Trinity Western University
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President Mark Husbands | | |
Provost | Todd Martin | |
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Students | 5,000[citation needed] | |
Undergraduates | 2,000[citation needed] | |
Location | ||
Campus | Suburban/Rural 157 acres (64 ha)< | |
Colours | Gold & blue | |
Nickname | Spartans | |
Sporting affiliations | U Sports, CWUAA | |
Website | www | |
Trinity Western University (TWU) is a
TWU was established in 1962 and enrols approximately 5,000 students
Trinity Western is a member of the Royal Society of Canada.[8] Its varsity teams, known as the Spartans, are members of U Sports.[9] According to Universities Canada, the non-profit national organization that represents Canadian universities and colleges, TWU's domestic tuition is the most expensive of any university in Canada.[10]
History
Trinity Western University traces its history back to 1957, when a committee was established by the
Insignia and symbols
Trinity Western's motto is Turris Fortis Deus Noster.[13] The Latin motto is translated as "A Mighty Fortress is Our God". The inspiration for the motto came from a famous hymn of the same name written by Martin Luther.
The university's coat of arms was granted by the Royal College of Arms, and was presented to then-university president R. Neil Snider in 1986 by the Lieutenant Governor of B.C. on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.[14]
A torch symbol is also used prevalently at the university, as the coat of arms is reserved to authenticate the highest official University academic and legal documents.
Spartans is the nickname of the varsity teams that compete for Trinity Western University. The name, which comes from the Ancient Greek civilization of Sparta, originated when the university's first intercollegiate team the men's basketball team, began competing in 1964.[15]
Academic programs
Trinity Western University is an independent, privately supported institution, offering a liberal arts education. Since its founding in 1962, it has identified as a Christian institution, although it has always been governed independently from any church or religious organization. It is currently administered by a 14-member Board of Governors, to which the President reports.[16] Theologian, Dr. Mark Husbands, is the current president effective July 1, 2019.[17]
Undergraduates fulfill general education requirements, choose among a wide variety of elective courses, and pursue departmental concentrations and interdisciplinary certificate programs. Students usually take classes through the university's semester system, with three semesters taking place each year. The fall semester lasts from September to December, and the spring semester from January to April. For students wishing to take classes over summer, the university offers several courses on campus as well as travel studies through its summer semester programming, which runs from May to August.
Graduate students take courses through the Faculty of Graduate Studies and ACTS Seminaries. Master's degree programs are available in the humanities, education, linguistics, psychology, business, nursing, and theology.
The university hosts a number of research institutes and centres, including the
Trinity Western's students are from all 10
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Trinity Western University is a member of the Royal Society of Canada, the senior national organization for the promotion of learning and research in Canada.[25][26]
Undergraduate
Undergraduate degrees awarded by Trinity Western University include the
Undergraduate courses in the humanities are traditionally either seminars or lectures held one- or two-times a week with an additional conversation-based seminar called a "discussion group". To graduate, all students must complete a
Within the 18 classes, students complete a two-semester English language requirement, along with courses from the fine arts, natural sciences, philosophy, history, sociology, and religious studies departments, two courses of interdisciplinary studies, and up to three physical education courses.
In addition to the Core, students are required to complete an
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences
- School of the Arts, Media + Culture
- School of Business
- School of Human Kinetics
- School of Education
- School of Nursing
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Whereas most courses are offered on Trinity Western's main campus in Langley, students may study in
Graduate
Trinity Western offers 11 programs of graduate studies through its Faculty of Graduate Studies, either in the Langley or Richmond campus:
- Master of Arts in Biblical Studies
- Master of Business Administration
- Master of Science in Nursing
- Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology
- Master of Arts in Educational Leadership
- Master of Arts Linguistics
- Master of Arts Educational Studies - Special Education
- Master of Arts Interdisciplinary Humanities
- Master of Arts in Leadership
- Master of Arts in Leadership - Business Stream in Mandarin
- Master of Arts TESOL
While the MBA program offers specializations in International Business and Managing a Growing Enterprises, it is also one of only two MBA programs in Canada to offer a
The MA Counselling Psychology Program is currently one of only six programs in Canada that is fully accredited by CACEP, a division of the CCPA.[citation needed]
Trinity Western also hosts ACTS Seminaries, a group of seminaries founded when several Christian denominations partnered to establish an institution that would train men and women in the study of theology and for positions as ministers.[30] The following Masters programs are offered through ACTS Seminaries:
- Master of Theological Studies
- Master of Divinity
- Master of Theology
- Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy
- Master of Arts in Christian Studies
- Master of Arts in Linguistics and Translation
- Doctor of Ministry
Cancelled Faculty of Law
In July 2012, the university submitted a proposal to offer a Juris Doctor program.[31] The proposal was put forth to the provincial Ministry of Advanced Education and the Federation of Law Societies of Canada, and was approved in December 2013.[32][33]
On December 12, 2014, due to the ongoing lawsuits surrounding law societies voting to not automatically accredit TWU law students upon graduation, B.C. Advanced Education Minister Amrik Virk revoked the province's approval of the proposed law school at Trinity Western University.[34] In his letter to the school's administration, he expressed the importance of the legal process and encouraged TWU to re-apply once the court cases have been settled.
