Academic calendar
Fall Term 2026 runs Sep 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Fall Term 2026Relevant now
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- Spring Term 2027
- Summer Term 2027
Campus language
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C
- C-Store
- The campus convenience store located on the second floor of the Loyola building.
D
- Dockside
- Dockside Dining Hall, the main all-you-care-to-eat cafeteria located in Loyola.
H
- Huskies
- The collective name for Saint Mary's students and their varsity athletic teams.
- Husky Patrol
- A student-run safe-walk and transportation service for the campus community.
J
- Just Us!
- The fair-trade coffee shop located in the Atrium hub.
L
- Loyola
- Loyola Residence, a 22-story tower primarily for first-year students.
O
- O-Week
- Orientation Week, the series of events for new students at the start of the fall semester.
R
- Rice
- Rice Residence, a 17-story apartment-style building for senior students.
S
- Smu-ing
- A verb occasionally used by students to describe the act of attending or being involved in campus life.
- SMUfit
- The university's fitness and recreation department and gym facility.
- SMUSA
- Saint Mary's University Students' Association, the primary student governing body.
- SMUworks
- The campus program that facilitates on-campus student employment opportunities.
T
- The Gorsebrook
- The Gorsebrook Lounge, the campus pub and restaurant operated by the students' association.
- The Oaks
- Refers to the historic building and surrounding green space on the south end of campus.
- The Pub
- Common shorthand for the Gorsebrook Lounge.
- The Quad
- The central green space located between the McNally and Sobey buildings.
- The Res
- General student shorthand for the on-campus residence complex.
- The Towers
- Collective term for the three main residence buildings: Rice, Vanier, and Loyola.
- The Tunnels
- The extensive indoor walkway system (both above and below ground) connecting most campus buildings.
V
- Vanier
- Vanier Residence, a house-style residence consisting of four separate houses (Edmund Rice, Hennepin, LaSalle, and Vanier).
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- 960
- 960 Tower Road, a converted house used for various academic departments and offices.
- A-Number
- The unique 8-digit student identification number (beginning with 'A') used for all official university business.
- Banner
- Self-Service Banner, the portal used for course registration, tuition payments, and official transcripts.
- Brightspace
- The online learning management system where students access course materials and grades.
- Burke
- The Burke Building, primarily used for Arts and Science classrooms.
- dockside_dining_hall
- Dockside Dining Hall
- Homburg
- The Homburg Centre for Health & Wellness, the main athletic and gym facility.
- Husky Patrol
- A student-run safe walk service that escorts students across campus or to nearby residences at night.
- McNally
- The McNally Building, the university's main historic academic and administrative building.
- S-Drive
- The network storage drive provided to students for saving academic files on campus computers.
- S-Number
- The unique 8-digit student identification number (starting with A or S) used for all official records.
- Sobey
- The Sobey Building, home to the Sobey School of Business.
- starbucks
- Starbucks
- The Atrium
- The central glass-walled hub connecting the Science, Sobey, and Burke buildings.
- The Homburg
- The Homburg Centre for Health & Wellness, the main athletics and gym building.
- tim_hortons
- Tim Hortons
- U-Pass
- The universal transit pass sticker for student IDs, providing unlimited access to Halifax Transit.
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Fall Term 2026 runs Sep 1, 2026 – Dec 31, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 20 approved campus terms and 17 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.