HAMILTON, Ont. – Trinity Western women's soccer fourth-year forward/midfield Sophie Crowther (New Westminster, B.C.) was named U SPORTS Second Team All-Canadian at the All-Canadian Awards Banquet in Hamilton, Ont., the site of the 2025 championship tournament.
Crowther had a dominant offensive season this year, leading Canada West in points (19) and tying the Canada West single-season assists record, with 13. This is the second time Crowther has been honoured at the All-Canadian awards banquet. In 2022, she was named U SPORTS Rookie of the Year.
The No. 6-seeded Spartans open the U SPORTS Championship on Thursday with a quarter-final matchup against the No. 3 Toronto Varsity Blues at 5 p.m. (ET) at the Ron Joyce Stadium at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont. All games can be seen on all CBC Sports digital platforms, including the CBC Sports YouTube channel.
2025 U SPORTS WOMEN'S SOCCER AWARDS & ALL-CANADIANS
Chantal Navert Memorial Award (player of the year): Olivia Rizakos, Guelph
Rookie of the Year Shalagh Guha, McMaster
Student-Athlete Community Service Leah Adams, Acadia
Fox40 Coach of the Year Nadège Akamse, Montréal
First Team All-Canadians
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Pos
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Athlete
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University
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Yr
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Hometown
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Academic Program
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GK
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Dakota Beckett
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UBC
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4
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Langley, B.C.
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Arts
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D
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Hannah Chown
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Toronto
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5
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Mississauga, Ont.
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M. Teaching
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D
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Maude Lagacé
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Montréal
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5
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Laval, Que.
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Accounting
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M
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Tamara Djurisic
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Mount Royal
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3
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Edmonton, Alta.
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Physical Education
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M
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Grace Hannaford
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Cape Breton
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4
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Hammonds Plains, N.S.
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Science
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M
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Justine Lalande
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Montréal
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5
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Laval, Que.
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Project Mgmt. (cert.)
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M
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Annika Nolte
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Nipissing
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4
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Dorchester, Ont.
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Physical & Health Education
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F
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Léa-Jeanne Fortier
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Laval
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4
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Lac-Beauport, Que.
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Law
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F
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Esi Lufo
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Thompson Rivers
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3
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Tirana, Albania
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Business
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F
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Olivia Rizakos
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Guelph
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4
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Guelph, Ont.
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M. Psychology
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F
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Zoë Rowe
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Memorial
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5
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Conception Bay South, N.L.
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Medicine
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Second Team All-Canadians
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GK
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Anna Bianca Stevens-Cardin
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Montréal
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3
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Montreal, Que.
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Architecture
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D
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Blessing Mayi Kith
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Montréal
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2
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Québec, Que.
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Arts et Sciences
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D
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Ella Sunde
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UBC
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4
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North Vancouver, B.C
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Science
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M
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Elise Bell
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Guelph
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3
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Toronto, Ont.
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Biomedical Science
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M
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Sienna Gibson
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UBC
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2
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Vancouver, B.C.
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Kinesiology
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M
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Carolina Grzesniak
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UNB
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5
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Oshawa, Ont.
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Kinesiology
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M
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Elsa Lessard
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Laval
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4
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Sainte-Julie, Que.
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Business Admin.
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F
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Paris Axam
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Dalhousie
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4
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Ottawa, Ont.
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Arts
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F
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Sophie Crowther
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Trinity Western
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4
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New Westminster, B.C.
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Education
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F
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Cara Freeman
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Saint Mary's
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3
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Halifax, N.S.
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Science
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F
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Lauren Illman
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Carleton
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5
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Whitby, Ont.
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Criminology
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All-Rookie Team
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Pos
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Athlete
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University
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Hometown
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Academic Program
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GK
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Naïla Louissaint
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Concordia
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Repentigny, Que.
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Biology
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GK
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Floor Ursem
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Thompson Rivers
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Uitgeest, Netherlands
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Mathematics
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D
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Felixe Boulanger
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UQTR
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Saint-Maurice, Que.
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Industrial Engineering
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D
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Shalagh Guha
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McMaster
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Waterloo, Ont.
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Biomedical Eng. and Health Sci.
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D
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Sophie Harrison
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UBC
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Bedford, England
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Arts
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D
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Hannah McKinnon
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Acadia
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Timberlea, N.S.
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Kinesiology
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M
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Taylor Fazzari
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Toronto Metropolitan
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Keswick, Ont.
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Business
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F
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Mathilde Beaudry
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Laval
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Quebec, Que.
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Nursing
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F
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Lalou Dilhac
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Moncton
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Dieppe, N.B.
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Physical Education
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F
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Isabelle Lachance
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Saskatchewan
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Calgary, Alta.
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Animal Bioscience
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F
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Avril Jamieson
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STFX
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Calgary, Alta.
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Science
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F
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Sophia Saville
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Western
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Belleville, Ont.
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Science
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(Teams listed in alphabetical order by position. Teams are chosen without regard to position.)
(The All-Rookie team contains 12 players: three from each conference)
About Spartan Athletics
As official members of U SPORTS, the Spartans currently compete in 11 sports in the Canada West conference, including women's and men's soccer, volleyball, basketball, hockey and track & field, as well as women's rugby sevens. TWU also competes as in the NAIA in track and field and cross country and as an independent team in men's rugby and women's and men's disc golf. Since TWU entered U SPORTS in 1999, the Spartans have won 14 U SPORTS team championships and 33 Canada West team championships.
About Trinity Western University
Recognized for quality, TWU has received seven consecutive A+ rankings for Quality of Teaching and Learning, holds three Canada Research Chairs, and wins national championships in U SPORTS. More importantly, lives are changed at TWU through its whole-person, Christ-centred approach to education. With a wide array of undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree-completion programs, TWU equips leaders of character and competence to make a positive impact in the lives of others.
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