Did you use your campus sport facilities as a student there?

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Thanks Owlie.
It appears there is some athletic scholarships /bursaries offered by some Canadian Universities: http://english.cis-sic.ca/sports/cis...s/20130620-cis For certain, one does not really hear of Canadian competing at the international level, associated/funded by a particular university. It's just different...culturally.

In Ontario, depending on the university and sport it could be up to $4,000 each year upon re-applying. I have this feeling some of the American universities might be more generous for certain sports.

University of Waterloo was carving its mark in computer science, math, engineering and trying to slay international ranks with MIT, etc. Sports was secondary. They were making inroads in co-op work-study programs in engineering, etc. which at the time, I think must have diluted feelings of fandom/sports cheering spirit when students are somewhere else working for 4 months, etc. I spent lst 2 yrs. before transferring out of town to another place. It seemed pretty slack sports-wise and that was reflected at the time in low fan turn-out.

Then at Western it was mini (but still craze) about its football team. It had a marching band and cheerleaders which didn't exist at Waterloo. I found it novel.... and it felt like high school, the enthusiasm. Latter university was older (but just as big).

Another era....back in early 1980's.

Fast forward, some of my siblings have paid membership/use of University of Toronto's facilities long after they graduated from there. It's familiar to them. Not the Y.

I wouldn't dream of using the local university's facilities here..too far away. But we've made use of their outdoor winter sports program for the general public. I do feel that an established university with some decent recreational sport programs does eventually filter abit into the local area around them. There's some coaching expertise and if there is a kinesiology and sports medicine program, that can draw in locals...provided the university understands how to deal with the local community.