Editing Université du Québec (section)

==History==
[[Image:ETS-soir.jpg|right|thumb|[[École de technologie supérieure]]]]
[[Image:CampusUQAC07 282.JPG|right|thumb|Université du Québec à Chicoutimi]]
The Université du Québec system was established in 1968 by the [[National Assembly of Quebec]] largely in response to widespread student protests that had broken out in the autumn of that year.  In an effort to extend education to more Quebecois students, the government had created a system of [[CEGEP]]s to create a facilitated pathway into university.  However, Quebec did not have enough French-language universities to accommodate the new influx of students applying after completing CEGEP.  Only 40% of CEGEP graduates could be accommodated by existing Francophone universities, and job prospects were poor for students who only had a certificate from a CEGEP.<ref>Jean-Philippe Warren, ''Une Douce Anarchie'' (Montreal: Boréal, 2008), 100</ref>  As a result, student protests began to spread across the province, with 23 CEGEPs, the [[Université de Montréal]], and [[Université Laval]] being occupied by student protesters.  Thousands of Francophone students took to the streets in protest, as others barricaded themselves inside their CEGEPs, refusing to leave until their demands were met.<ref>Andrew Geller, "CEGEP students vote strike's end", ''Montreal Gazette'', 21 October 1968</ref>

Although the students' demands were often not met and individual protests proved largely unsuccessful, they had captured the attention of Quebec's legislators.  Partially as a result of this upheaval, Quebec's government decided to pass a resolution which would create a new network of Francophone universities across the province of Quebec.  With the province in the midst of the [[Quiet Revolution]], secularism was becoming pertinent to Quebec society and to a new generation of youth who rejected [[Catholicism|Catholic]] domination over Quebecois society, and alternatives to the traditional, existing religious institutions were demanded.  Five universities were established in 1969 and 1970 to assuage the influx of CEGEP students, and they were placed in cities across the province to allow equal educational opportunities in areas where access to higher education had traditionally been limited, such as [[Rimouski]] and [[Abitibi-Témiscamingue|Abitibi]].  In the 1970s, a sixth university would be added to the network, the [[Université du Québec en Outaouais]] in [[Gatineau]]. This network of universities was modeled on the American [[university system]]s that already existed at that time.<ref>{{cite book |last=Ferretti |first=Lucia |date=1994 |title=L' Université en Réseau - Souple: Les 25 Ans de l'Université du Québec|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-8BG9dWbAiQC&pg=PA26 |language=fr |publisher=Presses de l'Université du Québec |isbn= 9782760522312}}</ref>

The component institutions are:

*the [[École de technologie supérieure]] (ETS), in [[Montreal]];
*the [[École nationale d'administration publique]] (ENAP), based in [[Quebec City]], with campuses in Montreal, Gatineau, Trois-Rivières, and Saguenay;
*the [[Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique|Institut national de la recherche scientifique]] (INRS), based in [[Quebec City]] and a campus in Montreal;
*the [[Université du Québec à Chicoutimi]] (UQAC), in [[Saguenay, Quebec|Saguenay]];
*the [[Université du Québec à Montréal]] (UQAM), in [[Montreal]];
*the [[Université du Québec à Rimouski]] (UQAR), in [[Rimouski]];
*the [[Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières]] (UQTR), in [[Trois-Rivières]];
*the [[Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue]] (UQAT), with campuses in [[Rouyn-Noranda]], [[Val-d'Or]], and other towns;
*the [[Université du Québec en Outaouais]] (UQO), in [[Gatineau]] with a campus in [[Saint-Jérôme]].
*the [[TÉLUQ University|Université TÉLUQ]], distance education based in Quebec city