Atlantic University Sport
Atlantic University Sport Sport universitaire de l'Atlantique | |
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AUS / SUA | |
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Established | 1974 |
Association | U Sports |
Division | 1 |
Members | 11 (+ 1 football-only associate) |
Headquarters | Halifax, Nova Scotia |
Commissioner | Mr. Phil Currie |
Website | http://www.atlanticuniversitysport.com |
Atlantic University Sport (AUS) is a regional membership association for universities in Atlantic Canada which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and events to the public and the media. This is similar to what would be called a college athletic conference in the United States. The AUS, which covers Canada east of the province of Quebec, is one of four such bodies that are members of the country's governing body for university athletics, U Sports. The other three regional associations coordinating university-level sports in Canada are Ontario University Athletics (OUA), the Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CW), and the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ).
History[]
The Atlantic Universities Athletics Association was founded in 1974, with the merging of the Atlantic Intercollegiate Athletic Association and the Atlantic Women's Intercollegiate Athletic Association. Prior to the acceptance of Memorial University of Newfoundland, the AIAA, which dates back to the late 19th century, was known as the Maritime Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The AUAA changed its name to Atlantic University Sport (AUS) in 1999.
Member schools[]
Full members[]
Institution | Nickname | Location | Founded | Type | Enrollment[1] | Endowment | Joined |
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Acadia University | Axemen/Axewomen | Wolfville, Nova Scotia | 1838 | Public | 3,621 | $40M | 1974 |
Cape Breton University | Capers | Sydney, Nova Scotia | 1951 | Public | 3,107 | $6.1M | 1982 |
Dalhousie University | Tigers | Halifax, Nova Scotia | 1818 | Public | 15,970 | $337.7M | 1974 |
Memorial University of Newfoundland | Sea-Hawks | St. John's, Newfoundland | 1925 | Public | 18,172 | $93M | 1974 |
Mount Allison University | Mounties | Sackville, New Brunswick | 1839 | Public | 2,486 | $215.1M | 1974 |
Université de Moncton | Aigles Bleus/Aigles Bleues | Moncton, New Brunswick | 1864 | Public | 6,219 | --- | 1974 |
University of New Brunswick | Reds | Fredericton, New Brunswick | 1785 | Public | 10,587 | --- | 1974 |
University of Prince Edward Island | Panthers | Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | 1969 | Public | 4,435 | --- | 1974 |
Saint Mary's University | Huskies | Halifax, Nova Scotia | 1802 | Public | 7,281 | $16.9M | 1974 |
St. Francis Xavier University | X-Men/X-Women | Antigonish, Nova Scotia | 1853 | Public | 4,875 | $59.4M | 1974 |
St. Thomas University | Tommies | Fredericton, New Brunswick | 1910 | Public | 2,579 | --- | 1974 |
Single-sport members[]
The AUS accepted its first ever single-sport member at the start of the 2017–18 school year, when the Bishop's Gaiters football team transferred from the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ).
Institution | Nickname | Location | Founded | Type | Enrollment[1] | Endowment | Joined | Sport | Primary league |
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Bishop's University | Gaiters | Sherbrooke, Quebec | 1843 | Public | 2,756 | $32.5M | 2017 | Football | RSEQ |
Facilities[]
Facilities | ||||||||
Institution | Football Field |
Seated Capacity |
Basketball/Volleyball Gym |
Seated Capacity |
Hockey Arena |
Seated Capacity |
Soccer Stadium |
Seated Capacity |
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Acadia | Raymond Field | 3,000 | 1,800 | Andrew H. McCain Arena | 2,300 | Raymond Field | 3,000 | |
Bishop's | Coulter Field | 2,200 | Football-only member | |||||
Cape Breton | No Football | -- | 2,200 | No Hockey | -- | 2,000 | ||
Dalhousie | No Football | -- | 500 | Halifax Forum | 5,600 | 2,000 | ||
Memorial | No Football | -- | 1,400 | No Hockey | -- | King George V Park | 6,400[2] | |
Mount Allison | MacAulay Field | 2,500 | 800 | 750 | MacAulay Field | 2,500 | ||
Moncton | No Football | -- | (Women’s Volleyball only) | N/A | 2,500 | Croix-Bleue Medavie Stadium | 8,300 | |
UNB | No Football | -- | 1,400 | Aitken Centre | 3,685 | Chapman Field | 1,500 | |
UPEI | No Football | -- | 2,000 | 1,300 | 3,000 | |||
Saint Mary's | Huskies Stadium | 4,000* | 1,200 | 1,200 | Huskies Stadium | 2,000[3] | ||
St. F.X. | Oland Stadium | 4,000 | 2,500 | KMC | 1,501 | Oland Stadium | 4,000 | |
St. Thomas | No Football | -- | No Basketball | -- | (Women’s only) | 1,500 | No Soccer | -- |
(Data mined from the U Sports homepage's member directory[4] and WorldStadiums.com.[5]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Full-time plus Part-time Enrollment". Association of Atlantic Universities. 2009-10-14. Retrieved 2009-12-04.[permanent dead link]
- ^ https://destinationstjohns.com/business/king-george-v-park/
- ^ https://smu.ca/campus-life/smufit-about-huskies-stadium.html
- ^ U Sports directory Archived July 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ World Stadiums.com
External links[]
- U Sports
- College athletics conferences in Canada
- U Sports basketball
- U Sports football
- U Sports volleyball
- Sport in Atlantic Canada
- Sports universities and colleges
- 1974 establishments in Canada