Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec Overview . The Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec ( RSEQ ; literal translation : " Quebec Student Sports Network " ) is the current name for the organisation formerly known as the Quebec Student Sports Federation ( QSSF ) in English . RSEQ is the governing body of primary and secondary school , collegiate and university sport in Quebec . It also serves as a regional membership association for Canadian universities which assists in co - ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and providing contact information , schedules , results , and releases about those programs and events to the public and the media . This is similar to what would be called a " college athletic conference " in the United States . The RSEQ , which covers Quebec , is one of four such bodies that are members of the country ' s governing body for university athletics , Canadian Interuniversity Sport ( CIS ) . The other three regional associations coordinating university - level sports in Canada are Ontario University Athletics ( OUA ) , Atlantic University Sport ( AUS ) , and the Canada West Universities Athletic Association ( CWUAA ) . The RSEQ is also one regional conference within the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association , the second tier of university / college sport in Canada . The others are the Pacific Western Athletic Association ( formerly the British Columbia Colleges Athletic Association ) , the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference , the Ontario Colleges Athletic Association , and the Atlantic Collegiate Athletic Association . History . The RSEQ ' s predecessor was initially known as the Quebec Universities Athletic Association ( QUAA ) when it was founded in 1971 with the reformulations of three university athletic associations spanning the universities of Ontario and Quebec . In 1989 Quebec merged the university , collegiate , and high school governing bodies . The amalgamated association was named the Quebec Student Sports Federation ( QSSF ) . and then renamed RSEQ in November 2010 . The conference has not operated a university hockey league since 1986 - 87 . The conference ' s three remaining teams ( McGill Redmen , UQTR Patriotes , and Concordia Stingers ) now play in the OUA . However , the RSEQ continues to operate a College hockey league . College League . The RSEQ colleges are affiliated with the Canadian Colleges Athletic Association ( CCAA ) . The CCAA has not held a national hockey playoff since 2001 . The Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference ( ACAC ) is currently the only other college league in Canada . However , the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League ( BCIHL ) is open to college teams . Member Teams . Joined in 2015 - 16 : Due to join in 2016 - 17 : University . Member schools . UQAR Nordets ( Université du Québec à Rimouski ) & UQO Torrents ( Université du Québec en Outaouais ] ) are Golf only members . Facilities . Canadian athletic facilities are often listed by their " maximum capacity " , which is often an estimate of their largest recorded crowd in the facility . These maximum capacities can and often do include standing room patrons and attendees seated on grass surrounding a playing field . Seated Capacity is the actual number of permanent seats , be they grandstands or permanently in use bleachers . This is why you will sometimes see larger capacities listed for these sites when searching for them on line . When capacity numbers have mismatched on source sites , unless the larger capacity could be confirmed as a seated capacity , the smaller capacity number has been listed here . Please update with verified " seated capacities " only when the institutions release more accurate official seated capacities . < div style = " " > Also see . National links : Western links : Atlantic links : Ontario - Quebec links :