University Canada West

University Canada West (UCW) is a private, for-profit, educational institution in British Columbia, Canada. The university was founded in 2005 by David F. Strong, the former president of the University of Victoria, purchased in 2008 by the Eminata Group, and is currently owned by Global University Systems. The university is based in downtown Vancouver, and as of 2018 offers undergraduate and post-graduate programs in business and management

University Canada West was founded in Victoria, British Columbia in 2005 by David Strong, the former president of the University of Victoria. The establishment of the university marked the first time in British Columbia that a for-profit institution had been authorized to use the designation “university,” the result of the province’s recently enacted, controversial Degree Authorization Act. In 2008 the school opened a second campus in Vancouver.That same year it was purchased by the Eminata Group. At the time of the sale, it was reported the school was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy and struggling to attract students.