Our Experience Manitoba Activities help you to use the English you have learned in the classroom in the community.    

Our Activity Leaders (University of Manitoba students) always plan fun and interesting events and encourage you to make friends and practice English. They help you to explore the province of Manitoba  and the city of Winnipeg and encourage you to become part of the University of Manitoba community.  

On campus, you can join our Conversation Café to practice your English skills, meet with a language partner, or participate in one of our weekly workshops (Sports and Student Life).  

Off campus we plan activities for students to enjoy the many cultural, social and sporting events available in the city of Winnipeg.

The University of Manitoba also provides many recreational activities for students.  There are a variety sports facilities and an intra-mural sports league offers the opportunity to play different sports with other University of Manitoba students. 

Weekly Events

Once a week a social, cultural or recreational activity is organized for students.  Admission and transportation to these activities is free for Intensive English Program students.  Activity Leaders and IEP staff come on all weekly events and are there to encourage students to speak English and have fun!

IEP Field Trip Release Form

Conversation Café

The Conversation Cafe is held every Thursday on the University of Manitoba campus.  Intensive English Program students, staff and volunteers get together for some stimulating conversation.  Coffee and snacks are always provided.  There is only one rule - speak English!

Language Partner Program

All Intensive English Program students are eligible for a language partner while they are taking the program.  Students meet with a native speaker at least once a week on campus to practice their conversational skills.  If you would like a language partner email us at iep.language@ad.umanitoba.ca and we will set you up with someone. 

Extras

Our Activity leaders are always looking for fun and interesting events for our students to experience.   IEP Extras are planned by our Activity leaders for you to experience more of the social, cultural and recreational opportunities available on the University of Manitoba campus, the city of Winnipeg and the province of Manitoba.  With IEP Extras students are responsible for the cost of the event and for transportation.  The Activity Leader who organizes an Extra will accompany the students on the event. 

Workshops

Our Activity Leaders also organize workshops during the week after classes for students to get together with their friends, try new things and practice their English.  Our workshops include IEP News, IEP Sports and IEP Student Life.

Volunteer Opportunities

The Intensive English Program also offers a number of volunteer opportunities for students to practice their English while helping out in the local community.   Students have volunteered at Siloam Mission, Winnipeg Harvest, Take Pride Winnipeg, Folklorama (cultural festival), Playcare Daycare, Carter Early Learning Centre, Misericordia Hospital, Golden Door Senior's Home, Manitoba Theatre for Young People, Muscular Dystrophy Canada, CIBC Run for the Cure, UMSU and the Mennonite Central Committee. 

There is a meeting with the Volunteer Coordinator at the beginning of each session for information on the latest volunteer opportunities.