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Université TÉLUQ, Quebec’s distance-learning university

TÉLUQ building, Québec City.
TÉLUQ building, Québec City. TÉLUQ panorama · Dominique Fourcaudot (COMM-TÉLUQ) · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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Université TÉLUQ began in 1972 as an experimental “Télé-université” project to make university studies accessible to as many people as possible. It offered its first course in 1974, an introduction to co-operatives created with Desjardins, and has devoted itself entirely to distance education.

Scope & context

The university as described on its 50th-anniversary site.

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