Concordia Student Union

The Concordia Student Union (usually referred to as the CSU) is the organization representing undergraduate students at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Its membership totals around 30 people and is elected by students, in recent elections only 4,671 (15.3%) of 30,444 electors voted in the election.[1]

Concordia Student Union
AbbreviationCSU
Formation1979
TypeStudent Union
Legal statusAccredited Association, Not-for-Profit
PurposeStudent Representation
Headquarters1455, boulevard de Maisonneuve Ouest
Suite H-711
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Region served
Concordia University
Membership
35,000+ Concordia undergraduates
Official language
English
Affiliationsnone
Budget
4.5 million CAD$
Staff
50
Volunteers
100+
Websitewww.csu.qc.ca

History

Origin

The CSU was founded in 1979 from the merger of the Sir George Williams Day Students' Association (DSA), the SGW Part-Time Students' Association (PTSA), the Loyola Evening Students' Association Inc. (LESA) and the Loyola Students' Association Inc. (LSA).

The impetus for the merger was the previous merger of Sir George William University with Loyola College, which had taken place at the initiative of the Quebec Government in 1974, that had resulted in the creation of Concordia University.

The CSU was originally named the Concordia University Students' Association (CUSA). It was incorporated in 1982 as the Concordia University Students' Association Inc. The name was changed to Concordia Student Union Inc. in 1994 and the "Inc." was dropped from the name in 2002.[2]

Accreditation

In 2001, CSU undertook an accreditation drive, to legally represent all undergraduate students at Concordia, and was successful in its endeavour, though heavily opposed by the accredited faculty undergraduate student associations for Engineering and Commerce.[3]

References
  1. "Elections – Concordia Student Union".
  2. Quebec Public Registry "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-06-05. Retrieved 2008-06-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) NEQ Reference Number 1141094392
  3. Concordia's Thursday Report
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