U SPORTS is the national brand of university sports in 🇨🇦. 57 schools, 15k student-athletes. U SPORTS est l’alliance qui réunit tous les sports universitaires
University sport in Canada is ELITE. It’s time for govts to understand our collective benefit to Canada.
@USPORTSca
stands with all of our conferences and members to say
#OUAisELITE
and student-athletes deserve to be recognized as being as such!
The
#OUA
is, by all definitions, 𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘.
Behind the scenes, on the sidelines, and certainly, on the playing field, this recognition is well-deserved for the talented individuals that make up the conference.
See ⬇️ for full statement.
#WeAreONE
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#OUAisELITE
Kicker Maya Turner makes history as the first-ever female to suit up in a U SPORTS regular season football game for the Manitoba Bisons 👏
Botteuse Maya Turner est la première femme à participer à un match de football de saison régulière U SPORTS pour les Bisons du Manitoba 👏
Making history 👏
Maya Turner is the first female to score a point in a U SPORTS regular season football game.
Maya Turner est la première femme à marquer un point lors d'un match de football de saison régulière U SPORTS.
@MBBisons
@umbisons
CBC Sports and U SPORTS to provide worldwide English-language live streaming coverage of four U SPORTS winter national championship events
#ChaseTheGlory
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#ViserHaut
🔗EN:
For
#WomensHistoryMonth
, we're looking back at some of the women who shaped Canadian university sport
Thérèse Quigley is a true trailblazer in Canadian university sport, becoming the first female Director of Athletics and Recreation at an Ontario university
🚨U SPORTS announces updated Winter 2022 Championship Schedule.
U SPORTS dévoile son calendrier mis à jour des championnats d’hiver 2022.
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#ChaseTheGlory
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#ViserHaut
Nick Nurse:
✅ NBA Champion
✅
@CanBball
coach
✅ Canadian university sport supporter
Tonight, 🇨🇦’s Senior Men’s Basketball Team takes on Nigeria ahead of the 2019
@FIBA
World Cup.
🏀 7pm ET at
@MattamyAC
The U SPORTS All-Stars went 2-0 against
@HC_WJC
this week in exhibition action, a feat that head coach
@bpeddleX
believes demonstrates the quality of play in Canadian university hockey. 👇
Making
#HERstory
!
Maya Turner has just become the first female to record a point in a
@USPORTSca
regular season football game.
What a moment.
Congrats, Maya!
Hunter Garlent from
@SMUHuskies
states his father is the one who had the most influence on his athletic career. "He passed away in 2014 and until I step on the ice for the last time, he will be who I play for every game."
Read more ⬇️🏒
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Thanks to
@RonMacLeanHTH
for being a strong supporter of 🇨🇦 university hockey, and hosting our announcement of the David Johnston University Cup earlier this week!! 🏆💯
It's time for change, and we know we need to do more. U SPORTS stands with the black community against police brutality and systematic racism. We commit to better engage with and represent the diverse Canadian university sport landscape
#BlackLivesMatter
Student-athletes, please be aware of how the legalization of cannabis for recreational use affects you if you are participating to varsity sports.
Details:
🏈 Les
@carabins
sont vos champions de la Coupe Vanier Canada Vie 2023 !
🏈The Montréal Carabins are your 2023 Canada Life Vanier Cup Champions!
#ChaseTheGlory
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#ViserHaut
U SPORTS approves inclusive new policy for transgender student athletes
Details:
U SPORTS approuve une nouvelle politique d'inclusion pour les étudiants athlètes transgenres
Détails:
"No matter what I do in the
@NBA
, I can never get my four years in college back or those memories with those guys back."
@FredVanVleet
's message to
@BrockMensBall
before they boarded their flight to Halifax for the U SPORTS Basketball Championship!
No better day to celebrate the Top 100 women who shaped Canadian university basketball than on
#InternationalWomensDay
!
Grateful to have several of these incredible women in attendance for today's Final 8 goal medal games.
