Events
Get ready to launch forth with the Memorial University community. Discover upcoming events and our 100th anniversary funded projects.
Please check back often as the schedule is constantly being updated with new events. Don't see your event listed? Contact us at memorial100@mun.ca.
2025
October
Dates running through to April 2026
The School of Music's 50th Anniversary Concert Series celebrates 50 years of alumni, as well as their talented faculty and students in the Music at Memorial Mainstage Series, Noon Series and Ensemble Series throughout the 2025-25 Season. Visit mun.ca/music for tickets and a complete schedule of events.
Oct. 4-17
This year marks Memorial University’s 100th anniversary, and what better way to celebrate than with the return of I ♥ MUNdays.
This much-loved tradition once brought students, faculty, staff, retirees and alumni together for a week of spirit and community.
The celebration returns this October to spark pride, build connections and give you plenty of excuses to have fun.
Check out the listings on the MUNdays webpage!
3rd annual Forum on Indigenization and Reconciliation at Memorial (FIRM)
Oct. 6-9
Faculty, staff and students on all campuses are invited to participate in this internal forum and engage with the Office of Indigenous Affairs in conversations around the Strategic Framework for Indigenization (SFI), our respective roles in reconciliation, and some of the work that has been underway here at Memorial in years past, currently, and plans for moving forward with this important work.
This event provides a platform to engage the university community on its progress in meeting recommendations in the SFI, and an opportunity to bring Indigenous ways of learning, knowing and being into university spaces and practices.
Alumni Tribute Awards
Oct. 8
It’s time to honour our outstanding alumni recipients of the 2025 Tribute Awards:
- Alumnus of the Year: Emad Rizkalla, B.Eng.’92
- J.D. Eaton Award: Peter Carver, B.Comm.(Hons.)(Co-op)’81
- Outstanding Community Service Award: Margaret Butt, BN’88
- Horizon Award: Dr. John Jeddore, B.Sc.’12, MD’17
The awards ceremony takes place from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Emera Innovation Exchange on Signal Hill Campus. A standing reception will follow.
For further information and to purchase tickets please visit: here.
MUNPA Reunion
Oct. 15
For more info and to register click HERE.
St. John’s campus Fall Convocation
Oct. 16
Convocation Schedule
Atlantic Canada Economics Association (ACEA) 2025 Annual Meeting
Oct. 17 - 19
Department of Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, is proud to host the Atlantic Canada Economics Association (ACEA) 2025 Annual Meeting. This year's meeting theme is Human Capital, Labour Productivity and Regional Economy. The full conference program can be found here
For additional information please visit the website.
President’s Golden Celebration
Oct. 26
Hosted by Memorial's president, this annual event recognizing all those celebrating their 50th or more years as alumni of Memorial University, with the newest class/first-timers receiving their commemorative pin. This year's event targets the classes of 1925 to 1975, with the newest graduates being the class of 1975.
Time: 2:30 - 5 p.m.
Location: School of Music, St. John's campus
Click here for more information.
Growing Roots, Bearing Fruit - Apple Tree Commemoration Reception
Oct. 27
The Growing Roots, Bearing Fruit - Apple Tree Planting and Commemoration Reception is one of 35 projects that received grants from the 100th Anniversary Fund to help the Memorial community celebrate our centennial. The two edible apple trees have already been planted on the grounds of the G.A. Hickman, Education Building, near the front entrance on the side closest to the QEII Library. The reception will serve to connect the Memorial community to a lasting reminder of how Education enables growth and feeds the mind.
Time: 1-2 p.m.
Location: Education Library - Room ED 2030, G. A. Hickman Building
No registration is required, and all faculty, staff and students are invited to attend.
Picture Us: A Research at Memorial Event
Oct. 27
The Office of the Vice-President (Research) invites you to the October 2025 gallery opening of Picture Us: A Research at Memorial Event. This exhibit will highlight research happening in the following centres, schools and faculties:
- Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development, Marine Institute
- Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research, Marine Institute
- Faculty of Education
- Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Faculty of Science
- School of Science and the Environment, Grenfell Campus
Time: 10:30-11:30 a.m.
Location: Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation, room IIC-3003
RSVP: by Wednesday, Oct. 22 to vprfeedback@mun.ca
November
Dates running through to April 2026
The School of Music's 50th Anniversary Concert Series celebrates 50 years of alumni, as well as their talented faculty and students in the Music at Memorial Mainstage Series, Noon Series and Ensemble Series throughout the 2025-25 Season. Visit mun.ca/music for tickets and a complete schedule of events.
Please join Memorial’s Department of Economics, Stephen Jarislowsky Chair in Cultural and Economic Transformation, who will co-host a National Assembly on Workplace Democracy (NAWD) Regional Forum with The Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources at the University of Toronto.