Student Life
In 2011, Trinity Western received an A level rating in The Globe and Mail's "Overall Student Satisfaction" category and an A+ rating for its "Sense of Community on Campus".[35] Campus housing is provided to students in all years of study, and all students in their first and second year are required to live on campus in residential halls unless living with family. Third and fourth year students have the option of living off-campus. Trinity Western offers its students nearly 100 organizations, teams, and sports.[36]
The university was founded by a committee commissioned by the
The university previously mandated that all students abide by a code of conduct called the Community Covenant,[39][40] which was described as "a solemn pledge in which members place themselves under obligations on the part of the institution to its members, the members to the institution, and the members to one another." As of August 2018, students are no longer required to sign the covenant.
The covenant bans sexual relationships outside of a marriage between a woman and a man, as well as behaviour such as hazing, verbal and physical harassment, dishonesty including plagiarism, theft or destruction of another's property, the use of illegal drugs, consuming alcohol on campus, or consuming pornography.[41]
A 2015 ruling in the
Professors of the university sign a statement of faith annually.[45] This policy has caused some controversy within academic circles, and was most recently covered in Maclean's.[45] As in line with the students, a mixture of Christian traditions are represented. Orthodox and Hebrew professors are also on staff.[citation needed]
Approximately 80% of undergraduates enrolled self-identify as Christian. There are many Christian clubs, organizations, and ministries on campus. There is no compulsory participation in any religious liturgies. Students and clubs of other religious denominations are welcomed and supported. Nearly every resident hall has a Chaplain in residence. In the morning on every weekday there is Chapel, at which attendance is voluntary, and communion is offered on one Friday each month. Within the university Core, students are required four terms of Religious Studies. One term is allotted to a Survey of the Old Testament, and one to a Survey of the New Testament. Another term must be a class in Religious and Cultural studies.
Catholic Pacific College, formerly Redeemer Pacific College, is the university's constituent Catholic college. CPC's Glover Road Campus is adjacent to TWU.[46] CPC is administered separately of the university, offers classes in Catholic studies and a liberal arts curriculum is taught by a Catholic faculty.[47] Mass is also offered four times weekly.[48]
Student groups
Trinity Western's nearly 100 student organizations and clubs cover a wide range of interests. In 2011, the university hosted 11 academic groups, four cultural groups, five "issue-oriented" groups, eight performing groups, six pre-professional groups, three publications, and 13 recreational groups.[49][50] Greek life is not sponsored by the university.
Each year, the Foreign Affairs Society hosts a
Members of the university's chamber choirs are often invited to guest perform with the
The university hosts three student publications.
Athletics
Since its founding in 1962 Trinity Western has provided athletics for both women and men. Today, the university supports athletics at the varsity, club, and intramural levels. Its colours are gold and blue.
The university sponsors 11 men's and women's varsity sports.
International Programs
Trinity Western's international programs offer students the ability to study all over the world for part of the summer, a semester, or a full year.[59]
The School of Kinesiology has sponsored summer travel studies programs at the
in Turkey.Additionally, in conjunction with the CCCU, the university offers 12 semester-long programs through the CCCU's BestSemester initiative. Sponsored programs include
Trinity Western's research and exchange partnership with the University of Oxford enables qualifying students to study as a visiting student at Oxford for either a semester or a year.[61] Exchange programs at Spain's University of Salamanca and China's Xiamen University are also available to students.[62] Students may also make their own arrangements with the help of a faculty member to study at other universities in Canada or abroad as visiting students.
