Head Start 2013

Head Start will be held on Saturday, June 8, 2013 from 9 am to 2 pm. It will include a complimentary lunch, prizes and useful information sessions for students, and their family and friends alike.

The tentative schedule for the day is as follows:

9:00-9:30        Program Welcome
9:45-10:45      Student Success Session OR Family & Friends Info Session
11:00-12:00    Faculty session (see below for participating faculties)
11:00-3:00      Student Photo ID Card centre open
12:00-1:00      BBQ Lunch
12:00-2:00      University Information Fair
12:15-1:15      Campus tours begin (45min tours depart every 15 minutes until 1:15)
12:30-1:00      Residence Information Session
1:00-2:00        Residence Tours (drop by the Residence table at the Info Fair)

All university applicants to undergraduate programs at the Fort Garry campus are automatically invited and you will be sent a postcard and email with more information about registration.

The following faculties/programs will be hosting information sessions:

  • University 1
  • Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences
  • Faculty of Arts
  • Asper School of Business (Faculty of Management)
  • Faculty of Engineering
  • Clayton H. Riddell Faculty of Environment, Earth, and Resources
  • Faculty of Human Ecology
  • Marcel A. Desautels Faculty of Music
  • Faculty of Science
  • School of Art 

Please note: For students who have applied to the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, your faculty recommends that you attend a University 1 session if you choose to attend Head Start. Admitted applicants will be invited for a faculty specific orientation upon admission.

Thank you for your interest, but registration for Head Start 2013 has now closed.

We are also offering Summer Campus Tours as part of Orientation. Click here to register online.

Also remember to save the date for Fall Orientation; September 3rd & 4th.


View our presentation from Head Start (PDF)

Student Success (PDF)