Alberta Golden Bears and Pandas

[7] Professor W. G. Hardy coached the men's team from 1922 to 1926, and played a leading role in getting the first ice hockey rink built at the university campus in 1927.

[11] The U Sports men's ice hockey program has been competing since 1908, in the same year that the University of Alberta was first established.

[4] The Golden Bears have won the most David Johnston University Cup championships with 16 wins, most recently in 2018.

[14] The University of Alberta has featured a women's ice hockey program since at least 1913, near the beginning years of the school's creation in 1908.

[15] The program has also been dominant in Canada West play as Panda teams have won 14 conference championships, including seven in a row from 2001 to 2008.

[21] The Pandas women's volleyball program first began in the 1950s where the team won their first Western Canadian Intercollegiate Athletic Union championship in 1953.

[23] The Pandas then repeated as champions five times to tie the U Sports women's volleyball record with six consecutive national championships won.

The Golden Bears are considered a strong school team in Canada in multiple sports.