Laurentian Leadership Centre
The Laurentian Leadership Centre certificate program housed in Ottawa's
OMADA Teambuilding
OMADA Teambuilding is a leadership and team building program housed in the School of Human Kinetics. The program uses experiential education and hands on learning for both TWU students and outside organizations. Started at the university in 1998, the Challenge Course was renamed OMADA Teambuilding in 2009 to better represent the diversity of the programs that were being offered.[63]
Campus
The main campus is located in the rural
Campus buildings vary in age and style from Hanson Chapel, completed in 1962 (the first building completed on campus), to the Robert G. Kuhn Centre, completed in 2022. Today the campus consists of 36 buildings and residence halls that house the university's various departments and students.[65]
The architecture on campus is inspired by British Columbia, Rural B.C., and the Pacific Northwest. Modern red brick covers Alloway Library, Larsen Atrium, and Stanley Nelson Student Centre at the main part of campus. Other significant buildings on campus include Robert N. Thompson Building which houses the Political Science, History, English, and Geography departments. The newly built and yet to be named Music Building is home to the School of Art, Media + Culture. The Faculty of Natural and Applied Sciences are housed in the Neufeld Science Centre, which experienced a major renovation in 2011, and the Vernon Stromback Centre at the east end of campus. In total there are 33 buildings on the university campus.[66]
During President Raymond's tenure, the university built the Music Building in 2010, and in 2011 Fraser Hall and the Neufeld Science Centre received major renovations in 2011.[citation needed] In 2012 the Vernon Strombeck Centre received a significant interior and exterior renovation, and in 2013 the prominent Robert N. Thompson building was re-modeled...[67] In September 2017, Trinity Western opened the first new dormitory in twenty-five years, as a result of rising enrolment.[68]
Cafeteria meals are now served in an all-you-care-to-eat style, and three smaller venues around campus offer additional food services.[69]
Academic facilities
The Norma Marion Alloway Library is the main library for undergraduate students, holding a circulation of over 300,000 books, 12,000 periodical subscriptions, and computer access to thousands more titles. The university archives house several special collections: the
The Faculty of Graduate Studies and seminaries each maintain their own individual libraries.
Wireless internet is available across campus.
Athletic facilities
Rogers Field is located on the northeast edge of campus, and is the home pitch to the women's and men's varsity soccer teams. In 2008 Rogers Field was the host venue as the Spartans women's soccer team won the CIS Championship. It also hosted the men's CIS Championship in 2009.[70]
David E. Enarson Gymnasium has been the university's indoor sports venue since it was built in 1969. In 2009, the newly built Langley Events Centre replaced Enarson as the home of Spartans basketball and volleyball, and replaced George Preston Arena as the home of Spartans hockey. The LEC was the host venue when the Spartans' men's volleyball team won the CIS Championship in 2011.[71] Today, Enarson Gymnasium houses the university's athletic offices and strength and conditioning room, hosts physical education classes and intramurals, and occasionally varsity sports events. It is also the new home court for the Vancouver Dragons of the Minor League Basketball Association.
Tennis courts, an indoor rock wall, and practice fields are also located on campus. Though the university does not sponsor rowing teams, there are rowing facilities on the Fraser River. The cross country and track and field teams train at the Township of Langley's McLeod Athletic Park, the host park of the B.C. high school championships and the 2010 British Columbia Games.[72] The Redwoods and Belmont golf courses are both located minutes from campus.
Satellite campuses
- Ottawa - Booth House
The Laurentian Leadership Centre program, an extension of Trinity Western University, offers third and fourth year students, and recent graduates, an opportunity to experience a fully credited semester of study as well as a
The LLC is located a few blocks away from Parliament Hill, Ottawa. The 20 students accepted to the program each semester take three academic courses in: Canadian Governmental Leadership, Ethics & Public Affairs, and Law & Public Policy. Courses are taught both by TWU professors as well as national and international leaders and guest speakers.
The internship program is the distinguishing feature of the Laurentian Leadership Centre.
While participating in the program, students reside in an historic mansion on Metcalfe Street, the famous Booth House, which is designated as a National Historic Site of Canada.
The current director is Dr. Janet Epp Buckingham.[76]
- Bellingham
Located very close to the Canadian-U.S. border on the U.S. side, Trinity Western's
Trinity Western's Bellingham campus also hosts the unique Freshman FASTTrack program, a one-year program of liberal arts core courses for new freshman. The program is designed to aid the transition from high school to university, transferring into the four-year college or university of their choice. Subjects are integrated to maximize interdisciplinary learning. Using the cohort model, small classes involve dynamic discussions and are supported with learning coaches. This concentrated immersion style of learning results in students completing a full 31 semester college credits attending morning classes, leaving their afternoons and evenings free to work or study.
- Richmond
In his 2008 state of the university address, President Jonathan Raymond announced the grant of a rent-free 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m2) space to be used toward university education in Richmond, British Columbia.[77] Opened in 2012, the university's Richmond campus near Vancouver is the home of TWU-Extension, Trinity Western's effort to help adults past the usual age of university complete their bachelor's degrees.
Controversies and Court Cases
In November 2016
Teaching certification program accreditation lawsuit
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In 1995, Trinity Western launched a teaching certification program, but the British Columbia College of Teachers denied accreditation of the university's program, arguing that the "Responsibilities of Membership" agreement students must sign (replaced in 2009 with the Community Covenant) is discriminatory and that those graduating from Trinity Western's program will discriminate against gay students.[79] The lower courts in British Columbia and, later, the Supreme Court of Canada, ruled in favour of Trinity Western University, stating that there was no basis for the BCCT's decision, and, moreover, that "the concern that graduates of TWU will act in a detrimental fashion in the classroom is not supported by any evidence".[79]
The final analysis of the case, as reported by the Factum of the Intervener, the B.C. Civil Liberties Association, was that "In the circumstances of this case the Council of the B.C. College of Teachers failed to conduct such an enquiry and erroneously concluded that equality of rights on the basis of sexual orientation trump freedom of religion and association. They do not."
