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Brandon University is a university located in the city of Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, with an enrolment of approximately 3,375 (2020) full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. The current location was founded on July 13, 1899, as Brandon College as a Baptist institution. It was chartered as a university by then President John E. Robbins on June 5, 1967. The enabling legislation is the Brandon University Act. Brandon University is one of several predominantly undergraduate liberal arts and sciences institutions in Canada.

The university is a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) and the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), the Canadian University Society for Intercollegiate Debate (CUSID) and a member of U Sports. Brandon University has a student-to-faculty ratio of 11 to 1 and sixty per cent of all classes have fewer than 20 students. The university press, The Quill, is a member of CUP.

History

The university has its origins in the McKee's Academy, founded in 1890 by the Canadian Baptists of Western Canada (member of the Canadian Baptist Ministries).

In 1899, the school was renamed Brandon College. The first principal of the college was A. P. McDiarmid. McKee's Academy, including its building on Rosser Avenue, was merged into the new institution. On July 13, 1900, the cornerstone was laid by Mrs. Davies for the first building of the present campus, at the corner of 18th Street and Lorne Avenue. This and the adjoining Clarke Hall later became Brandon University's administration buildings.

Brandon College, built 1900–01 and the adjoining Clark Hall (1905–06) designed by architect William Alexander Elliott, a 3½-storey brick and stone complex are on the Registry of Historic Places of Canada. At this point Brandon College was a liberal arts college and offered some training in theology, secondary school classes, and a commercial department. A school of music was added in 1906.

The college remained affiliated with McMaster University between 1911 and 1938, and during this time the School of Music granted graduate diplomas in voice and piano.

Class enrolments were reduced during World War I as potential students signed up for military service. More than 200 Brandon College students served in the war; two of these won the Victoria Cross. A platoon from the college joined the Western Universities Battalion in France in 1916.

In 1922 college added a Science Building, and ceased offering commercial courses. Religious studies were integrated into the arts curriculum in 1928. After 1931, the college no longer taught Grade 9, 10, and 11 courses, but Grade 12 Department of Education courses were introduced and continued until 1955.

The Baptist Church ceased financing the institution in 1938 and the college became non-denominational. Funding to keep the college functioning was raised through public subscriptions, by an endowment from A. E. McKenzie, by tax levy from the City of Brandon, and through an annual grant from the government of Manitoba. The college became affiliated with the University of Manitoba; music courses as a credit to BA and BSc degrees were offered, and a Bachelor of Science program was implemented in 1939.

The COTC program was revived at the onset of World War II; once again enrolment dropped, as 234 Brandon College students joined Canada's armed forces. New bursaries and scholarships were introduced. At this point, the college had 14 faculty members and about 100 students. During the late 1940s, the social sciences were introduced.

Faculties, schools, departments, and research centres

Faculty of Arts

Aboriginal and Visual Arts, Anthropology, Business Administration, Drama, Economics, English, Gender and Women's Studies, History, Classical and Modern Languages, Native Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Religion, Rural Development, Sociology

Faculty of Education

Administration and Educational Services, Curriculum & Instruction: Humanities, Curriculum & Instruction: Math/Science, Department of Educational Psychology and Foundations, Physical Education, Music Education, Graduate Studies

Faculty of Graduate Studies

Graduate Diploma in Education, Master in Education, Music Graduate Program, Master of Psychiatric Nursing, Master in Rural Development, Graduate Diploma in Rural Development

Faculty of Science

Applied Disaster & Emergency Studies, Biology (Botany & Zoology discontinued in 2009), Chemistry, Environmental Science, Geography and Environment, Geology, Mathematics and Computer Science, Physics and Astronomy, Psychology

• Faculty of Health Studies
• Nursing, Psychiatric Nursing, Mental Health, Indigenous Health, and Human Services, First Nations and Aboriginal Counselling
• School of Music
• Honours (General Studies), Performance, Education, Jazz Studies, Graduate Studies in Performance, Music Education and Composition
• Research Centres
• Rural Development Institute (RDI)
• Environmental Science Laboratories
• Micro Analytical Facility
• Study of Cultural Adaptations in the Prairie Ecozone (SCAPE)
• Brandon University Centre for Aboriginal and Rural Education (BU CARES)

Brandon University is an active member of the University of the Arctic. UArctic is an international cooperative network based in the Circumpolar Arctic region, consisting of more than 200 universities, colleges, and other organizations with an interest in promoting education and research in the Arctic region.

