
Mount Royal No Football -- Kenyon Court 1,940 Flames Community Arenas 500 Mount Royal Fields
UNBC No Football -- Charles Jago Northern Sports Centre 2,000 No Hockey -- NCSSL Field
Regina Mosaic Stadium 33,000 UR CKHS 2,000 The Co-operators Centre 1,000
Rams/Cougars Field (Women's only)
No permanent seating
Saskatchewan Griffiths Stadium 6,171 PAC 2,426 Merlis Belsher Place 23,000 Field 7 in PotashCorp Park 400
Thompson Rivers No Football -- Tournament Capital Centre 2,200 No Hockey -- Hillside Stadium 1,060
Trinity Western No Football -- Langley Event Centre 2,000 Langley Events Centre 5,300 Rogers Park 500
Victoria No Football -- CARSA Performance Gym 2,100 No Hockey -- Centennial Stadium 5,000
Winnipeg No Football -- Duckworth Centre 1,780 No Hockey -- Winnipeg Soccer Complex / St. Vital 2000 / 500

(Data mined from the U Sports homepage's member directory[7] and WorldStadiums.com.[8] The member directory numbers seem to be ballpark figures in some cases.)



Future expansion


The media has reported[example needed] that the following institutions are building their athletic programs for potential admission into the association.



  • Capilano University

  • Vancouver Island University


In 2012 the conference declared they would not take applications from new schools, as Canada West rejected a bid from Grant MacEwan University.[9]



Scholarships, UBC, Simon Fraser University, and the NAIA


In May 2005, UBC made a formal bid to join the NCAA, but decided in April 2011 to remain a part of Canada West Athletics. See the UBC article for more details.


Simon Fraser (known as the SFU Clan) did not compete in what is now known as U Sports until 2002, after a failed attempt to join the U.S. NCAA. On July 10, 2009 the NCAA accepted SFU's bid to join NCAA Division II in the 2011-2012 season. Canada West proceeded as a 13-team, 14 member conference for 2010-11, with the inclusion of UBC-Okanagan as a non-competing, probationary member for 2010-11, in time to begin competition (pending summer 2011 CIS approval) for the 2011-12 season. In May 2011 Mount Royal was awarded Canada West membership, effective Sept. 2011, with competition to begin in the 2012-13 season.


From its inception in 1965, Simon Fraser competed in the NAIA to allow "full ride" scholarships. Canadian schools did not allow any form of scholarships until the late 1980s. SFU was forced to leave the NAIA in many sports due to schools in the Northwest US shifting to the NCAA. Until 2009, the NCAA limited membership to schools based in the U.S. Some Simon Fraser teams still competed in the U.S. before the school moved to the NCAA, and their men's wrestling program competed in the then-CIS and the NAIA. UBC has several of its programs (baseball, cross country, golf, outdoor track and field and softball) compete in the NAIA.



Awards




References





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  2. ^ "UBC Okanagan joins Canada West; TRU & UFV full members". Athletics & Recreation News. 2010-09-02. Retrieved 2018-03-20.


  3. ^ "Mount Royal University officially joins Canada West Athletics". Canada West Universities Athletic Association. 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2018-03-20.


  4. ^ "UNBC becomes latest member of Canada West sports division | University Affairs". University Affairs. Retrieved 2018-03-20.


  5. ^ "MacEwan University granted full membership in Canada West". MacEwan University. Retrieved 2018-03-20.


  6. ^ https://www.edmonton.ca/activities_parks_recreation/jasper-place-bowl-artificial-turf.aspx


  7. ^ U Sports directory Archived 2009-07-27 at the Wayback Machine


  8. ^ World Stadiums.com


  9. ^ http://cupwire.ca/articles/51957 Archived 2013-05-26 at the Wayback Machine - CUP - March 7, 2012 - University presidents in Canada West push for high performance division




External links


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