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.
***Did you know our activities are supported by a membership fee? MUNPA does not receive any other funding, so all our costs are borne by our members. If you were unaware of this, please consider becoming an active MUNPA supporter. This will help us maintain the full slate of MUNPA services currently available, many at no additional cost to members. Details on paying the fee (currently just $2 per month) are on our page, https://www.mun.ca/munpa/about-us/membership-fees/ ***
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. CANCELLED "The 2024 Presidential Election and the Future of American Democracy" with Steve Wolinetz and Mark Graesser. Had been planned for 2:30-4:00pm, Monday, October 28, in person and via Zoom.
4. “Beaumont-Hamel and the Trail of the Caribou” – a tour of Level 2 Royal Newfoundland Regiment Gallery at The Rooms. In the Beaumont-Hamel and the Trail of the Caribou exhibition, find out about the impacts of the First World War on Newfoundlanders and Labradorians, and how events overseas dramatically altered our lives at home. This in-person visit is on 2:15 – 4:00pm, Thursday, November 7. Please arrive at the lobby by 2:15 so we can get everyone settled away and proceed for our tour at 2:30. The visit is FREE – the tour fees will be covered by MUNPA. The Parking lot requires paid parking, which will be visitors’ costs, not MUNPA. We are paying a fixed tour fee so not tracking who is a Rooms member or not. If you choose to stay after the tour, then you will have to pay their usual admission fee on your own. (About $8 if you are 60+). See their website for visitor information including parking. https://www.therooms.ca/visit-us Register with us by Monday, November 4.
5. "Fraud & Cyber Fraud." Susan Pinsent and Nicholle Vicars with RBC in St. John's will discuss what it is, how it happens, and how to protect yourself. They will also discuss ways to protect Seniors from these frauds. The event is 2:30-4:00pm, Thursday, November 21, in person and via Zoom. In-person is at Signal Hill Campus, room B1013. Register with us by Monday, November 18, 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
6. Our Annual Christmas Social is 3:00 – 5:00pm, Thursday, December 5th at Bally Haly, 100 Golf Course Road (off Stavanger Drive). There will be a cost this year, $20 single, $30 a couple. See below for advance payment details. There will be finger foods, door prizes, and a cash bar. There will be a donation jar for the Campus Food Bank for anyone who wants to donate via cash or cheque. We will be holding our usual silent auction of Christmas Cakes, in support of the Campus Food Bank. This auction has been very popular in the past, and our bakers have volunteered their efforts again.
REGISTRATION: The DEADLINE to register is Thursday, November 28. Register by emailing munapevents@mun.ca. We will not be able to take drop-ins at the door. If bringing a guest/spouse/partner, please include their name when you register. Registrants will receive a confirmation email when they sign up, and a reminder email a day or two before the event. If you don’t receive that email, it means you are not registered. Please note that these registrants are the only names we will be able to admit. This event often draws a fair number of people, so sign up early to be sure and get a seat!
PAYMENT - $20 per person or $30 per couple. As this is the first time there is a registration fee for the Christmas Social, we are piloting 3 options for payment. Please be advised you MUST register first as noted above, your payment is a second step in the registration process.
Payment options after you register:
1. E-transfer to munpa@mun.ca. Please note that this is not the same email address you are using to register. Please include the name(s) that are included in this payment in the message section. The deadline to pay is November 28.
2. Pay by cheque in advance. Make your cheque payable to MUNPA. It should be dropped off at the MUNPA office, Room B2003G at the Signal Hill Campus, Monday to Friday 9-5. Include a note with who is covered under this payment. Please drop your cheque off by noon, November 28. Put your cheque in an envelope addressed to MUNPA - Attention J. Collins. If the MUNPA office is closed when you arrive, you can leave the envelope at the main desk at Signal Hill Campus, Room B2003. This office is on the second floor. When you come inside the main door, turn right to go down the hall, B2003 is on the right, near the end of the hall. Please DO NOT bring cash here.
3. Pay by cash or cheque at the event door. This option is available, but we would prefer that payment be made in advance as noted in options 1 and 2. If paying by cash, it would be helpful if you brought the correct change and not large bills.
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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