Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec

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La Fédération Étudiante Universitaire du Québec (FEUQ) or The Quebec Federation of University Students (FEUQ) is a federation of student’s union created following the lifting of the tuition fee freeze in 1989.

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[edit] Mission

The Quebec Federation of University Students (FEUQ) is made up of 15 member associations and more 120 000 student members. Created following the lifting of the tuition fee freeze in 1989, the FEUQ’s main mission is to defend the rights and interests of students with governments, education stakeholders and civil society actors.

Since its creation, and according to its spirit, the FEUQ has been defending a humanistic education as a societal choice. It focuses on defending its members before, during, ad after their passage through university by fighting for accessible and quality education that favors the development of knowledge and know-how.

Representing 15 member associations and more than 120,000 student members, the Quebec Federation of University Students has, for the last 20 years, been carrying out its mandates and objectives with rigor, determination and energy.

The FEUQ’s mission is to represent, through its member associations, university students and to study, promote, protect and develop their interests as well as their academic, social, cultural and economic rights.

These objectives include :

  • Representing Quebec university student associations and their members in relevant decision-making bodies in order to promote their positions;
  • Favoring and facilitating the academic progress of Quebec university students and files capable of improving the quality of teaching and supervision offered;
  • Making accessible to Quebec university student associations and their members the most complete information possible on current files and issues, and available means of action, so as to better their living conditions;
  • Promoting the unity of the Quebec student movement.

Due to its very broad and inclusive mission, the Federation’s agenda is quite varied. It strives for active and attentive listening to member needs so as to exert the required pressure on relevant decision-making bodies.

[edit] Structure

As its name indicates, the FEUQ works according to a federative model, meaning that its positions are the result of consultation and consensus between its 15 member associations, which represent more than 120,000 Quebec university students. The Federation thus undertakes the required actions to fulfill the mandates and orientations given to it by its 15 student associations.

[edit] Annual General Assembly

The annual general assembly is the most important decision-making body of the Quebec Federation of University Students, since it closes the current year and prepares the next one. The general assembly establishes the Federation’s major orientations for the coming year. The GA is also the body where student associations vote on the composition of the following year’s executive council.

[edit] The Congress

All decisions, be they political, financial, philosophical, academic or functional, are voted on in the congress using a system of weighted voting and only pass with a two-thirds majority. Nevertheless, the Federation’s privileged means of decision-making is through consensus, which gives more weight and legitimacy to its decisions and actions.

However, if the congress makes a final decision in a plenary session, the proposals are always debated beforehand in the commissions.

[edit] The Commissions

The FEUQ’s commissions are theme-oriented. A proposal must first be adopted by a commission before it can then be debated and voted on in a plenary session.

  • The University Affairs Commission (CAU) discusses issues related to the quality of education and university policies.
  • The Sociopolitical Affairs Commission (CASP) mainly discusses youth policies and financial assistance issues.
  • The Institutional Affairs Commission (CAI) discusses internal and organizational affairs such as the Federation’s finances or its human resources management policy.

[edit] The CNCS

Finally, the Quebec Council for Graduate Studies of the Quebec Federation of University Students (CNCS-FEUQ) brings together all graduate student associations. The CNCS discusses issues related to subsidized research, the status of student-researchers, certain internal files and some social questions such as family studies integration.

[edit] Executive Council

Composition
Poste 2009-2010 2008-2009 2007-2008
President Jean Grégoire David Paradis Jean-Patrick Brady
Vice-president university affairs Louis-Philippe Savoie Pascal Marchi Michel Jacques
Vice-president sociopolitical affairs Daniel Pierre-Roy Daniel Pierre-Roy Pascal Rousseau
Vice-president institutional affairs Jean-Daniel Fortin Philippe Brisson Philippe Brisson
Internal Affairs and Communications Coordinator Mathieu Oligny Jean Grégoire Samuel Gosselin
Regions Coordinator Simon Lapierre Jean-Daniel Fortin -
Federal and International Affairs Coordinator Lysiane Boucher (interim) Guillaum Dubreuil (May to August) Katherine Boushel
President of the CNCS Olivier Beaulieu-Mathurin Olivier Beaulieu-Mathurin Frédéric Lalande

[edit] member associations

  • Association générale des étudiants et étudiantes de l'Institut Armand-Frappier (AGEIAF) (Institut Armand-Frappier)
  • Association des étudiants de l'INRS Urbanisation Culture et Société

[edit] External links

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