November 2025
Celebrate the beginning of the
Holiday Season with us!
Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 12 – 3 p.m.
Please note that due to the public transport strike, the location has been changed to the Pointe Claire restaurant. You will be able to indicate on the registration form if you need transport or if you can offer one.
Philinos West Island Restaurant
We’ll have exclusive access to the entire venue.
Cost: $60 (includes tax and tip – bring your own wine)
The best and easiest way to pay the $60 fee ($120 for two) is to send an Interac e-transfer to the MURA email account: mura-arum.association [at] mcgill.ca
Please indicate in the comment box, that the payment is for the Holiday Lunch, and include your name if it does not appear completely in the email address that you use to make the e-transfer payment.
Cheque - bring it with you to the restaurant.
Reservation Details:
- Space is limited to 80 attendees (first come, first served)
- You may bring one guest
- Reservation deadline: Saturday, November 24
- Please ensure that you register and pay for your reservation
- Use this link to register.
Menu: Tasting menu
Items of Interest
2026 CURAC Conference
CURAC is very pleased to announce that Simon Fraser University Retiree Association (SFURA) will host the 2026 CURAC annual conference from May 20-22, 2026.
The 2026 Conference will have the theme of Making Connections and will take place at the Inn at the Quay on the Fraser River in New Westminster, BC. Please join your CURAC colleagues and fellow university retirees for a program that will inspire us, teach us new things, and help us make connections to each other.
New MURA Activity
The MURA Music Circle
Do you play a musical instrument but have only ever played alone and have not experienced the joy of sharing music with others? Discover the joy of connecting with others through shared melodies.
Richard London would like to propose the creation of the MURA Music Circle. This music circle is more about therapy than about proficiency or performance. There will be no audience. There will be no critics. All of you will be helping each other to overcome the fear, the stage fright, the performance anxiety of playing in front of others. Once you pass through that looking glass and overcome that fear, you will arrive at a better place when the idea of playing music with others will be met with joy and excitement and not with fear and anxiety.
Sound interesting to you?
Use this link for complete information about this new group!
New MURA Luncheon Group
October 30, 2025 — The inaugural restaurant outing of the new MURA Luncheon group took place at Petros Taverna on Laurier West, where members enjoyed expertly crafted fresh Greek cuisine and lively conversation. The inviting ambiance provided a welcome escape from the cold, rainy day. Our next luncheon is scheduled for January, and we warmly invite you to join us! For details, please visit the Activities page on the MURA website.
I Medici Concert
Saturday, November 8, 2025, 2 p.m.
St-Andrew and St-Paul Church
Tickets are now on sale for I Medici di McGill’s first concert of the new Médecins musiciens series!
Join Maestra Lori Antounian and the orchestra for a benefit concert supporting the ICU Bridge Program. Enjoy Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto performed by Émilie Auclair , Haydn’s Symphony No. 104, Mendelssohn’s Hebrides Overture, and the world premiere of Jay DeGasperis’ Pastoral Symphony in One Movement.
Student tickets are $20, general admission $40, and online purchase of 2+ tickets is $35 each.
MAUT-RAC Lecture
Tuesday November 11, 2025 | 2:00 pm
McGill Faculty Club, Gold Room
3450 McTavish
(In-person event only)
Fall 2025 Presentation Series
Exploring Space: Black Holes & Neutron Stars
Canada Research Chair in Multi-Messenger Astrophysics
Trottier Space Institute and Department of Physics, McGill University
A world leader in the exploration of black holes and neutron stars - Professor Haggard will describe her cutting-edge research and show some amazing intergalactic photographs, followed by a Q&A.
Light refreshments will be served
Attendees are welcome to arrange lunch on their own at the Faculty Club before the presentation. The session will be recorded and posted for later viewing but there will not be simultaneous streaming.
RSVP to: rac.maut [at] mcgill.ca (subject: RSVP%20-%20RAC%20Presentation%20of%20Nov.%206th%20) by November 6th
Book Launch and Panel Discussion
Thursday, November 6, 4:00 to 6:00 p.m.
Faculty Club Billiard Room - also an online (hybrid) event.
You are invited to join in a discussion about McGill in History, a new book that explores the university's colonial legacy, edited by Brian Lewis, Don Nerbas, and Melissa N. Shaw.
McGill in History brings together diverse historiographies and perspectives to critically examine how McGill has been implicated in power structures and is the product of conflicting ideologies. The book broadens the historical frame of critical university studies, showing how the university can serve as a model for understanding power in modern society.
The talk will be followed by a Q&A and reception, with copies of the book available for purchase. Refreshments will be provided.
Please use this link, as registration is requested.
There are 51 in-person seats available. There are 183 online seats available
Marvin Duchow Music Library at 60
Interplay of Community, Service, and Discovery
Friday, November 14 from 6:00 to 8:30 p.m.
Opening reception begins at 6:00 p.m.
Program begins at 6:30 p.m.
Marvin Duchow Music Library
Elizabeth Wirth Music Building
527 Sherbrooke Street West, 3rd floor
Please join us to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Marvin Duchow Music Library. Constituted in 1965 and named after former Dean Marvin Duchow in 1980, the library provides resources and services to support the performance, research, and teaching programs of the Schulich School of Music. It also serves the broader McGill community and academic libraries across Quebec and beyond. The event will offer a historical overview, self-guided tour, and a closing reception will conclude the evening. RSVP required.
McGill Mark my Words Podcasts
Hear from some of the brightest minds at McGill University about their work tackling the world’s biggest challenges – from cancer to climate change, to the ways that governments are using AI to make decisions.
Stream on your favourite media platform.
Putting the Pieces Together Conference
November 3 - 7, 2025
The free conference will feature sessions on caregiving, lifehacks, decolonization, self-management of pain, mindfulness, and neurodiversity, among other relevant topics important for people who are living with pain.
Presented by Pain The conference is the vision of a steering committee made up entirely of people living with pain, with the aim of connecting and mobilizing a national community to realize the shared goal of a dramatically improved system of care and support for people with pain.
Use this link for more information and registration.
CURAC Black Friday Travel Sale
Monday, November 17, 1:00 – 2:00pm
Collette Travel, one of CURAC's affinity partners, presents a webinar describing savings on their tours.
Virtual Panel Discussion
How Retired Professors are Organized and how they CollaborateWednesday, November 19, 2025, 11 a.m.
Invitation to attend this virtual panel discussion hosted by the Professors Emeriti Network. You do not have to be a Professor Emeritus to attend the session because the ideas contributed over the years it is for all retirees of Colleges and Universities everywhere.
Spain in April
17 Nights: Saturday, April 11, 2026 – Tuesday, April 28, 2026
As members of the College and University Retiree Associations of Canada, you are invited to join the University of Waterloo Retiree Association's trip to Spain in April. Customized by CURAC partner Trip Merchant, this long-term stay includes the perfect mix of excursions shed free time on the Costa del Sol—plus an optional six-day extended stay.
