Core Values

1. Excellence

Encouraging and promoting excellence through innovation and creativity, rigor and pragmatism.

2. Integrity

Being honest and ethical in all interactions, maintaining the highest ethical standards in teaching, research, public engagement and service.

3. Collegiality

Engaging others with respect, openness and trust in pursuit or a common purpose, having regard for individuals, ideals and the institution as a whole.

4. Inclusiveness and Diversity

Embracing and acting on responsibility to guarantee diversity and equity.

5. Responsiveness

Being receptive to individuals and communities.

6. Accountability

Accepting responsibility for achievement of common goals and objectives.

7. Freedom and Discovery

Supporting the freedom to pursue knowledge that is based on individual and collective intelligence, curiosity, ingenuity and creativity.

8. Recognition

Acknowledging, tangibly, all aspects of university enterprise including teaching and learning, research, scholarship, creative activity and public engagement.

9. Responsibility to Place

Valuing and fulfilling the special obligations to the people of Newfoundland and Labrador by supporting and building capacity for excellence that:
Addresses needs and opportunities for Newfoundland and Labrador;

10. Responsibility to Learners

Recognizing students as a first priority and providing the environment and support to ensure their academic and personal success.

11. Interdisciplinary Collaboration

Supporting overarching themes in all pursuits that cut across academic units and address significant opportunities and challenges for which Memorial is particularly well positioned to build nationally and internationally recognized capacity.

12. Sustainability

Acting in a manner that is environmentally, economically and socially sustainable in administration, academic and research programs.