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History of AUCC

AUCC has its roots in a meeting of university presidents held in 1911, who gathered in Montreal to discuss questions they wanted to raise at a meeting of the Congress of Empire Universities, held the following year in London.

Recognizing the need for a national organization of universities to exchange information and discuss common problems, the presidents met again in 1915, with 26 representatives from 18 universities. By 1917, the group had become formalized, named the National Conference of Canadian Universities and described as "the voice and conscience of Canada's institutions of higher learning". AUCC was incorporated by the Canadian Parliament in 1965.

Through our various organizational structures and names, AUCC has continued to provide leadership for higher education, in Canada and abroad.