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Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
University of Winnipeg
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Description area
Dates of existence
1 July 1967 --
History
The University of Winnipeg received its charter through an order-in-council on July 1st, 1967; The University of Winnipeg Act was officially assented to by Parliament on June 29th, 1998.
The University's antecedents were Manitoba College, formed in 1871, and Wesley College, in 1888. Manitoba and Wesley Colleges operated under the auspices of the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches, respectively. When these Churches joined as the United Church in 1924, the Colleges began a partial administrative co-operation as "United Colleges". They merged officially in 1938 as United College. Until the 1967 charter, however, these colleges were a part of the University of Manitoba.
Located in the same central urban campus since Wesley College was built in 1896, the University of Winnipeg has always sought to embrace its role as an urban university.