Canada Sports Hall of Fame
January 2018
Bobcats Soccer
Men's Game Start: 6:00 pm; Women's Game Start: 7:30 pm.
Find out more »February 2018
Bobcats Soccer
Men's Game Start: 11:00 am; Women's Game Start: 12:30 pm; Men's Game Start: 3:00 pm; Women's Game Start: 4:30 pm.
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Men's Game Start: 6:00 pm; Women's Game Start: 7:30 pm.
Find out more »Bobcats Curling
Men's Game Start: 2:00 pm.
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Men's Game Start: 11:00 am; Women's Game Start: 12:30 pm; Men's Game Start: 3:00 pm; Women's Game Start: 4:30 pm.
Find out more »March 2018
The Annual Brandon Jazz Festival
The Annual Brandon Jazz Festival March 15, 16 and 17, 2018 Information at: http://www.brandonjazzfestival.com Admission charge
Find out more »Indigenous Awareness Week (March 19 to 22)
The Indigenous Peoples' Centre at Brandon University presents Indigenous Awareness Week: Monday, March 19, 2018 Pipe Ceremony @ 9 a.m. in the Ceremony Room. Knowledge Keepers Panel @ 11 a.m. in the Library Gathering Space. Tuesday, March 20, 2018 Kairos Blanket Exercise Workshop @ 1:30 p.m. in the Ceremony Room. Wednesday, March 21, 2018 Pizza and a Movie at the Evans Theatre @ 11:30 a.m. “Finding Dawn.” Indigenous Awareness Display in the IPC. Debwewin > #reconciliation @ 2:00 p.m. in the…
Find out more »May 2018
Green Futures work bee
Hello BU Students, Faculty, Staff, and Surrounding Garden Community! *CALL OUT FOR VOLUNTEERS* Did you know that there are two community gardens at Brandon University where vegetables are grown to aid in the fight against food insecurity in our community? Our produce is donated to Samaritan House Ministries and the BUSU food bank! The gardens are also used as teaching classrooms for Mini University students. We are excited to start gardening again this year, and definitely can't do it without…
Find out more »University closed — Victoria Day
Brandon University is closed on Monday, May 21, in honour of Victoria Day. No classes are scheduled. The university re-open normal hours on Tuesday, May 22.
Find out more »June 2018
Pre-Orientation
Pre-Orientation is a great way for new students to start checking things off their “to do” list to get ready for fall (BrandonU.ca/Accepted). This is a face-to-face opportunity to gather information as students need it. Participation is optional. There are two opportunities to participate in Pre-Orientation: June 6 and June 7. Both days are the same. All-Day Check-in: 1pm-4pm Check in when you arrive at the entrance of the John E. Robbins Library. Student Leaders will be on hand to…
Find out more »Eckhardt-Gramatté Conservatory of Music Recital
Eckhardt-Gramatté Conservatory of Music Recital. Mary Jo Carrabré, Director. No admission charge
Find out more »Pre-Orientation
Pre-Orientation is a great way for new students to start checking things off their “to do” list to get ready for fall (BrandonU.ca/Accepted). This is a face-to-face opportunity to gather information as students need it. Participation is optional. There are two opportunities to participate in Pre-Orientation: June 6 and June 7. Both days are the same. All-Day Check-in: 1pm-4pm Check in when you arrive at the entrance of the John E. Robbins Library. Student Leaders will be on hand to…
Find out more »July 2018
🇨🇦 Happy Canada Day!
Happy Canada Day! All Brandon University campuses will be closed on Monday, July 2, 2018 to observe the holiday.
Find out more »🇨🇦 Canada Day observed (campus closed)
Happy Canada Day! All Brandon University campuses will be closed on Monday, July 2, 2018 to observe the Canada Day holiday.
Find out more »13th Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival
Celebrating 13 Years of Chamber Music The fourth week of July marks the thirteenth season of the Clear Lake Chamber Music Festival directed by pianists Alexander Tselyakov and Daniel Tselyakov. This year’s Festival is comprised of five concerts: four chamber concerts and jazz concert. Performances run from Thursday, July 26 through Sunday, July 29 and feature a wide variety of musical styles and artists. Concerts Opening Night — July 26th. 7:30 pm Chamber Masterworks — July 27, 7:30 pm Coffee Concert: Serious…
Find out more »August 2018
University Closed — Terry Fox Day
Brandon University is closed on Monday, August 6th, in honour of Terry Fox Day. The university re-opens with normal hours on Tuesday, August 7th.