Registration:
Time: 5-7 pm
Location: IIC 2001, Bruneau Centre for Research and Innovation, Memorial University
Registration: NAWD Regional Forum at Memorial University, St. John's
Regional forum poster
The Unknown remembered: A conversation on memory and repatriation
Nov. 4
This November, you are invited to a rare conversation that brings some of those stories to light. Our keynote speaker, Dr. Sarah Lockyer, is a nationally recognized forensic anthropologist whose work has given identity, dignity and rest to Canada’s fallen soldiers. She led the repatriation of the Unknown Newfoundland Soldier in 2024, an act of remembrance that resonated across our province, and helped identify Private John Lambert of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, laid to rest more than a century after his death at Langemark.
Following Dr. Lockyer’s presentation, she will join a panel discussion moderated by Lieutenant-Colonel Kyle Strong, MB, CD Commanding Officer, The Royal Newfoundland Regiment with Private Lambert’s great-niece Shirlene Murphy and Major (ret’d) Michael Pretty, founder of the Trail of the Caribou Research Group. Together, they will explore the enduring legacy of remembrance, the personal impact of these discoveries and the ongoing work to honour those who never returned home.
This event is free to attend, but registration is required. For additional information and speaker bios please visit The Unknown Remembered.
Time: 7 – 9 p.m. NTS
Location: D.F. Cook Recital Hall, Memorial’s School of Music
Parking: Lot 15B
This event will also be live-streamed on YouTube
Ceremony of Remembrance
Nov. 5
Memorial community Ceremony of Remembrance. Additional details coming soon.
Time: 11 a.m.
Location: D.F. Cook Recital Hall, Music Building.
100 Years of Careers
Nov. 6
100 Years of Careers will celebrate the contributions of Memorial and the Marine Institute to the rich history of marine careers in Newfoundland and Labrador. This event will be held at the Marine Institute and invite students from grades 10, 11 and 12 from across the province to attend. It will also be an informative and engaging event for parents, guidance counselors and career teachers. By opening our doors to the community, we will create better awareness of marine careers while sharing the auspicious 60-year history of the Marine Institute. Historical booths will highlight the history of the fishery, and our student guests will be introduced to the roles marine careers will play in shaping the technological advancements and environmental concerns that will secure a sustainable future.
Hosted by: Marine Institute, Academic and Student Affairs
Up She Rises! Symposium
Nov. 7 – 9
Join us for Up She Rises!, a public symposium about women and gender in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) history inspired by the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in NL. Writers, academics, researchers, activists, and poets will gather to discuss the suffrage movement; gender and home production; women, spirituality, and community; politics and leadership; historical life-narratives; education and gender; women’s and family health and welfare; gender and community history; second-wave feminism; and more.
All events are free except for Saturday night's dinner.
Free Parking for MUN events in parking lot 15B
Event page can be found here.
Nov. 7
Keynote (by Dr. Margot Duley)
7 p.m.
The Rooms
Nov. 8
Panels and Roundtables (featuring Dr. Linda Kealey)
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The Bruneau Centre, Lecture Theatre
Dinner
6 p.m.
Wedgwood Café (limited seating). Cost to attend.
Nov. 9
Panels and Roundtables
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
The Bruneau Centre, Lecture Theatre
Writer’s Event
7 p.m.
Colonial Building
Research Week 2025
Nov. 24 to 28
Eighth annual Research Week celebration will take place Nov. 24-28. More on Research Week will be added here.
December
Dates running through to April 2026
The School of Music's 50th Anniversary Concert Series celebrates 50 years of alumni, as well as their talented faculty and students in the Music at Memorial Mainstage Series, Noon Series and Ensemble Series throughout the 2025-25 Season. Visit mun.ca/music for tickets and a complete schedule of events.
Giving Tuesday
Dec. 2
Stay tuned for more details!
2026
January
Dates running through to April 2026
The School of Music's 50th Anniversary Concert Series celebrates 50 years of alumni, as well as their talented faculty and students in the Music at Memorial Mainstage Series, Noon Series and Ensemble Series throughout the 2025-25 Season. Visit mun.ca/music for tickets and a complete schedule of events.
New Student Welcome
Details TBA
February
Dates running through to April 2026
The School of Music's 50th Anniversary Concert Series celebrates 50 years of alumni, as well as their talented faculty and students in the Music at Memorial Mainstage Series, Noon Series and Ensemble Series throughout the 2025-25 Season. Visit mun.ca/music for tickets and a complete schedule of events.
March
Dates running through to April 2026
The School of Music's 50th Anniversary Concert Series celebrates 50 years of alumni, as well as their talented faculty and students in the Music at Memorial Mainstage Series, Noon Series and Ensemble Series throughout the 2025-25 Season. Visit mun.ca/music for tickets and a complete schedule of events.
Dialogue and Debate with Memorial University at The Rooms
Details TBA
This program invites experts from Memorial University to discuss and expand on the collections and exhibitions featured at The Rooms. The discussions are lively and informative and designed for the public. The topic of this session will be announced at a later date.
April
Dates running through to April 2026
The School of Music's 50th Anniversary Concert Series celebrates 50 years of alumni, as well as their talented faculty and students in the Music at Memorial Mainstage Series, Noon Series and Ensemble Series throughout the 2025-25 Season. Visit mun.ca/music for tickets and a complete schedule of events.