Faculty of Law accreditation lawsuits
Automatic accreditation of graduates from TWU's proposed faculty of law were approved by most of the provincial law societies across Canada in 2014, except the Law Society of Upper Canada (now the Law Society of Ontario) and the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society.
Law Society of British Columbia Accreditation Reversal
On June 11, 2014, 3,210 of the Law Society of British Columbia's 13,000 members voted in support of a resolution to reverse its decision to grant the faculty accreditation and requested that the province revoke its accreditation of the law program because of the view that it discriminates against unmarried couples and homosexual individuals. 968 members voted against with 8,822 not registering a vote.[80] On September 26, 2014, the governing members of the Law Society decided to hold a binding referendum of their membership to determine whether to revoke Trinity Western's accreditation.[81] Just over 8,000 BC lawyers voted in the referendum, with 74% voting in favour of a resolution declaring that the proposed law school at TWU would not be an approved Faculty of Law for the Law Society's admission program. Voter turnout was just under 60%.[82]
Nova Scotia: Trinity Western University v Nova Scotia Barristers' Society
The case was brought before the Nova Scotia Supreme Court from December 16–19, 2014.[83] Trinity Western argued that denying automatic accreditation to TWU law graduates is an infringement on the students' right to freedom of religion.
The Court ruled in favour of TWU on January 28, 2015, accepting the argument that, as a private religious university, the school had the right to uphold its own code of conduct "even if the effect of that code is to exclude... or offend others" and attempting to force TWU to change its community covenant was an infringement on religious freedom. The ruling further noted that the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society already requires all lawyers to follow its Code of Professional Conduct, which forbids all discrimination,[84] so the Community Covenant would not affect TWU graduates in their practice of law.[83]
The NSBS appealed to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal.[85] The Court of Appeal heard the appeal in April 2016, and upheld the Nova Scotia Supreme Court's ruling on July 26, 2016.[86][87]
Ontario: Trinity Western University v The Law Society of Upper Canada
The case was brought before the Divisional Court of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice from June 1–4, 2015.[88] Trinity Western argued that their proposed law school's graduates should not be refused automatic accreditation in Ontario by the Law Society of Upper Canada based on the Community Covenant Agreement, claiming that the decision would violate TWU students' rights to freedom of religion, freedom of expression, and freedom of association.
The Court ruled in favour of the LSUC on July 2, 2015, stating that its refusal to automatically accredit TWU graduates was a reasonable balancing of the Charter rights to equality and freedom of religion, and that the refusal of automatic accreditation was not a violation of TWU students' rights to freedom of expression or freedom of association.[88] The ruling further noted that TWU graduates are free to apply independently to the LSUC for accreditation following their graduation.[89]
TWU filed a motion to appeal with the Court of Appeal for Ontario in September 2015,[90] and the Court of Appeal upheld the ruling in favour of LSUC on June 29, 2016.[91][92]
British Columbia: Trinity Western University v Law Society of British Columbia
The case was brought before the Supreme Court of British Columbia from August 24–26, 2015. The Law Society of British Columbia had argued that TWU forcing students to sign the "Community Covenant" creates an unwelcome atmosphere for LGBTQ students and, given the high levels of competition for law school seats in Canada, would effectively create a two-tier system in which LGBTQ individuals would not have equal access to limited law school spaces.[93]
The Court ruled in favour of TWU on December 10, 2015, overturning the LSBC's decision against accrediting the TWU law school and stating the LSBC did not "attempt to resolve the collision of the competing Charter interests [of equality before the law and freedom of religion]."[94]
The LSBC filed an appeal of the decision with the British Columbia Court of Appeal on January 5, 2016,[95] which was heard June 1–3, 2016. On November 1, 2016, the Court of Appeal upheld the previous decision, stating that LSBC's refusal of accreditation was unreasonable.[96][97]
Supreme Court of Canada Decisions
Both the Ontario and B.C. rulings were appealed to the Supreme Court of Canada, the cases appeared on November 30 and December 1, 2017, respectively.[98] On June 15, 2018, the Supreme Court, across four sets of reasons, ruled in favour of the law societies in 7-2 for both Trinity Western University v Law Society of Upper Canada and Law Society of British Columbia v Trinity Western University.[99]
The majority decisions said that TWU's Community Covenant would deter LGBT students from attending the proposed law school and that equal access to legal education, diversity in the legal profession and preventing harm to LGBT students was in the public interest.[100]
Notable alumni and faculty
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