Find out more »Third Annual Piano Kick Start
Eckhardt-Gramatté Conservatory of Music presents its Third Annual Piano Kick Start. Please direct inquiries to Mary Jo Carrabré at carrabrem@brandonu.ca or call 204-727-7366.
Find out more »September 2018
University Closed — Labour Day
Brandon University is closed on Monday, September 3, in honour of Labour Day. The university re-opens with normal hours on Tuesday, September 4, which is Orientation Day. Classes begin on Wednesday, September 5.
Find out more »Bobcats Soccer
Women's Game Start: 1:00 pm; Men's Game Start: 3:15 pm.
Find out more »World Suicide Prevention Day
September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day and Brandon University will be hosting an event from 10:00 AM – Noon outside the library, where suicide awareness ribbons will be available and there will also be an opportunity to share messages of hope. Working together, we can raise awareness about suicide. Here's how you can help: On World Suicide Prevention Day, wear a suicide awareness ribbon. The beautiful orange and yellow ribbon represents light in the darkness. It is a symbol of…
Find out more »Bobcats Soccer
Women's Game Start: 1:00 pm; Men's Game Start: 3:15 pm.
Find out more »Bobcats Soccer
Women's Game Start: 1:00 pm; Men's Game Start: 3:15 pm.
Find out more »Bobcats Soccer
Women's Game Start: 1:00 pm; Men's Game Start: 3:15 pm.
Find out more »October 2018
University Closed — Thanksgiving Day 🦃
Happy Thanksgiving! Brandon University is closed on Monday, October 8th. The university re-opens with normal hours on Tuesday, October 9th.
Find out more »BU50 Homecoming 2018
We’re having a party, and you’re invited! It’s been 50 years since the first class graduated from a newly-chartered Brandon University, and we’re putting on a celebration for everyone. Throughout 2017–18, we have been marking this BU50 golden anniversary and it culminates at Homecoming 2018. We are welcoming thousands back to BU, as we celebrate all alumni and their connections with our biggest Homecoming weekend yet. Join us as we welcome alumni and friends for a weekend of fun and…
Find out more »Quill retrospective
Selected front pages from The Quill over the past five decades on display in the Curve Gallery. As BU marks 50 years of being a university, look back at those decades through the eyes of the BU student newspaper, The Quill. The Tommy McLeod Curve Gallery features reproductions of more than 50 front pages from the past five decades of The Quill in its current exhibit, as well as recollections from some of the student newspaper's previous editors. The exhibit…
Find out more »Food Trucks
Feeling a bit peckish? We're welcoming food trucks to campus on Friday and Saturday to fill you up. Confirmed food trucks: Adele's Mini-Donuts Pork Floyd Smoked 'n' Sauced Friday location: Louise Avenue near 20th Street Saturday location: Front parking loop in front of Clark Hall (200-block 18th Street)
Find out more »Basketball Reunion and Wall of Fame kick-off celebration
BU Athletics invites both men’s and women’s basketball alumni to attend a fun evening of reunions! Basketball reunion attendees can register and get their specialty name tags along with an alumni souvenir. The evening is also a kick-off for the 2018 Sports Wall of Fame induction ceremony. Previous Wall of Famers are invited to mix and mingle with the new crop of inductees, who will be honoured the following morning at the Victoria Inn. This event is being held in…
Find out more »BU Family Fun afternoon
Bring your family for an afternoon of fun and games on campus! The BU campus comes alive with activities for all ages. Saturday afternoon is perfect for families to explore BU's buildings, and have fun at Homecoming. Come early for the Cartoon Cereal Bar or drop in on the PrairieCon GamesDay. Both of those start at 10 a.m. Make sure to make time to wander through the Campus Chrome car show. Looking for action? There are plenty of Bobcats athletics…
Find out more »‘Campus Chrome’ car show
Typical vehicles at Brandon University in the 1960s. Calling all car enthusiasts: Help us bring a little chrome back to BU! Just as our campus shares restored heritage buildings alongside modern glassy construction, Saturday's car show welcomes well-cared-for classics as well as the most recent vehicles, straight from the showroom. Take your vehicle for one last spin before winter, and stop by the Brandon University Car Show at Homecoming. Swap a few stories with fellow motorists, take in the many…
Find out more »‘Fifty Fest’ free music concert, presented by Clarion
Acclaimed Manitoba band Royal Canoe will headline a free concert at the BU50 Homecoming this fall. Let's rock the evening away, as some of Canada's most exciting musicians put on a free concert in an intimate concert venue — free! Brandon University's Homecoming "Fifty Fest" will feature Manitoba band Royal Canoe atop the bill, with special guest Begonia. Both are adding an extra date to the end of their ongoing North American tour for the BU Homecoming. Royal Canoe and…
Find out more »Bobcats Soccer
Women's Game Start: 1:00 pm; Men's Game Start: 3:15 pm.
