Location, Venue, and Accommodations

The 58th Algonquian Conference will be hosted at Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NL, the Homelands of the Beothuk, lands historically and presently shared with and by Mi’kmaq, Innu and Inuit people, and where many other Indigenous and other people presently reside.

ACCOMMODATIONS

Two accommodation options have been arranged by the local organizers. Blocks of rooms have been reserved at:

  1. Sandman Hotel on Kenmount Road: Reservation URL: https://reservations.sandmanhotels.com/113157?languageid=EN_US#/guestsandrooms (to access the block-booking, one needs to contact Sandman by phone: (709) 701-0048 and mention the code AC58).
  2. Hatcher House – an on-campus student residence at Memorial University – following the procedure below:
    1. Go to https://www.mun.ca/stay (or the alias stay@mun.ca, which is also the customer service address)
    2. Enter the booking code ALG2026
    3. Register for an account. The user name must be the same as the email address. The password must contain upper and lower-case letters, a number, and a symbol.
    4. Select “58th Algonquian Conference”.
    5. Select “Standard Twin Room ($50/day)” or “Standard Double Room ($100/day)”.
    6. Since the rooms are double-occupancy, in the “Special Request” field, the attendee should list their preferred roommate if they have one.

In addition, participants are free to make their own accommodation arrangements.

VENUES

  • The main conference venue is the Science Building (SN, circled in red). All talks and panels on from Friday 23 October to Sunday 25 October will be in this building – note, this is not the Core Science Facility (CSF), which is a different building across campus!
  • The screening of “Forgotten Warriors” will be held in the Bruneau Centre (IIC, circled in yellow) on Thursday 22 October at 6 PM.
  • On-campus accommodations are in Hatcher House (HA, circled in white).
  • On the Community Day (Thursday, 22 October), events will take place in Pippy Park North Bank Lodge and the Signal Hill Annex (Parks Canada). The screening of “The Forgotten Warriors” will take place in the Bruneau Centre, Memorial University from 6:00 – 9:00 PM.
  • During the main conference (Friday to Sunday, 23-25 October), events will take place in the Old Science Building, rooms SN-2067, SN-2098, and SN-2109, and the Science Foyer adjacent to SN-2109.
  • Coffee, light snacks, and lunches will be provided in the Science Foyer from Friday to Sunday. A cocktail-style dinner reception will be held in the Science Foyer on Saturday at 7 PM, after the Annual General Meeting of the Algonquian Studies Association.

Wifi access

Memorial Guest network: connect to “@Memorial-Guest” and accept the terms of use (no ID or password required). You will need to log in anew each day.

Eduroam: connect to “eduroam” and log in with your academic email address and password.

TO AND FROM CAMPUS

Taxi/Uber

The drop-off address for the conference is the Old Science Building, under the arch at Memorial University.

Bus (Metrobus)

If you are staying at the Holiday Inn, you can take bus #1 heading south and get off at University Centre. From there you can walk through University Centre and then across the parking lot to the Science Building.

If you are staying at the Sandman Inn, you can take bus #2 heading east and get off at Elizabeth Avenue and Halliday Place.

If you are staying downtown, you can take bus#10 heading west and get off at University Centre. From there you can walk through University Centre and then across the parking lot to the Science Building.

To return to the Holiday Inn, you can take bus#1 from University Centre.

To return to the Sandman Inn, you can take bus#2 from Elizabeth Avenue and Russell Road.

To return to downtown, you can take bus#10 from University Centre.

THINGS TO SEE

The Rooms (Provincial Museum),
9 Bonaventure Avenue.

Water Street, the oldest street in Canada, the heart of downtown St. John’s

 The Battery, historic neighbourhood

Signal Hill National Historic Site, breathtaking views of the harbour, downtown, and the Grand Banks (visible as a wall of fog on the horizon on clear days)

Cape Spear National Historic Site, easternmost point in North America.

DINING SUGGESTIONS

  • The Pantry (www.thepantrynl.com),
    75 Clinch Crescent. A short walk from campus; excellent food with local ingredients, run by the Autism Society of NL
  • The Guv’nor Pub (theguvnor.ca/),
    389 Elizabeth Avenue. A short walk from campus; pub food.
  • Pop’s Diner (www.popsdinernl.ca/),
    29 Rowan Street, Churchill Square. A short walk from campus; classic diner fare.
  • Gingergrass (www,gingergrass.ca), 
    345 Duckworth Street. Thai/Vietnamese. There is also a branch in the Food Court in University Centre.
  • Booster Juice
    in the Food Court in University Centre. They have been sponsors of the revitalization of Mi’kmawisi’mk in NL.
  • The Battery Café (batterycafe.ca),
    1 Duckworth Street. Excellent coffee and breakfasts with incredible views.