The Fédération étudiante collégiale du Québec (; "College students federation of Quebec"; FECQ) is a federation of college student unions, created in March 1990 after the failure of the 1989 strike (its first motto was "''Plus jamais la grève!''", in English: ''The strike, never again!''). The FECQ mainly use lobbying with political parties to represent the students interests. At its peak, the FECQ claims to have represented 28 student associations and over 80,000
CÉGEP students - however, there is controversy about the actual number of members it has.
Radio-Canada, «Des étudiants dénoncent le manque de transparence de la FECQ», November 24, 2012
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The FECQ was founded in Chicoutimi
Chicoutimi ( , ) is the most populous borough (arrondissement) of the city of Saguenay in Quebec, Canada.
It is situated at the confluence of the Saguenay and Chicoutimi rivers. During the 20th century, it became the main administrative and ...
, in 1990
Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...
, during the mobilization against the increase of university tuition fees imposed by Minister Claude Ryan
Claude Ryan (January 26, 1925 – February 9, 2004) was a Canadian journalist and politician. He was the director of the newspaper ''Le Devoir'' from 1964 to 1978, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party from 1978 to 1982, National Assembly of ...
, by a group of college student associations that were resistant to the unlimited general strike advocated by the main student group at the time, the Association nationale des étudiants et étudiantes du Québec (ANEEQ). Disappointed by the failure of the ANEEQ's last mobilizations, these resistant associations wanted to move away from the combative union tradition that had been dominant until then within the student movement, and move towards a model of student struggle based on consultation and partnership with the state.
Notable figures from FECQ history
* Léo Bureau-Blouin
See also
*Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec
The Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec (; "University Student Federation of Quebec"; FEUQ) was a federation of university students' unions created following the lifting of the tuition freeze in 1989. It included 9 member association ...
, its former university counterpart
*Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante
The Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante ("Association for Student Union Solidarity"; ASSE) was a Canadian student union founded in February 2001 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, which contained about 56,000 CEGEP and university-level stu ...
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Quebec students' associations
Students' associations in Canada
Groups of students' unions
Student political organizations
Organizations based in Montreal
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