The Université du Québec à Montréal (

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: University of Quebec in Montreal), also known as UQAM, is a

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based in

Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous city in the Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as '' Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-pea ...

, Canada. It is the largest constituent element of the

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system. UQAM was founded on April 9, 1969, by the government of Quebec, through the merger of the

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, a fine arts school; the Collège Sainte-Marie, a classical college; and a number of smaller schools. Although part of the UQ network, UQAM possesses a relative independence which allows it to print its own diplomas and choose its rector. In the fall of 2018, the university welcomed some 40,738 students, including 3,859 international students from 95 countries, in a total of 310 distinct programs of study, managed by six faculties (Arts, Education, Communication, Political Science and Law, Science and Social science) and one school (Management). It offers

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, Masters, and Doctoral degrees. It is one of Montreal's two French-language universities, along with the

Université de Montréal The Université de Montréal (UdeM; ; translates to University of Montreal) is a French-language public research university in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university's main campus is located in the Côte-des-Neiges neighborhood of Côte-de ...

, and only 1% of its student population is of English-speaking origin.

History

UQAM was created on April 9, 1969, by the

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, following the merger of the

, the Collège Sainte-Marie and three colleges. In mid 1970, construction on UQAM's campus began in the Saint-Jacques neighbourhood. The old Saint-Jacques Cathedral was condemned and the worshipers were moved to the

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. The architect of the university,

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, chose to respect the plans of

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and

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by deciding to graft the new construction around the wall of the nave of the church overlooking

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and highlighting the bell tower and its gateway. These remains are classified as historic monuments by the Quebec government. The new campus of UQAM was inaugurated in September 1979. Before the arrival of the Université du Québec à Montréal, access to higher education was limited for the French-speaking working classes. Thanks to the policy of admitting adults with relevant professional experience, the student population was able to broaden the student population to include social categories previously excluded from higher education, thus creating a climate of openness. UQAM is the first Canadian university where faculty unionism is developing. The Université du Québec professors' union, which has been affiliated since its birth in 1970 with the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), has participated in the effort to democratize the functioning of university authorities. In November 2006, UQAM underwent a major financial crisis. It was revealed that the former president,

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, was partially responsible for the financial mismanagement of the Science Complex and the Ilot Voyageur real estate projects. A recovery plan, required by the Ministry of Education, Sport and Leisure, is still in progress, raising significant challenges from groups of employees, students, lecturers and professors. With the addition of the Télé-université in June 2005, UQAM, with a student population of close to 60,000, was the largest French-speaking university in the world. On 13 January 2012, it was announced that the TELUQ would again become a separate university from UQAM, but would remain in the

system.

Campus

UQAM's campus was designed by

and is located in

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in the borough of Ville-Marie, with most of its buildings in the

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neighbourhood near the Berri-UQAM Metro station and the newer Complexe des sciences Pierre-Dansereau near

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. The university is also involved in the troubled Îlot Voyageur project, a 13-storey student residence and intercity bus terminal, but has had to scale back its involvement due to financial problems. In September 2013, the university announced that it had acquired the

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's former CineRobotheque facility for its communications faculty. The university provides training on its campus in Montreal and its four regional centres: UQAM Lanaudière in

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, UQAM

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, UQAM Montérégie in

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and UQAM Ouest-de-l'île. A three part virtual exhibition was made to showcase the university's history.

