In addition to university-wide student unions that represent all students, or all students based on enrolment status (undergraduate, graduate, or part-time), there are some universities with faculty-specific student societies. These include Arts and Science Students’ Union (ASSU) at the University of Toronto and Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS) at Queen's University.

Federated Universities and Colleges edit

Federated universities and colleges are affiliated with larger institutions, but maintain their own autonomy and are governed as separate universities by their own provincial Acts.^[1]

Federated university student unions include:

• Laurentian University / Université Laurentienne:
  • Université de Hearst—Association des étudiantes et étudiants de l’Université de Hearst
• University of Ottawa / Université d'Ottawa:
  • Saint Paul University / Université Saint-Paul—Saint Paul University Student Association
• University of Toronto:
  • University of St. Michael's College—St. Michael's College Student Union
  • Trinity College—Trinity College Meeting
  • Victoria University—Victoria University Students’ Administrative Council
• University of Waterloo:
  • St. Jerome's University—Students' Union of St. Jerome's University
• University of Western Ontario:
  • Brescia University College—Brescia University College Students' Council
  • Huron University College—Huron Students' Council

OUSA edit

The undergraduate students' associations of Brock University, Laurentian University, McMaster University, Queen’s University, Trent University Durham Campus, the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, and the University of Western Ontario make up the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance.^[2][3]

CFS-Ontario edit

The Canadian Federation of Students—Ontario represents 35 student unions in Ontario.^[4]

University Faculty Student Societies History edit

Faculty Student Societies are the oldest form of student governance within Canada, with the University of Toronto, UCLIT being the first democratically elected student government society founded in 1854 on February 22. Faculty Student Societies are the beating heart of student life within each university faculty, acting as the umbrella organization. Key characteristics that make faculty-student societies different than student unions are that student societies solely focus on student life, mental well-being, professional development, and fellowship among a given faculty/college and do not tinker so much with the administrative academics side. Faculty Student Societies always have a membership fee/levy students pay through tuition. Student Societies give the most collegiate traditional experiences to their collective memberships by having a mascot costume, providing frosh weeks, graduation galas, formals, frost weeks, funding, and student-facing services. Other aspects some student societies have are houses under the umbrella that help students identify more closely with each other, similar to Harry Potter's four houses (Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw).

College Student Alliance (CSA) edit

The student associations of Cambrian, Centennial, Conestoga, Confederation, Durham, Fleming, Georgian, Northern, Sault, St. Clair, St. Lawrence colleges make up the College Student Alliance.

• Canadian Alliance of Student Associations
• Canadian Federation of Students
• Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance
• College Student Alliance
• List of Canadian students' associations