Dome

View looking east into the campus, with new complex at left and Sherbrooke Street behind; The UQAM is the largest constituent element of the Université du Québec (UQ), a public university system with other branches in Gatineau (an Ottawa suburb), Rimouski, Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec City, Chicoutimi, and Trois-Rivières. UQAM was founded on April 9, 1969 by the government of Quebec, through the merger of the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, a fine arts school; the Collège Sainte-Marie, a classical college; and a number of smaller schools. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 2/2/2008)