From inspiring talks and hands-on learning to cultural celebrations, career exploration and community-building events, October was jam-packed with events.
Scroll through the gallery to check out some of our favourite photos.
The Department of English hosted the 2026 Monica Miller Memorial Lecture featuring Lisa Moore, a Newfoundland-based author and creative writing professor at Memorial University. The annual event celebrates women’s voices in literature and creative writing, while honouring the legacy of beloved CKUA Radio host Monica Miller.
The Ukrainian Resource and Development Centre kicked off Ukraine Week with a special preview of Gene: Legacy of a Leader, a documentary about the Honourable Gene Zwozdesky. Photo: Illia Kurtin
Ukraine Week also featured an exhibit in the library, a reading from acclaimed Ukrainian poet Yaryna Chornohuz, two research panels, an open house and a gathering focused on weaving stories, memories and relationships featuring Shelby LaFramboise, pictured here.
The first show of MacEwan’s 2026/27 Theatre Season was a sold-out run of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Broadway musical Rent in the Tim Ryan Theatre Lab. Photo: @briannejang of @bb_collective, Set Design: Leon Schwesinger, Lighting Design: Gail Ksionzyk, Costume Design: Jessica Oostergo
Dr. Doek-Young Park, chancellor of Kangwon National University’s Gangneung Campus in South Korea, visited campus in October to sign a new partnership agreement and discuss growing academic co-operation with Dr. Annette Trimbee, MacEwan president and vice-chancellor.
Consent Action Week included everything from a Consent Skills Fair to events like Mapping the Manosphere and Beyond the Binary. The Mitchell Art Gallery’s weekly Art Buffet featured a consent-focused theme, with participants making bracelets displaying words of affirmation and support.
MacEwan International’s annual Thanksgiving dinner had 112 students who were far from home digging into a traditional North American Thanksgiving meal before enthusiastically burning some of those calories off with line dancing lessons.
The David Atkinson Gymnasium was filled with employers – and potential future employees – at the Fall Career Fair.
Students explored postgraduate opportunities and connected with representatives from institutions across Canada at the Grad School Fair.
With the Canadian Finals Rodeo underway at Rogers Place, MacEwan embraced the western spirit with a series of events, including a country music-themed Artist Amble and this bovine-themed paint night at Towers Pub.
MacEwan Sustainability’s head beekeeper and beekeeping volunteers also recently headed to Towers Pub to sample the latest Griffin’s beer, brewed by Alley Kat Brewery, using honey from this year’s harvest!
Students in THAS 201: Therapeutic Intervention I – Articulation and Phonology, part of the Speech-Language Pathologist Assistant program, were using lingual ultrasound. The medical imaging tool uses a small ultrasound probe placed under the chin to show real-time images of the tongue’s shape and movement on a screen. The exercise helps with pronunciation awareness, understanding facilitative contexts and co-articulation in speech.
Working through scenes from some of William Shakespeare’s plays, students in Doug Mertz and Morgan Yamada’s Theatre Arts class, THAR 301: Acting V, explored unarmed combat in A Comedy of Errors and armed combat with swordplay in Romeo & Juliet.
Shortly after the launch of the new Bachelor of Public Safety and Justice this fall, student volunteers from the program attended the 2026 Building Bridges: Evidence-Based Policing Conference. During the conference, the Chiefs of Police Research Advisory Committee also visited MacEwan.
Students put their creativity on display at the Peer Health Education Team’s Boundaries and Pumpkin Painting event on Oct. 28, a callback to Consent Action Week earlier in the month.