“Up She Rises! A Public Forum about Women and Gender in Newfoundland & Labrador History”

News · February 28, 2026

Recordings from Up She Rises! are now available on our website. Although the three‑day series of public forums has concluded, you can still explore the presentations, discussions, and performances that marked this capstone commemoration of the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in Newfoundland and Labrador. The archived videos offer an opportunity to revisit the insights… Read More

This Spectred Isle: The Ghost Ship Map

Karin Murray-Bergquist

February 26, 2026

The ghost stories of the waters around the island of Newfoundland are many and varied, from brief snippets recounting chance encounters in the fog, to longer narratives describing strange sights and sounds seen throughout the years by multiple people. This talk will bring together a range of ghost ship legends woven into Newfoundland’s history and seascapes,… Read More

How Newfoundland and Labrador Commemorated Their World War One Casualties who had no Known Graves

Major Michael Pretty & Dr. Ean Parsons

January 29, 2026

In WW1 large numbers of casualties, soldiers, sailors and airmen, for a variety of reasons, by the end of the war had no known graves. These casualties are commemorated on the Beaumont Hamel Memorial if serving with the Newfoundland Forces. But what about those serving in the army, navy or air forces of other countries,… Read More

Annual Gilbert Higgins Lecture-Five Curators: A History of the Memorial University Art Gallery

Dr. Jeff Webb

October 30, 2025

For much of its history, NL had a vibrant oral culture, but no visual culture to speak of. Starting in the 1920s a group of women and men tried to change that by campaigning for an art gallery that would foster Newfoundland art. Their hopes were realized with the creation of the Memorial University Art… Read More

A FORGOTTEN DECADE: Reappraising Healthcare Delivery on the Island of Newfoundland in the 1920s

Patrick Kennedy, LLB, LLM, MA

September 23, 2025

In the 1920s, the health care system on the island of Newfoundland was better developed than is generally assumed. The view of the system as unsatisfactory and inefficient stems from the influential Amulree report – a political document that presented a reduced state of health care in Newfoundland. Subsequent historians and politicians uncritically accepted Amulree’s… Read More