Students will receive a 100% tuition refund for any undergraduate course dropped by the last day of class, April 10 with the exception of Faculty of Medicine students and Marine Institue (technical certificate and diploma) students. This includes courses that were paused as well as those that continued. Courses will be considered “dropped without academic prejudice.”

Graduate students are also protected from academic penalties and the School of Graduate Studies will be in contact with graduate students to outline the specific remedies aimed at reducing the impacts of the strike for them.

 

Students will receive a 100% tuition refund for any undergraduate course dropped by the last day of class, April 10 with the exception of Faculty of Medicine students and Marine Institute (technical certificate and diploma) students. Additional fees, including campus renewal, student services, students’ union, recreation and health insurance (if applicable), will not be refunded.

The Academic remedies - Senate was endorsed by the Academic Council of the School of Graduate Studies and the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies, and was approved by Senate on Feb. 14, 2023.

The purpose of the academic remedies document is to mitigate the impact of the labour disruption on students, as well as on both faculty members returning from labour action and those whose duties continued during the disruption of instructional activities. The approved recommendations are rooted in institutional values and are guided by respect for the academic integrity of the courses, the expertise of instructors and the overarching need to ensure that students are not disadvantaged by the interruption.

Except where noted, the academic remedies apply to all courses, those that were paused as well as those that were not paused.

General Academic Regulation (Undergraduate) 6.11 Continuance and Re-Admission, will not be applied at the end of the winter semester to any student who would otherwise receive an Academic Warning or be required to withdraw from the university. This will ensure that Memorial University has taken every possible measure to protect students from academic penalty arising from the disruption, and to prevent the precipitous dropping of courses by students.

This suspension of 6.11 Continuance and Re-Admission will apply for students enrolled in any combination of paused and/or not paused course. The Registrar's Office will write to all students whose academic performance in the winter 2023 semester would otherwise have led to an Academic Warning or academic withdrawal, advising them to seek appropriate academic advice early in the spring semester. In addition, an academic hold will be placed on their record until such time as they seek academic counseling.

Finally, a notation will be added to their transcript in line with the notation used for both the 2000 labour disruption and the COVID-19 pandemic:

ACADEMIC STATUS: Clear Standing

Academic leniency granted as a result of interruption of instructional activity due to labour action

School of Graduate Studies General Regulation 4.13 Termination of Graduate Program (all clauses under Regulation 4.13.1) will be suspended until June 30, 2023. This will ensure that Memorial University is protecting graduate students from academic penalty arising from the disruption of the winter 2023 semester. The School of Graduate Studies will email all students (along with their academic units) whose programs would normally have been terminated on or before June 30, 2023. In those cases, students will be encouraged to consult with their supervisor or graduate officer for academic advice. Finally, a notation will be added to the transcript in line with the notation used for both the 2000 labour disruption and the COVID-19 pandemic:

Transcript notation:

Academic leniency granted as a result of interruption of instructional activity due to labour action

Within Faculty/School regulations, leniency should be granted, where circumstances require, to students who may marginally fail to satisfy the requirements for promotion or advancement in undergraduate and graduate programs.

There will be no instructional activity on Good Friday, April 2.

A semester normally has at least 12 weeks of lectures. There are ten weeks of lectures for courses that were paused. There are 12 weeks of lectures for courses that were not paused.

For paused courses, the last day of lectures will be Monday, April 10. It will follow the normal Monday schedule. For not-paused courses, the last day of lectures will be Thursday, April 6. All courses, whether paused or not-paused, will follow the Tuesday schedule on this date.

The final exam schedule will be posted by the Registrar’s Office by Monday, Feb. 27.

The final exam period will begin on Thursday, April 13 and end on Friday, April 21.

Yes, there is no change to the winter break that is scheduled from Feb. 20– Feb. 24. No evaluations or assessment shall occur or be due during this time frame.

Yes. There is no change to the fee schedule for the winter 2023 semester.

The university will do everything in its power to ensure the term is not lost and that students have a reasonable opportunity to complete all courses. 

Changes recently announced to the academic diary can be found here. 

 

Student recruitment activities are ongoing. Some on-campus recruitment activities have been postponed and will be rescheduled as soon as possible. General admission processing is still continuing at this time.