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Student Services
24.5 Recreation Services and Athletics
24.5.1 Recreation Services
Students and staff in the University of Alberta community have the opportunity to access recreation facilities and participate in a diverse offering of recreational, fitness and sport activities.
These include intramural sports (recreational, competitive, individual and team) group exercise (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 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, fitness and sport activities for all students with a valid ONEcard. Saville Community Sports Centre offers memberships to students and staff. The Van Vliet Centre includes two swimming pools, a fitness centre, indoor track and pavillion, gymnasiums, racquetball and squash courts, an indoor climbing wall, ice arenas and dance studios. South Campus - home to Foote Field and the Saville Community Sports Centre includes basketball and volleyball courts, curling facilities, tennis courts and outdoor fields. Visit www.recservices.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, financial support via athletic scholarships and awards, 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.
