Canadian University Press is a non-profit co-operative and newswire service owned by about 70 student newspapers at post-secondary schools in Canada. Founded in 1938, CUP is the oldest student newswire service in the world and the oldest national student organization in North America. Many successful Canadian journalists got their starts in CUP and its member papers. Its head office is in Toronto.

A national conference, which doubles as an annual general meeting, is held once a year in a different city. Each region holds two conferences a year as well. Each member paper exercises one vote at conferences. The president and national bureau chief are elected at the national conference, or Nash, while the regional CUPboard members and bureau chiefs are elected at the regional conferences.

CUP is divided into five regions: WRCUP (Western, including British Columbia and Yukon), PNCUP (Prairies and Northern, including Alberta, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Saskatchewan), ORCUP (Ontario), CUPbeq (Québec) and ARCUP (Atlantic, including New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island).

Member papers contribute articles to the CUP wire, which also runs stories authored by CUP staff. There are news, features, opinions, arts, sports, graphics and supplements wires. After stories are edited by the national bureau chief, they are made available on the wire for publication in CUP member papers.

CUP wholly owns a multi-market ad placement agency, Canadian University Press Media Services Limited, which operates as Campus Plus, offering advertisers one-stop access to student newspapers. It's also the sole member of the John H. McDonald Journalism Foundation, named after CUP's first president.

In 2005, CUP declared the last full week of every January, Sunday to Saturday, would be observed as National Student Press Week to celebrate the achievements, diversity and freedom of the student press.

Famous CUPpies

CUPpie is a term of endearment used to describe anyone involved with the organization, including staff members of newspapers belonging to CUP.

• Peter Gzowski
• Naomi Klein
• Don Sellar
• Josey Vogels

CUP member papers

• The Manitoban
• Le Délit français
• The Fulcrum
• The Martlet
• McGill Daily
• Over the Edge
• The Peak
• The Varsity
• The Voice

External links

• Canadian University Press
• Campus Plus (Canadian University Press Media Services Limited)
• John H. McDonald Journalism Foundation