The University of Calgary Model United Nations Team (UCMUNT) is an academic group that provides post-secondary students of the Calgary region the opportunity to compete in conferences that simulate the bodies of the United Nations as well as regional and international organisations. Among these include the General Assembly, the World Health Organisation, and the Security Council, as well as the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, the European Union, and the Association for Southeast Asian Nations – just to name a few. Through these conferences, delegates practice and develop many abilities such as their public speaking skills, team working skills, professionalism, and how to become more analytical. 

UCMUNT has come a long way since we first entered the competitive international collegiate tournament circuit in 1995. Through hard work, teamwork, research, and innovative new strategies we have grown to be respected by universities from around the globe. We are currently internationally recognised as one of the top Small Delegations in North America. Our alumni have been accepted into law schools, the Canadian Foreign Service, engineering positions, diplomatic and non-governmental organisational roles, medicine, and other prestigious disciplines.

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As a diverse group of individuals, the people who make up UCMUNT bring something new and different with them to every conference. Hailing from every major faculty at the University, UCMUNT seems to be much more diverse than other teams on the circuit. Whether they study the arts, the humanities and social sciences, the natural sciences, engineering, business, health sciences, or any other academic discipline, each member brings a new and important perspective to UCMUNT. It is essential to have members who can work with each other across functional areas and contribute where they can.

For instance, having someone who understands the chemical and physical aspects of the Chemical Weapons Convention is invaluable, just as having someone who understands international economics who can explain to other team members why a country’s economy is collapsing and what could be done to help prevent it in the future. Beyond the faculty that our members belong to, the extracurricular activities they participate in, the languages they speak, and the diverse political ideologies that they bring to the team are important in contributing your unique viewpoint to our discussions.

UCMUNT has had a hallmark year over the past 12 months, and we want to continue this momentum with the team. We have officially emerged as the most successful team in the entire Canadian Prairie Region and North American Pacific-Northwest Region, bringing home the University of Calgary twenty-five separate awards from our competitive season over 2015-2016, and tripling our team membership numbers since the previous year alone. Our team members are motivated, goal-oriented, and dedicated to furthering the team and the university’s representation. We intend to attend more conferences this year to encourage this continued progress.