Find out more »Bobcats Soccer
Women's Game Start: 1:00 pm; Men's Game Start: 3:15 pm.
Find out more »Open Access Week
Open Access Week is an annual global celebration of research results that are distributed online, free of charge and without barriers. This year’s theme is “designing equitable foundations for open knowledge” and a series of sessions are planned Oct. 22-28 in the John E. Robbins Library: Meeting the Open Access Mandate of Funders: Getting Publications into Appropriate Home Monday, October 22nd @ 12:45 pm - 1:30 pm The Institutional Repository of Brandon University (IRBU) Tuesday, October 23rd @ 12:40 pm…
Find out more »👻 Happy Halloween!
Brandon University celebrates Halloween by pointing out that BU is pronounced "boo".
Find out more »November 2018
University Closed — Remembrance Day observed
Brandon University is closed on Monday, November 12th, to observe Remembrance Day. The university re-opens with normal hours on Tuesday, November 13th.
Find out more »December 2018
BU Safe Campus
A STUDENT IS MISSING IN CLASS BECAUSE ... THEY FEEL UNSAFE ON CAMPUS On the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, Brandon University's Experiments in Performance Art students will be launching our final collaborative community performance of the year with our BU Safe Campus Petition and Installations of Empty Chairs around campus. BU Students feel unsafe. We're asking Brandon University to increase funding for Campus Security to hire more patrol guards and to install more security…
Find out more »January 2019
= For Everyone student art exhibition opening
The Brandon University Visual and Aboriginal Ar Department is hosting an opening reception of its latest exhibition. The exhibition is called = For Everyone (It's 2019, not everyone is cis and straight) and will be on display in the Glen P. Sutherland Gallery of Art from Jan. 10–24, 2019. Gallery hours are from 2–6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, with extended hours until 8 p.m. on Thursday. The Opening Reception, with refreshments, will be held Thursday, Jan. 10, from 7–9:30 p.m.…
Find out more »Bobcats Soccer
Women's Game Start: 6:15 pm; Men's Game Start: 8:00 pm.
Find out more »Bobcats Soccer
Women's Game Start: 11:15 am; Men's Game Start: 1:00 pm; Women's Game Start: 4:15 pm; Men's Game Start: 6:00 pm.
Find out more »Bobcats Soccer
Women's Game Start: 6:00 pm.
Find out more »Bobcats Soccer
Men's Game Start: 7:45 pm.
Find out more »February 2019
Admissions Office CLOSED Feb. 25–28
The Brandon University Admissions Office will be CLOSED for four days as part of a wide-ranging campus effort to improve processes. The Admissions Office will be closed from Monday, Feb. 25 through Thursday, Feb. 28. The office will re-open on Friday, March 1. While the office is closed, online applications for admissions will continue to be accepted and applicants will receive an automated notification of successful form submission. However, no applications will be processed, and no personalized offers of admission…
Find out more »March 2019
Bobcats Soccer
Women's Game Start: 11:15 am; Men's Game Start: 1:00 pm.
Find out more »The Annual Brandon Jazz Festival
Thursday, Friday, Saturday March 14, 15, 16 The Annual Brandon Jazz Festival Information at: http://www.brandonjazzfestival.com Admission charge
Find out more »Public talk: Elizabeth May, MP
Elizabeth May, MP and leader of the Green Party of Canada will give a public talk entitled "1.5 to Stay Alive: Finding Hope in Dangerous Times" in Brodie 4-47 on Friday, March 15, 2019 at 2 p.m. Light refreshments will be served and all are welcome to attend. Sponsored by the BU Politics Society and the Departments of Economics, Political Science and History
Find out more »April 2019
Calgary Alumni & Friends Reception with Special Guest Theo Fleury
The Calgary Alumni Chapter & Dr. Steven Robinson Interim President and Vice-Chancellor, Brandon University invite you and a guest to the President’s Alumni & Friends Reception Tuesday, April 9, 2019 | 6 pm to 8 pm Canada Sports Hall of Fame 169 Canada Olympic Road SW, Calgary, Albert Remarks 7 pm: Dr. Steven Robinson, Interim BU President Dr. David Docherty, Incoming BU President and special guest Theo Fleury, Hon. LLD (Brandon University) Meet and mingle with fellow BU alumni and…
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