YOUR CAMPUS 2012 – 13 Brought to you by MTS
MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT & VICE-CHANCELLOR Welcome to your University of Winnipeg: a diverse and multicultural community of more than 14,000 people. It’s an extraordinary time to be a UWinnipeg student, and you are attending a dynamic campus that is currently experiencing a renaissance. From the new Richardson College for the Environment and Science Complex — and adjacent green corridor — to the modern Buhler Centre and AnX facilities, our campus is renewing itself and growing to better serve you. That growth continues this fall when construction begins on our new Health & RecPlex. This three-storey, state-of-the-art facility will accommodate sports as well as cultural and community events — and will be one of the most significant recreational facilities ever built in Winnipeg’s downtown. Our academic community remains, as always, com-
mitted to access and excellence. In addition, UWinnipeg is renowned for Indigenous scholarship, environmental commitment, small class sizes and nurturing the leaders of tomorrow. It’s our goal is to help you prepare for a successful career and a life of active and engaged citizenship. I invite you to expand your skills and knowledge, while challenging yourself to achieve your full potential. Whether you are a new or returning student, you will surely find your time here to be an inspiring and rewarding experience. I wish you great success at The University of Winnipeg.
HEALTH & REC-PLEX BRINGS SPORTS AND WELLNESS TO UWINNIPEG AND DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY Let there be soccer... and a whole lot more! On Spence Street, between the Duckworth Centre and the Portage bus loop, The University of Winnipeg is building the Health & RecPlex, a multi-sport athletics and wellness facility that will help alleviate the chronic shortage of indoor recreational space in Winnipeg, enhance the UWinnipeg student experience and offer neighbourhood youth and residents unsurpassed recreational opportunities. Slated to open in spring 2014, the Health & RecPlex will feature a state-of-the-art, indoor green space to accommodate a multitude of sports such as soccer, flag football and track and field, as well as cultural and community events. It will also include: t B MBSHF NVMUJ VTF BSUJĂŤDJBM UVSG ĂŤFME t B GPVS MBOF SVCCFSJ[FE TQSJOU USBDL t B QSBDUJDF HZN t SFUSBDUBCMF CBUUJOH DBHFT t B NVMUJ FWFOUT SPPN t B EBODF ZPHB TUVEJP t GPPE BOE CFWFSBHF LJPTLT t BO VOEFSHSPVOE QBSLBEF UIBU DBO BDDPNNPEBUF 200 vehicles With the new facilities, UWinnipeg will be able to expand its Wesmen Athletics program and intramural programs for
students, as well as offer new research, teaching and employment opportunities. UWinnipeg will also be able to impact the community through the new Health & RecPlex. For the first time ever, community service agencies have formed a coalition to create sports leagues and programming for the future facility, to serve inner city youth. “We recognize that participating in sports in a safe and healthy environment provides critical life and teamwork skills in a young person’s life,� says Dr. Lloyd Axworthy, UWinnipeg’s President and Vice-Chancellor. The indoor athletics green space will be connected by skywalks to UWinnipeg’s existing Duckworth Centre, which will be renovated to include a new health, wellness, and healingbased complex offering a 2,000 sq. ft. athletic therapy clinic, a 2,600 sq. ft. multi-professional medical clinic, a pharmacy and medical supplies store, and the Bill Wedlake Fitness Centre. It will also employ the expertise of athletic therapists, massage therapists, chiropractors, sports medicine practitioners and general physicians. Services will be open to the student body, the inner-city community and the general public, providing an entire block of health care and recreation options. Visit uwinnipeg.ca/rec-plex to learn more.
CHANGES ON CAMPUS DURING CONSTRUCTION As we prepare for construction of the inner-city’s most significant recreation and wellness hub, demolition begins the week of August 15 with removal of McNamara Hall on Spence Street. The building at 359 Young St. will also be removed after Labour Day. We are committed to achieving LEED Silver status and will reuse and recycle all salvageable materials. This project means a number of changes on campus over the next few weeks. BUS SERVICE Winnipeg Transit is relocating the Spence Street Bus Loop to include our west campus. By mid-November a new bus loop will circle around our science complex. A new traffic light with pedestrian crosswalk will be installed at Langside and Portage by midfall 2012. In September, Spence Street buses will be temporarily rerouted south of Portage Avenue to accommodate construction. TREES Construction along Spence and Young necessitates the relocation of the Alumni Garden and a number of trees. In conjunction with our Campus Sustainability Office, Number TEN Architectural Group and local company Wood Anchor, we are committed to keeping or recycling every tree possible for reuse as lumber, furniture and art. Four large elm trees will remain in place. Four trees will be relocated on campus. Other elm, ash, spruce and maple will be carefully cut into lengths and used during construction of the new future United Health and RecPlex. The Richardson Green Corridor, a walkway and cycling path linking our main campus to the west Furby campus, is being landscaped and may accommodate relocated trees from Spence Street. The Alumni Garden will be rededicated on campus in the coming weeks. RELOCATIONS s Klinic on Campus has moved to the main floor of Sparling Hall. s The Legal Help Centre has moved to 310 Balmoral St. s Soma CafÊ is moving from the Duckworth Centre to Lockhart Hall, replacing CafÊ Bodhi in fall 2012. s CafÊ Bodhi will move to the 2nd floor, Duckworth Centre, sometime in fall 2012.
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