#ChaseTheGlory
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#IWD2020
In celebration of
#InternationalWomensDay
, we are proud to announce 18 former student-athletes have been selected for the 2021-22 U SPORTS Female Apprentice Coach Program, led by Shanice Marcelle & Ciera Disipio.
➡️
#ChaseTheGlory
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#ViserHaut
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#IWD2021
🏈 Exciting news! U SPORTS has announced Regina and Laval as the hosts for the 2025 and 2026 Vanier Cup Championships! Get ready to experience the pinnacle of Canadian university football in these vibrant cities.
🏈 Préparez-vous à vivre le summum du football universitaire…
Congratulations to all the athletes of the 2018 Commonwealth Games and a special shout out to all the current and former U SPORTS student-athletes who competed at the games and won a total of 21 medals, including 5🥇, 10🥈 and 6🥉!!!
Proud of our countless
@USPORTS_Hockey
alumni that have been drafted by and played in the CWHL over the years.
We are saddened by this news but hopeful for a bright future for women's hockey in 🇨🇦
The Board of Directors of the Canadian Women’s Hockey League (CWHL) has made the decision to discontinue operations effective May 1, 2019. Please refer to press release at the for more information.
Jeff Cummins (
@AcadiaAthletics
) has won his 2nd Frank Tindall Trophy as the U SPORTS 🏈 Coach of the Year! Félicitations Jeff Cummins, gagnant du Trophée Frank Tindall!
Final 8 Championship Preview:
@HuskieAthletics
named tournament favourites,
@UCDinos
earn at-large berth / Les Huskies du Saskatchewan favorites du tournoi et les Dinos de Calgary repêchées
#ChaseTheGlory
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#ViserHaut
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Final 8 Championship Preview:
@CURavens
named tournament favourites,
@UCDinos
earn at-large berth / Carleton nommée équipe favorite du tournoi, Calgary gagne sa place en qualifications
#ChaseTheGlory
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#ViserHaut
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The York Lions have established the Mark Cross Memorial Fund, a fund to support the Men’s Hockey program in Mark’s honour.
Donations can be made at this link:
#humboldtstong
U SPORTS announces significant policy changes to Athletic Scholarships and Eligibility Alignment
Modifications aux politiques des bourses d'études sportives et règles d'admissibilité
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The road to the Vanier Cup starts now. 🏈🏆
The 58th Vanier Cup is coming to Kingston, Ontario! For the first time in history, the pinnacle of U SPORTS football has been awarded to the Queen’s University!
@queensgaels
@queensu
#ChaseTheGlory
#ViserHaut
To send off
#WomensHistoryMonth
, how about some history in the making
A passion for inspiring change led Lee Anna Osei from a stellar career on the court to coaching. As founder of the
@BCC_Association
, Osei continues to blaze her path as a leader in Canadian university sport
U SPORTS honours 4,906 Academic All-Canadians for 2019-20 season / U SPORTS honore les 4 906 Étoiles Académiques Canadiennes de la saison 2019-20
#ChaseTheGlory
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Congratulations to
@UCDinos
alum, Hayley Wickenheiser, on her well-deserved induction to the Hockey Hall of Fame! / Félicitations à Hayley Wickenheiser, ancienne des
@UCDinos
, pour son intronisation au Temple de la renommée du hockey !
DESTINATION VANIER: The Saskatchewan Huskies have booked their ticket🎟to the 2022 Canada Life Vanier Cup!🏆
DESTINATION VANIER : Les Huskies de la Saskatchewan ont réservé leur billet🎟pour la Coupe Vanier Canada-Vie 2022 ! 🏆
U SPORTS launches new national championship logos for 2019-20 season / U SPORTS lance des nouveaux logos de championnats nationaux pour la saison 2019-2020
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Logan McVeigh added an empty net goal, and the U SPORTS All-Stars have shutout
@HC_WJC
3-0! It's the first time in 34 meetings that U SPORTS has held 🇨🇦 scoreless.
What a moment 😮
Acadia wins their first
@AUS_SUA
women’s volleyball championship in program history!
Next, the team will head to Hamilton for the 2024 U SPORTS championship, also a program first.
Watch March 15-17 on
@cbcsports