Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec
Formerly the Federation des associations Sportives Collegiales du Quebec (or the Quebec Students Sports Federation).
Established in May/67.
By 1971, there were over 30 colleges d’enseignement general et professionel (C.E.G.E.P.) had opened. CEGEPS built from a reorganization of existing normal schools, classical colleges and technical institutes. The tuition-free colleges, of which there were 83 by 1995, offer a variety of programs. Before entering university, a student must complete college levels studies (similar to high school offering Grade 12 and 13 for university-oriented students and trade programs for others). The CEGEPs enroll more students, particularly women, and thus have a larger base from which to draw, leading to Quebec’s domination of the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association.
Through the years members have included: Alma; Champlain College (Lennoxville) Cougars; Champlain Regional College (St. Lambert) Cavaliers; Dawson College (Montreal) Blues; John Abbott College (Ste.-Anne de Bellevue) Islanders; Colleges de Maisonneuve (Montreal) Les Vikings; College Montmorency (Laval) Les Nomades; CEGEP de Ste-Foy Dynamiques; Vanier College (Ville de St.Laurent) Cheetahs; College Ahuntsic (Montreal) Indiens; College André-Grasset (Montreal) Phénix; Collége André-Laurendeau (LaSalle); CEGEP Beauce Appalaches (St-Georges) Condors; College Bois-de-Boulogne (Montreal) Les Cavaliers; College Édouard Montpetit (Longueuil) Les Lynx; College Francois-Xavier-Garneau (Quebec) Les Elans; College de Jonquiere Hirondelles; College Lévis-Lauzon Les Faucons; CEGEP de Limoilou (Quebec) Titans; College de L’Outaouais (Hull) Les Griffons; CEGEP de Riviere-du-Loup Les Portageurs; CEGEP de Saint-Laurent Patriotes; College Shawinigan Electriks; College de Sherbrooke Volontaires; CEGEP de Sorel-Tracy (Tracy) Les Rebels; CEGEP de Victoriaville Les Vulkins; College Vieux Montreal Les Spartiates; Campus Alma; Campus Chicoutimi; Campus St. Felicien; CEGEP de Gaspesie; CEGEP de Rimouski; CEGEP de la Pocatiere; CEGEP de Mataine; CEGEP de Hauterive; CEGEP de Sept Iles; CEGEP de Trois-Rivières; Campus Drummondville; CEGEP Thetford Mines; Campus de Granby; College de Levis; Petit Seminaire Cap Rouge; Seminaire de Quebec; Seminaire de St. Augustin; CEGEP de Rosemont; College Marie-Victorin; Institut de Tourisme et C’Hotellarie du Quebec; St-Felicien; College Jean de Brebeuf; CEGEP Lionel-Groux; CEGEP Rouyn-Noranda; CEGEP St. Jerome; CEGEP Joliette; CEGEP Assomption; Campus St-Hyacinthe; CEGEP St. Jean Sur Richelieud; CEGEP Valleyfield, as well as Edmundson, New Brunswick’s St-Louis Maillet, which competed in the conference in the early 1980s.
The RSEQ operates at three levels, AAA, AA and A. Teams move up or down levels by choice. The champion the highest level automatically earns a berth at the CCAA nationals.