Trinity Western has membership in the Canadian Royal Society. The Spartans, the school's varsity teams, are a part of U Sports. TWU has the most expensive domestic tuition of any Canadian university, according to Universities Canada, a non-profit national organisation that represents Canadian colleges and universities. Turris Fortis Deus Noster is the motto of Trinity Western. "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" is the translation of the Latin motto. Martin Luther's well-known hymn of the same name served as the model for the slogan. The Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia sent the university's coat of arms, which was awarded by the Royal College of Arms, to then-president R. Neil Snider in 1986 on behalf of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Since the coat of arms is only used to certify the highest-ranking official university academic and legal documents, the flame emblem is also widely utilised at the university. The varsity teams that play for Trinity Western University are known as the Spartans. The term, originating from the Greek