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- Canadian University Press is a non-profit co-operative and newswire service owned by almost 80 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. Prior to April 1995, the head office was located in Ottawa. In Ottawa, CUP ran a printing company, called Common Printing Group, which it owned jointly with the National Union of Students, which was located in the same building as CUP for several years. 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, one in the spring and one in the fall, with the exception of the Western and Prairies & Northern regions who gather together for a single fall conference (PWRCUP/WPNCUP/FUCCUP) every other year. 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 spring regional conferences. The current structure for CUP, of a permament newswire offered to Canadian University newspapers including the full-time president, was established at CUP 22 in Quebec City in 1959. Prior to this date the service was looser and more oriented towards an exchange of clippings between the papers. One of the delegates at CUP 22 was future Canadian Prime Minister, Joe Clark, representing the University of Alberta paper, The Gateway. CUP is divided into five regions: WRCUP, PNCUP, ORCUP, CUPbeq and ARCUP. Other acronyms for regions include CUPberta, and CCUP. It also has five special issues caucuses to promote diversity, address the under-representation of marginalized groups and encourage discussion of social issues: Colour Caucus; Disabilities Caucus; Francophone Caucus; Queer, Trans and Allies Caucus; and Women's Caucus. 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. CUP has also established an alumni database, which alumni can add themselves to by visiting the cup website: www. cup. ca/alumni. php
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