Maple League Explained

Maple League of Universities
Location:Canada
Leader Title:Executive director
Leader Name:Jack Rice[1]

The Maple League of Universities, previously known as the U4, is an association of four universities in eastern Canada. The four member schools, Acadia University, Bishop's University, Mount Allison University, and St. Francis Xavier University, are all primarily undergraduate liberal arts institutions.

Members

The four member universities of the Maple League are all primarily undergraduate and located in Eastern Canada: one in Quebec, one in New Brunswick, and two in Nova Scotia. All were established in the early 1800s.

UniversityProvinceLocationEstablished
Acadia UniversityNova ScotiaWolfville
Bishop's UniversityQuebecSherbrooke
Mount Allison UniversityNew BrunswickSackville
St. Francis Xavier UniversityNova ScotiaAntigonish

History

The Maple League was founded in 2013 as the U4, and adopted its current name in 2016. The name "Maple League" was inspired by the Ivy League in the United States.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Executive Director. Maple League. 10 January 2020.
  2. Web site: Four small universities in Eastern Canada rebrand as the "Maple League" . Moira. MacDonald . University Affairs . November 16, 2016 . May 16, 2020 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20161127115355/https://www.universityaffairs.ca/news/news-article/maple-league-universities/ . November 27, 2016.