St. John's Events
Our events are often available on Zoom as well as in-person, so are not just for the St. John's area members.
Check out our Facebook group - note you need to have a Facebook account to join our group. Some details about our FB group, and MUNPA members willing to help you join up, can be found here.
Our groups offer a variety of activities for members. Please use the group page links at left to see what's on offer. See below for maneuvering through our website on a phone.
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For all of our events, pre-registration at munpaevents@mun.ca is required. You can reply to our group events email and it will come directly to the events email address and not the full list. If sending a new email, just name the event(s) in your subject line.
Our upcoming events - Some may have space limitations - Please be sure to register in advance - Check out Signal Hill Campus parking info if the event is to be held there.
FALL 2024 EVENTS
1. Tour of the Newman Wine Vaults, 436 Water St. Event is 2:30 – 4:-00pm Wednesday September 25. Dating between the late 1700s and early 1800s, the stone and brick Newman Wine Vaults is one of the oldest standing structures in St. John’s and was used to age the celebrated Newman’s Port. See details on parking and accessibility at https://www.seethesites.ca/sites/newman-wine-vaults/#know-before-you-go. Due to the nature of this event, it is in-person only. Register with us by Monday, September 23.
2. "Limestone Barrens: A Challenge to Succeed". An illustrated presentation by Gene Herzberg, of MUNPA’s Shutterbug Group. The event is 2:30-4:00pm, Thursday, October 17, in person and via Zoom. In-person is at Signal Hill Campus, room B1013. Limestone barrens extend from the Port au Port Peninsula to the tip of the Northern Peninsula. They provide a unique environment where many plants grow that are not seen in other areas of the Province. Gene’s talk will discuss some of the characteristics of this habitat, some of the plants that grow there and some of the challenges they face. Included in the talk will be Gene’s fabulous pictures from the barrens. Register with us by Monday, October 14, indicating whether you are attending in-person or via Zoom. Include your licence plate number if bringing your car, so we can pay your parking. Read our parking information here, and note that carpooling or drop-off is highly recommended
3. In advance of the US election in November, we are offering an event on understanding the US Electoral System. This will be a panel discussion organized by our own Steve Wolinetz, with other MUN Political Science colleagues joining in. Title, topics, and speaker names will follow. The event is 2:30-4:00pm, Monday, October 28, in person and via Zoom. In-person is at Signal Hill Campus, room B1013. Register with us by Friday, October 25, indicating whether you are attending in-person or via Zoom. Include your licence plate number if bringing your car, so we can pay your parking. Read our parking information here, and note that carpooling or drop-off is highly recommended.
4. Save the date! Our annual Christmas party is scheduled for 3:00 – 5:00pm, Thursday, December 5th at Bally Haly. This will be at their site off Stavanger Drive. Further details will follow. Note that there will be a fee to attend this year.
Please stay tuned as we plan further events for the rest of the fall session! We anticipate two more in November.
Don’t forget, we need you to register in advance if you wish to attend any of our offerings. munpaevents@mun.ca.
We do anticipate continuing events on Zoom, either fully or hybrid, when Zoom is a suitable format for the offering. Occasionally WebEx may be substituted for Zoom.
If you are not on our listserve and do not receive upcoming events emails, contact our office munpa@mun.ca.
Read our parking details for Signal Hill Campus events.
Navigating our website – if you are using your phone or some other devices to move around our website, you might not see our various page titles on the left-hand side of the screen, as appears on laptops and pcs. Instead, when you go to our website on your screen, you should see a bar near the top of the page that says the page title you are on. On the right hand side of that bar there’s a down arrow, well, it may look like a wide-mouthed V. Just tap that arrow, and you will be able to drill down to our secondary and further pages. You may have to use left and right facing arrows, perhaps on the bottom of your phone screen, not on our page, to drill back up to the top of our page again.
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Parking for events hosted at Signal Hill
Current Status - Fall 2024
There are three parking lots at the Signal Hill Campus building we usually use, Emera Innovation Exchange (EIX). The upper lot S-1 is only for employees. The middle and lower parking lots 200 and 201 are for visitors including MUNPA. See the parking lots on this map. Visitor parking at the Signal Hill Campus requires payment by all users. MUNPA is paying for parking at Signal Hill for those who register for our events, so be sure to include your licence plate number (just the number, no other car details needed) when you register. You won't need any MUN permit for your car. We will give your licence number to CEP so they won't ticket you. Overflow parking is also available across the street at the Geo Center at no cost. Both Signal Hill Campus and Geo Centre have other visitors besides us, so parking lots get much usage. Carpooling or dropoff/pickup is recommended whenever possible.
If you are not on our licence plate list by 2 days before the event at the latest, you can pay for your own parking by downloading the Passport Canada parking app on your smart phone. Details on this can be found here.
Cars parked on the Signal Hill lot that are neither on our registration list nor registered at Passport Canada Parking will be ticketed by CEP.
The Programme Committee welcomes your suggestions. If you have an idea for a travel session, members’ forum or an outing or expedition, or know someone who does – or could lead one – please send your suggestions to us by e-mailing munpaevents@mun.ca.
If you would like to know more information about what kind of events we offer, our events from last year are listed here. We do try to vary events from year to year but bring back some of the more popular ones if requested.
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