Academics

Faculties

* Faculté des arts (Faculty of Arts) * Faculté des sciences de l'éducation (Faculty of Education) * Faculté de communication (Faculty of Communication) * Faculté de science politique et de droit (Faculty of Political Science and Law) * Faculté des sciences (Faculty of Sciences) * Faculté des sciences humaines (Faculty of Social Sciences) * École des sciences de la gestion (ESG) (UQAM's School of Management Sciences)

Schools and institutes

* École supérieure de mode de Montréal (Montreal Graduate School of Fashion Design) * Institut de recherches et d'études féministes (Institute of Feminist Studies) * Institut des sciences cognitives (Institute of Cognitive Sciences) * Institut des sciences de l'environnement (Institute of Environmental Sciences) * Institut d'études internationales de Montréal (Montreal Institute of International Studies) * Institut Santé et société (Health and Society Institute) * École supérieure de théâtre (Graduate School of Theatre) * École des langues (Language School) * École de travail social (School of Social Work) * École des arts visuels et médiatiques (School of Visual Arts and Media) * Institut du patrimoine (Heritage Institute) * International Research Group on Animal Law The university is represented in

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by the

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Distance and online learning

UQAM is part of the Université du Québec network, which has a distance learning component called Télé-université (Teluq). It offers courses and degrees in

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education Education is a purposeful activity directed at achieving certain aims, such as transmitting knowledge or fostering skills and character traits. These aims may include the development of understanding, rationality, kindness, and honesty. Va ...

communication Communication (from la, communicare, meaning "to share" or "to be in relation with") is usually defined as the transmission of information. The term may also refer to the message communicated through such transmissions or the field of inquir ...

environmental science Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physics, biology, and geography (including ecology, chemistry, plant science, zoology, mineralogy, oceanography, limnology, soil science, geology and physical geograp ...

, and

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. University of Québec has improved geographical accessibility through multiple campuses spread throughout the province and by offering distance education by Télé-Université.

Notable people

Bianca Beauchamp Bianca Stéphanie Beauchamp (, born October 14, 1977) is a Canadian fetish model best known for her glamour model, glamour, erotic and Rubber and PVC fetishism, latex fetish modeling. Early life and education Beauchamp was born in Montreal, Q ...

, fashion model *

Louise Beaudoin Louise Beaudoin (born September 26, 1945 in Quebec City, Quebec) is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Rosemont in the National Assembly of Quebec until 2012, as a member of the Parti Québécois (PQ). She sat as an ...

, former Quebec minister of international relations *

Steven Blaney Steven Blaney (born April 8, 1965) is a Canadian businessman and Conservative politician. He served as the Minister of Public Safety Canada (July 15, 2013 – November 4, 2015) and previously as the Minister of Veterans Affairs and Minister o ...

, businessman, politician, minister of public safety, minister of Veterans Affairs and minister of State *

Pierre Bourgault Pierre Bourgault (January 23, 1934 – June 16, 2003) was a politician and essayist, as well as an actor and journalist, from Quebec, Canada. He is most famous as a public speaker who advocated Quebec sovereignty movement, sovereignty for Quebec ...

, former leader of the RIN party and Quebec independence activist *

Pierre Dansereau Pierre Dansereau (October 5, 1911 – September 28, 2011) was a Canadian ecologist from Quebec known as one of the "fathers of ecology". Biography Born in Outremont, Quebec (now part of Montreal), he received a Bachelor of Science in Agricult ...

, pioneer of ecology *

Joseph Facal Joseph Facal (born 12 March 1961) is a Canadian politician, academic, and journalist in the province of Quebec. He was a Parti Québécois member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1994 to 2003 and was a cabinet minister in the governmen ...

, politician, academic, and journalist * Anne Fortin, accounting professor * Pierre Fortin, economist * Alexandre Gauthier, Software Engineer, co-founder of Crusader Technologies and DecisionPoint Software *

Louis Hamelin Louis Hamelin (born June 9, 1959 in Saint-Séverin-de-Proulxville, Quebec)Louis Hamelin< ...

, journalist and fiction writer *

Stevan Harnad Stevan Robert Harnad (Hernád István Róbert, Hesslein István, born June 2, 1945, Budapest) is a Hungarian-born cognitive scientist based in Montreal, Canada. Education Harnad was born in Budapest, Hungary. He did his undergraduate work at McG ...