Degrees and programs

Undergraduate

• Bachelor of Arts (BA)
• Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
• Bachelor of Education (BEd)
• Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
• Bachelor of First Nations and Aboriginal Counselling (BFNAC)
• Bachelor of Music (BMus)
• Bachelor of Nursing (BN)
• Bachelor of Science (BSc)
• Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science (BSES)
• Bachelor of Science in Psychiatric Nursing (BScPN)

Graduate

• Master of Education (MEd)
• Master of Music (MMus)
• Master of Rural Development (MRD)
• Master in Psychiatric Nursing
• Master of Science in Environmental and Life Sciences (MSc)

Diplomas

Graduate Diploma in Rural Development (GRD)

Post Diploma in Mental Health (BScMN)

Programs

• Brandon University Hutterite Education Program (BUHEP)
• Program for the Education of Native Teachers (PENT)
• Community Based Education (CBE)

Defunct programs

Brandon University Northern Teacher Education Program (BUNTEP)

Scholarships

The university joined Project Hero, a scholarship program cofounded by General (Ret'd) Rick Hillier, for the families of fallen Canadian Forces members.

The Government of Canada sponsors an Aboriginal Bursaries Search Tool that lists over 680 scholarships, bursaries, and other incentives offered by governments, universities, and industry to support Aboriginal post-secondary participation. Brandon University scholarships for Aboriginal, First Nations and Métis students include: Maria Ross Scholarship; Isabelle Douglas Estate Scholarships; Manitoba Blue Cross George J. Strang Scholarship; Gerdau MRM Steel Inc. Annual Scholarship; Donna and Bill Parrish Scholarship for Aboriginal Students; Scotiabank Scholarships for Aboriginal students in financial need; Manitoba Industry, Economic Development and Mines Bursaries in Geology; First Nations Teacher Education Scholarships; Manitoba Citizens' Bursary Fund for Aboriginal Peoples; Louis Riel Institute Bursaries; Manitoba Hydro Employment Equity Bursary.

Student activities

Athletics

The university's sports teams in U Sports are called the Brandon Bobcats. Brandon University competes in basketball (men/women) and volleyball (men/women). Brandon University used to field a men's hockey team in the CIAU, however, that ceased in 2000.

In the 2006–07 academic year, the Bobcats advanced to the Canadian Basketball Finals. They placed second to Carleton University, in a hard-fought 52–49 game.

In 2016, the Bobcats hosted the CIS National Women's Volleyball Championship.

Music

Music students can join the Brandon University Orchestra.

Indigenous

Brandon University provides services in more remote communities. Indigenous Elders are present on campus at Brandon University to provide social support.

Governance

Administration

• Chancellor – Mary Jane McCallum
• President and Vice Chancellor – Christine Bovis–Cnossen
• Provost and Vice President (Academic) – Kofi Campbell
• Vice President (Administration & Finance) – Scott Lamont

Deans

• Arts – Greg Kennedy
• Education – Alysha Ferrell
• Health Studies – Linda Ross (Acting)
• Music – Greg Gatien
• Science – Christophe LeMoine

Student governance

Brandon University students are represented by the Brandon University Students' Union (BUSU). BUSU represents undergraduate, graduate, and distance students. BUSU is a member of the Canadian Federation of Students, local 37.

The current BUSU executive is:

• President – Charles Adamu
• Vice President Operations – Michelle Williams-Joel
• Vice President Engagement – Michael Uwa-Omoregha

University chancellors

• Mary Jane McCallum (2021–Present)
• Michael Decter (2013–2021)
• Henry Champ (2009–2012)
• Edward Schreyer (2002–2008)
• Kevin Kavanagh (1996–2002)
• Ronald D. Bell (1991–1996)
• Stanley Knowles (1970–1990)
• Maitland Steinkopf (1967–1970)

University presidents

• Dr. Christine Bovis-Cnossen (2025-present)
• David Docherty (2019–2025)
• Steve Robinson (2017–2019)
• Gervan Fearon (2014–2017)
• Deborah Poff (2009–2014)
• Louis Visentin (2000–2009)
• Dennis Anderson (1990–2000)
• John Mallea (1985–1990)
• E. J. Tyler (1984–1985)
• Harold J. Perkins (1977–1984)
• Lloyd Dulmage (1970–1977)
• R. F. B. King (1969–1970, acting president)
• John E. Robbins (1967–1969, president Brandon University)
• John E. Robbins (1960–1967, president Brandon College)
• H. S. Perdue (1959–1960, acting president)

Notable alumni

• Marjorie Beaucage, Métis filmmaker
• Henry Champ, Canadian broadcast journalist
• Tommy Douglas, father of medicare and The Greatest Canadian (as voted on by CBC viewers)
• Stanley Knowles, New Democratic Party Member of Parliament
• Branden Leslie, Conservative Member of Parliament
• Frank McKinnon, sports executive and Member of Order of Canada
• Andy Murray, NHL and Team Canada head coach
• Olivia Poole, inventor of the Jolly Jumper
• Brian Pallister, Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament, Manitoba MLA and Premier of Manitoba
• Mike Pellicciotti, American politician and Washington State Treasurer
• H. Clare Pentland, historian at the University of Manitoba
• Neil Robertson, mathematician known for the Robertson–Seymour theorem
• John W. M. Thompson, Manitoba MLA and provincial cabinet minister

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