Athletics & Recreation

As part of its commitment to promoting a healthy and active lifestyle, as well as a well rounded education, Quest provides students with a wide range of high quality opportunities in outdoor recreation, intramural activities and varsity athletics. Recreation and competitive sports encourage not only the mastery of skills, but participation, team work, achievement, leadership, commitment, determination and self development. With the University's state of the art athletic facilities, which include a gymnasium, squash courts, a weight room, all-season artificial turf soccer field, two tennis courts, outdoor basketball courts and a high functioning recreation and athletics program, Quest is poised to accommodate the ever expanding fitness, outdoor recreation, intramural and elite level athletics that are exploding in popularity and demand at post secondary institutions.

In addition to the University's own facilities and spectacular location, the surrounding area known as "The Outdoor Recreation Capital of Canada" provides amazing opportunities for white water and ocean kayaking, mountain biking, kite boarding, windsurfing, sailing, rock climbing, ice climbing, mountaineering, hiking, as well as downhill and cross country skiing, snowboarding and snow shoeing. The Squamish community provides facilities such as the Brennan Park Recreational Centre, which has a full recreational program, an arena, aquatic and community centre available for student use.

An extensive intramural program which includes indoor soccer, volleyball, squash, floor hockey, table tennis, tennis, dodge ball, outdoor soccer, badminton, golf, among many others, allows students to stay fit as well as develop and learn new skills.

The University currently has women and men's varsity basketball teams - the Quest Kermodes - which play in the British Columbia College Athletics Association, and this year it is recruiting players and coaches to establish a soccer program to enter the Association in 2008.