Table de concertation étudiante du Québec

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The Table de concertation étudiante du Québec (Quebec Student Roundtable) is a federation of students' unions formed in 2009. As of April 23, 2012, while the 2012 Quebec student protests, it comprises 60,000 students grouped into four member unions; by March 23, 2014, after many disaffiliation, it comprises 28,000 members, part of only one member union. Unlike the FEUQ or the Association pour une solidarité syndicale étudiante, it does not charge fees from students within their member unions for funding.

A students' union, student government, free student union, student senate, students' association, guild of students, or government of student body is a student organization present in many colleges, universities, and high schools. In higher education, the students' union is often accorded its own building on the campus, dedicated to social, organizational activities, representation, and academic support of the membership.

2012 Quebec student protests

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The Fédération étudiante universitaire du Québec (FEUQ) is a federation of university students' unions created following the lifting of the tuition freeze in 1989. It includes 9 member associations, which represent more than 71 000 Quebec university students.

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