A Gold color metal and enamel device 1 3/16 inches (3.02 cm) in height overall consisting of a Blue shield blazoned as follows: Azure, between two wolves combatant, a pot suspended from a rod issuant from chief, above a flame all Or. CREST: On a wreath of the colors Or and Azure, standing in a canoe Argent a Jesuit Sable, garnished of the first, pointing to sinister and an Indian paddler Gules. Attached below the shield, a Gold scroll, inscribed in French CITOYEN PATRIOTE in Black letters which translates to Patriotic Citizen in English.
Blue and gold are the universitys colors. The design elements are adapted from the seal of the University.
The shoulder loop insignia was authorized 9 September 1963.