Welcome
The Labrador Institute was established by Memorial University to stimulate, coordinate, and support major University projects and programs and to expand the Labrador knowledge base. It is our hope that these activities will facilitate the educational aspirations, research requirements, and the socio-cultural well-being of the people of Labrador.
A brief history and overview
Memorial University has had a formal presence in Labrador since the 1970s, when field workers carried out extension services in Cartwright and Nain. In the late 1970s the university established the Labrador Institute of Northern Studies to promote community development, extension services and socio-economic research, and to provide a link with the campus in St. John's.
In 1997 the university changed the focus of the Institute's activities and renamed it the Labrador Institute of Memorial University. Today, the Institute has a permanent staff of 6 people.
There are currently two offices of the Labrador Institute, one located in Happy Valley-Goose Bay and the other in Labrador city. Both offices are co-located with the College of the North Atlantic. This co-location is unique, these two campuses being the only such co-location of college and university in the province.
The Institute also has an advisory board made up of residents from various parts of Labrador that provide advice on how the Institute should fulfill its mission and mandate.