, Open Access activist *

Arthur Lamothe Arthur Lamothe, (December 7, 1928 – September 18, 2013) was a French-Canadian film director and film producer. Biography Born in Saint-Mont, France, Lamothe immigrated to Canada in 1953 and immediately got a job as a lumberjack in the Abitibi ...

, film director, screenwriter, and film producer *

Bernard Landry Bernard Landry (; March 9, 1937 – November 6, 2018) was a Canadian politician who served as the 28th premier of Quebec from 2001 to 2003. A member of the Parti Québécois (PQ), he led the party from 2001 to 2005, also serving as the leader o ...

, former Quebec Prime Minister *

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, Founder of Softimage, Ex-Centris *

Léo-Paul Lauzon Léo-Paul Lauzon (born November 27, 1946) is an author, researcher, accountant, professor, and social activist in Quebec. He is best known for his work in seeking corporate social accountability. Early life and education Lauzon was raised in a lo ...

, left-wing activist and former NDP candidate *

Gérald Larose Gérald Larose (born October 24, 1945) is a Quebec activist, professor, and former President of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux labour union. He is currently head of the Conseil de la Souveraineté du Québec, Pierre, Samuel, ''Ces Qu� ...

, union leader * André Éric Létourneau, artist *

Scott McKay Scott McKay (born December 2, 1960) is a Canadians, Canadian politician, who served as a former leader of the Green Party of Quebec and a former Montreal council member. McKay was elected in 2008 to the Quebec National Assembly for the Parti Q ...

, politician, former Green Party of Quebec leader and Montreal council member *

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, scholar, author, researcher, and professor * Gilbert Paquette, former Quebec minister of science and technology * Pierre Karl Péladeau, Canadian businessman, billionaire, and former politician *

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, filmmaker *

Régine Robin Régine Robin (born as Rivka Ajzersztejn; 10 December 1939 – 3 February 2021) was a historian, novelist, translator and professor of sociology. Her prolific fiction and non-fiction, primarily on the themes of identity and culture and on the socio ...

, novelist *

Yves Séguin Yves Séguin (born March 30, 1951 in Val-d'Or, Quebec) is a former Canadian politician in Quebec. He was first elected as the Quebec Liberal Party (QLP) member for Montmorency in 1985. He was the parliamentary assistant to the Minister of Reve ...

, former Quebec minister of finance *

Jean-Marc Vallée Jean-Marc Vallée (March 9, 1963December 25, 2021) was a Canadian filmmaker, film editor, and screenwriter. After studying film at the Université de Montréal, Vallée went on to make a number of critically acclaimed short films, including '' ...

, filmmaker *

Jovette Marchessault Jovette Marchessault () (February 9, 1938 – December 31, 2012)

, writer * Marc Parent,

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director *

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, filmmaker *

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, screenwriter, producer, actor, art director, and TED speaker

Reputation

* Charles-Rousseau competition in international law. Third victory in a row (2007) * NMUN Outstanding Delegation Award: 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019; Distinguished Delegation Award 2015 * International NATO Simulation 2014: Distinguished Delegate Award NPG, Distinguished Delegate Award DG, Superior Delegation Award * International NATO Simulation 2015: Committee Leadership Award * School of business is ranked sixth in Canada by EFMD-EQUIS

Finances

A commissioned report by

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has called for cost-cutting measures at UQAM to help the university out of a financial crisis, brought on by $100 million in construction cost overruns for its sciences centre and costs for Îlot Voyageur, which soared from $226 million to more than $400 million when the Quebec government pulled out of the project, citing unauthorized design changes. The Quebec government has said that unless UQAM cuts costs, the university's total project-related debt could be $500 million by 2012. The Îlot Voyageur has been bought back by the government of Quebec in November 2010, thus solving a painful financial problem for UQAM.

References

External links

Official website
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History

Campus

Academics

Faculties

Schools and institutes

Distance and online learning

Notable people

Reputation

Finances

See also

References

Further reading

External links