Support for Game Plan Athletes at UCalgary:

The University of Calgary is committed to supporting you as an elite level athlete. With world-class athletic facilities and programs and a long history of supporting our top athletes, our goal is help you be at the top of your game, both academically and in sport. To support your academic success, you’re provided with a dedicated academic coach through our Student Success Centre. Their expertise and focus is on supporting athletes like you. Our one-on-one support includes:

• Athlete-specific workshops and tutorials

• Strengths-based skills exploration

• Personal goal planning

• Direct referrals to other specialized on-campus programs

• Direct referrals to program advising for course registration support and course load planning

About UCalgary:

Our vibrant, urban university has a strong sense of community. Our main campus is just minutes away from downtown Calgary and we’re just an hour’s drive from the Canadian Rocky Mountains. As one of the top young universities in North America, our research expertise includes energy, brain and mental health, smart and secure cities, earth-space technologies and chronic diseases.

Calgary was the host city for the 1988 Winter Olympic Games and the legacy lives on. Venues such as the Olympic Oval, Canada Olympic Park, and the Canmore Nordic Centre still host international competitions and serve as training centres of national teams.

Some of our world-class alumni include:

• Hayley Wickenheiser (BKin’13, MSc’16), five-time Olympic medalist in women’s hockey

• Erica Wiebe (BA’16, BKin’16), reigning Olympic champion in women’s 75kg freestyle wrestling

• Joshua Riker-Fox (BComm’08, BKin’08, MBA’12), Olympian in modern pentathlon and four-time Canadian national champion

• Jessica Zelinka (BA’07), two-time Olympian in heptathlon and hurdles

• Kristina Groves (BKin’04, MSc’15), four-time speed skating Olympic medalist

• Curtis Myden (BSc’99), three time Olympic medalist in swimming