The Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (lit. 'Quebec Student Sports Network'), abbreviated RSEQ, is the governing body of primary and secondary school, collegiate, and university sport in Quebec. It also serves as a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information, schedules, results, and releases about those programs and events to the public and the media. This is similar to what would be called a "college athletic conference" in the United States.
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| Formerly | ASUQ/QUAA, 1971–1989 FSSQ/QSSF, 1989–2010 |
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| Association | U Sports CCAA/ACSC NFHS |
| Founded | 1971 |
| President | Gustave Roel |
| Motto | Sport. Éducation. Fierté. (lit. 'Sport. Education. Pride.') |
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| Country |  Canada |
| Headquarters | Montreal |
| Region | Quebec |
The RSEQ was founded in 1971 as the Association sportive universitaire du Québec/Quebec University Athletic Association, abbreviated as ASUQ and QUAA, following the reformulation of three university athletic associations spanning the universities of Ontario and Quebec. After the merger between Quebec's university, collegiate, and high school governing bodies in 1989, the amalgamated association was named the Fédération du sport scolaire du Québec/Quebec Student Sports Federation, abbreviated FSSQ and QSSF. The current name has been in use since November 2010.[1][2]
The RSEQ is one of four provencial governing bodies that are members of the national governing body for university athletics, U Sports. The other three regional associations coordinating university-level sports in Canada are Ontario University Athletics (OUA), Atlantic University Sport (AUS), and the Canada West Universities Athletic Association (Canada West, CW).
As with all of Canada's provincial high school athletics associations, the RSEQ is an affiliate member of the United States–based National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS).
Member schools
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U Sports member schools
edit| Institution | Nickname | Location in Quebec | Founded | Type | Enrollment | Endowment | Joined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop's University | Gaiters | Lennoxville | 1843 | Public | 2,724 | $32.5M | 1974 |
| Concordia University | Stingers | Montreal | 1896 | Public | 45,954 | $120.4M | 1974 |
| Université Laval | Rouge et Or | Quebec City | 1663 | Public | 37,591 | $108.3M | 1971 |
| McGill University | Redbirds & Martlets | Montreal | 1821 | Public | 34,819 | $1.27B | 1971 |
| Université de Montréal | Carabins | Montreal | 1878 | Public | 58,482 | $189.2M | 1971 |
| Université du Québec à Chicoutimi | Inuk | Chicoutimi | 1959 | Public | 6,583 | --- | 2023 |
| Université du Québec à Montréal | Citadins | Montreal | 1969 | Public | 41,325 | --- | 1971 |
| École de technologie supérieure | Piranhas | Montreal | 1974 | Public | 6,300 | 2024 | |
| Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières | Patriotes | Trois-Rivières | 1969 | Public | 12,500 | --- | 1971 |
| Université de Sherbrooke | Vert et Or | Sherbrooke | 1954 | Public | 35,000 | --- | 1971 |
Since the 2017–18 school year, Bishop's has played football in AUS, but remains a member of RSEQ in other sports.
Non-U Sports member schools
editNote: The following universities below are not members of U Sports, and are solely RSEQ members and participate in certain sports.
| Institution | Nickname | Location (Quebec) |
Founded | Type | Enrollment | Endowment | Joined |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Université du Québec en Outaouais | Torrents | Gatineau | 1981 | Public | 6,017 | ||
| Université du Québec à Rimouski | Nordets | Rimouski | 1969 | Public | ~5,400 |
CCAA member schools
editThe RSEQ also oversees college sports in Quebec, and the following are members of the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association/Association canadienne du sport collégial (CCAA/ACSC).
Facilities
edit| Facilities | ||||||||
| Institution | Football Stadium |
Seated Capacity |
Basketball/Volleyball Gym |
Seated Capacity |
Hockey Arena |
Seated Capacity |
Soccer Stadium |
Seated Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop's | Coulter Field | 2200 | John H. Price Sports Centre | 1400 | W.B. Scott Arena | 1200 | Coulter Field | 2200 |
| Concordia | Concordia Stadium | 4000 | Concordia Gymnasium | 750 | Ed Meagher Arena | 1000 | Concordia Stadium | 4000 |
| Laval | PEPS stade extérieur | 12,257* | PEPS gymnase | 2500 | Non-hockey school | PEPS soccer fields | -- | |
| McGill | Molson Stadium | 23,420 | Love Competition Hall | 1500 | McConnell Arena | 950 | Molson Stadium | 23,420 |
| Montréal | CEPSUM Stadium | 5100 | Non-basketball school | Aréna du CEPSUM | 2460 | CEPSUM Stadium | 5100 | |
| Sherbrooke | Stade de l'UdeS | 3359 | Non-hockey school | Stade de l'Université de Sherbrooke | 3359 | |||
| UQAM | Non-football school | UQAM Centre sportif | 600 | terrain # 2 of Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard | 1000 | |||
| UQTR | Non-football school | Non-basketball school | Colisée de Trois-Rivières | 2700 | Stade de l'UQTR | 1500 | ||
(*Laval's PEPS stade extérieur has an official seated capacity of 12,257 although it has held a standing room crowd of over 18,000 and as such is often listed as having a maximum capacity of 18,000.)
(Data mined from the U Sports homepage's member directory[3] and WorldStadiums.com.[4] The members directory numbers seem to be ballpark figures in some cases.)
See also
editAssociations
editLeagues
editReferences
edit- ^ "U Sports Histoire". U Sports (in Canadian French). Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ "U Sports History". U Sports. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
- ^ CIS directory Archived July 27, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ World Stadiums.com