Back to school: Montreal students return to class

MONTREAL – This week marks the start of the marathon session to complete the winter term cut short in the spring by student protests across Quebec.

Most classes will continue until the end of September, when the fall session is set to begin around mid-October, nearly two months later than usual.

Here is a quick look at what schools and universities in the Montreal area are going back and when.

CEGEPS and colleges

August 13
CEGEP André-Laurendeau (strike over)

August 14
CEGEP Marie-Victorin (strike over)
Collège de Maisonneuve (strike over)
Collège de Valleyfield (strike over)

August 15
CEGEP de Saint-Hyacinthe (truce until election day)
Collège Édouard-Montpetit (strike over)

August 16
Collège Lionel-Groulx (strike over)
Collège Montmorency (strike over)
CEGEP de Saint-Jérôme (truce until election day)

August 17
Collège Ahuntsic (strike over)
Collège de Bois-de-Boulogne (strike over)
Collège de Rosemont (strike over)

August 20
CEGEP de Saint-Laurent (on strike – second vote Aug. 17)
CEGEP du Vieux Montréal (on strike – second vote Aug. 17)

Strike votes in universities

August 16
Université Laval – History department (AÉÉH-UL)
Université de Montréal – Literature department (AELCUM)

August 17
Université Laval – Theatre department (AGÉÉTUL)
Université Laval – Visual Arts department (AsÉTAP)
Université de Montréal – Philosophy department (ADEPUM)

August 18
Université de Sherbrooke – Human sciences faculty (AGEFLESH) (on strike – voting results 18 August)

August 20
Université de Montréal – Cinema department (AEECUM)
Université de Montréal – East-Asian studies department (Asso-CETASE)
Université de Montréal – Graduate cycle political science department (AECSSPUM)
Université de Montréal – I.T. and operational research departments (AEDIROUM)
Université Laval – Literary creation department (ACELUL)
Université de Montréal – Psychology and sociology department (AEPSUM)
UQAM – Faculty of education (ADEESE-UQAM)
UQAM – Faculty of political science and law (AFESPED-UQAM)

August 21
Université de Montréal – Classics (AECECUM)
Université de Montréal – Graduate anthropology (AECSAUM)
Université de Montréal – Modern literature department (AEDLLM)
UQAM – Faculty of languages and communications (AFELC-UQAM)
UQAM – Sciences (AESSUQAM)

August 22
Université de Montréal – Sociology department (REESUM)

August 23
Université de Montréal – French literature department (AELLFUM)
Université de Montréal – Graduate international studies (AECSEI)
Université de Montréal – History department (AEHUM)
Université de Montréal – International studies and political science (AESPEIUM)
Université de Montréal – Psychology department (AGEEPUM)
UQAM – Political science (AEMSP)

August 27
Université de Montréal – Geography department (AEGUM)
Université de Montréal – Graduate sociology (AECSSUM)