Faculty of Kinesiology

Community

Learn. Play. Belong.

The University of Winnipeg is committed to the residents in our surrounding community.
Here’s one example of a few of the opportunities on our campus we offer for the children and youth in our catchment area:

•  Inner City Junior Wesmen program, founded by Bob Axworthy in 2007

•  This club basketball team program helps girls to develop basketball and leadership skills on and off the court.

• Program has expanded to include soccer and basketball for girls and boys and will soon be expanding to include wrestling, baseball and volleyball.

• Programs like these provide an opportunity for inner city youth to compete in organized sports.

Many partnerships have been developed with local organizations including: Spence Neighborhood Association, NEEDS Centre, IRCOM, Boys and Girls Club, Indian and Metis Friendship Centre, and the City of Winnipeg have all partnered with the University of Winnipeg to help deliver programs.

With the rapid expansion of sports programs at the University of Winnipeg, we’ve partnered with Booth College so UWinnipeg programs have access to Booth’s gym facility, which is conveniently located right across the street. Inner City Junior Wesmen programs, Men’s and Women’s soccer, College Wesmen Basketball and Wesmen Wrestling all take advantage of the new space.

For more information on the many programs offered for the community, please contact Grant Richter, Director of Program Development & Community Liaison.
g.richter@wesmen.ca

For more information about our community, download the Spence Neighborhood Association’s 5 year Community Plan.