Sigma Thêta Pi (, STPi), is an international student
fraternity based in
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
, Canada and France, established in 2003.
History
Sigma Thêta Pi was founded by four students at in
Grenoble Alpes University
The Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA, French: meaning "''Grenoble Alps University''") is a public research university in Grenoble, France. Founded in 1339, it is the third largest university in France with about 60,000 students and over 3,000 resea ...
, in
Grenoble
lat, Gratianopolis
, commune status = Prefecture and commune
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, France, on September 21, 2003. Within five years it established a ''Beta chapter'' in
Montreal
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 ...
,
Quebec
Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...
Canada at the
University of Montreal
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, th ...
when one of the four founders exported Sigma Thêta Pi to that school. It is the only French language based general collegiate fraternity.
[Noted i]
a Montreal Campus article
13 April 2010, accessed 11 Oct 2020.
The Montreal chapter and Quebec chapter of this fraternity are the only Greek letter fraternities to be officially recognized by a French-speaking university in Canada.
Objectives
The fraternity is focused on two main goals. The first is to enjoy the festivities of a student way of life; the second is to put together a social and professional network through the ΣΘΠ's brothers.
[As profiled i]
''Quartier Libre''
vol.18, no.4, a Montreal student publication. Accessed 11 Oct 2020. The fraternity's motto is, ''Fraternitas, Animi Excelsitas ac Dignitas'' which means "brotherhood, pride, dignity". The fraternity includes students from different scholastic curricula, different origins and nationalities, which can be associated with its international focus.
Chapters
Chapter list of Sigma Thêta Pi. Active chapters noted in bold, inactive chapters noted by ''italics.''
See also
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Fraternities and sororities in Canada
The expansion of Greek letter organizations into Canada was an important stage of the North American fraternity movement, beginning in 1879 with the establishment of a chapter of Zeta Psi at the University of Toronto. In 1883 the same fraternity e ...
*
List of social fraternities and sororities
Social or general fraternities and sororities, in the North American fraternity system, are those that do not promote a particular profession (as professional fraternities are) or discipline (such as service fraternities and sororities). Inste ...
References
External links
Official website
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Fraternities and sororities in Canada
Student organizations established in 2003
Fraternities and sororities in France