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Student Services
24.5 Campus Recreation and Athletics
24.5.1 Campus Recreation Program
Students and staff in the University of Alberta community have the opportunity to participate in a diverse offering of recreational and sport activities.
These include intramural sports (recreational, competitive, individual and team) group fitness (aerobics, Pilates, yoga, etc.); personal training and nutrition counselling; instructional recreation classes (sport, martial arts, first aid, dance, curling, tennis, etc.,); indoor climbing (instructional and recreational); sport and recreation clubs (recreational and competitive) and aquatics (instructional and recreational).
The Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation offers access to the Van Vliet Centre for recreational and sport activities for all students with a valid ONEcard. Family and staff memberships are available. The Centre includes two swimming pools, a fitness centre, indoor track, gymnasiums, racquetball and squash courts, an indoor climbing wall, and dance studios. Other facilities include the Clare Drake Arena, South Campus - home to Foote Field and the Saville Sports Centre, outdoor fields including the new artificial turf Lister Field and the availability of equipment for many activities. Visit www.campusrec.ualberta.ca to be active for life.
24.5.2 Varsity Athletics Program
The interuniversity athletic program at the University of Alberta provides diversified competitive opportunities, skilled and qualified coaching, and outstanding facilities for students with superior athletic abilities. The program develops and uses these talents in high-calibre organized competition with student-athletes of similar ability across Canada and internationally.
Varsity athletic programs include: basketball (M/W), cross-country (M/W), curling (M/W), field hockey (W), football (M), golf (M/W), ice hockey (M/W), rugby (W), soccer (M/W), swimming (M/W), tennis (M/W), track and field (M/W), volleyball (M/W), wrestling (M/W). For more information on the Golden Bears and Pandas Athletics Program, see www.bears.ualberta.ca or www.pandas.ualberta.ca.
