A university based in Sudbury, Ontario, is considering changing the name of its varsity sports teams to align better with its mandate and to alleviate concerns over the current name’s association to the colonization of Indigenous people. Laurentian University is a member of the Ontario University Athletics conference of U
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University of Manitoba Bisons Charge Forward With New Athletics Identity
The University of Manitoba is charging ahead with a new identity for its Bisons varsity sports teams. The Winnipeg-based school, which competes in the Canada West conference of U Sports, rolled out the new identity earlier this week. The centerpiece of the visual system is a new forward-facing bison logo
University of Regina Unifies Rams, Cougars Teams Under Single Visual Identity
After more than a quarter century of separate identities for their football team and the rest of their varsity sports teams, the University of Regina’s athletics program is uniting the two under a new visual brand system. The U Sports program based in the Saskatchewan capital unveiled the new brand
Nike Unveils Faster US Track Unis for 2012 Olympics
Designed to shave off seconds of a sprinter’s time, Nike yesterday unveiled the new track and field uniforms for Team USA’s 2012 Summer Olympic team. According to Nike, the new uniform is capable of “shaving up to 0.023 seconds off 100-meter sprint times”; that may not sound like a lot,