Booking Your Accommodation
A block of rooms is available for the conference at a special rate at the hotels below. A shuttle bus to the Laurentian University campus will be available from these hotels only, at the beginning and the end of each day (drop off and pick up at the Fraser building).
Hampton Inn
2280 Regent Street, (705) 523-5200
Standard/King room is $136.00. Quote the reservation code "MAA" when booking your room.
Deadline to book is October 15th, 2018.
Homewood Suites by Hilton
2270 Regent Street, (705) 523-8100
Studio is $149.00. 1 bedroom suite is $159.00. Quote the reservation code "MAM" when booking your room.
Deadline to book is October 15th, 2018.
Holiday Inn
1696 Regent Street, (705) 522-3000
2 queen beds at $131.00 plus tax. Quote the reservation code "MAA" when booking your room.
Deadline to book is October 15th, 2018.
Travelling to Sudbury, Ontario
Sudbury is located in Ontario, 344 km north of Toronto, 431 km west of Ottawa, 219 km south of Timmins and 654 km east of Thunder Bay. Click here to locate Sudbury on Google Maps.
The Sudbury airport is located 20 km northeast of the city centre in Garson. Call: (705) 693-2514; or click here for their website.
- Taxi: Sudbury Cab (705) 626-7968 (approx. $66 from the airport to Laurentian University)
- Shuttle: Sudbury Cab (705) 626-7968 (approx. $51 from the airport to Laurentian University)
- Rental Cars: Avis (705) 693-4022; www.avis.com, Enterprise (705) 693-9993; www.enterprise.com, or National (705) 693-5833; www.nationalcar.com.
- Greyhound/Ontario Northland offers bus service to Sudbury from Toronto, Ottawa and Hearst. The Ontario Northland terminal is located at 1663 Kingsway. Click here for bus schedules.
- ViaRail: the Sudbury Junction station is located 10 km from the city centre at 2750 Lasalle Boulevard East. Contact ViaRail for more information. Call: 1-888-842-7245; or click here to plan your trip.
Points of Interest and Travelling within Sudbury
We want to make it as easy as possible for our conference guests to navigate both the campus and the city of Sudbury! Click the button at the bottom of the page for our customized Google Map of Sudbury with important locations such as hotels, restaurants, Sudbury airport, taxi and rental car companies, and our beautiful Laurentian campus!
Do you need a taxi?
- Lockerby Taxi: (705) 522-2222
- Aaron Taxi: (705) 670-0000
- City Taxi: (705) 673-9999
Are you taking public transit?
- Bus fares are $3.30 for adults and $2.40 for seniors (65+).
- Go to mybus.greatersudbury.ca for real time scheduling information or call (705) 675-3333.
- Routes 500, 501, and 502 provide service to Paris Street, Regent Street, and downtown Sudbury. You can click here for a list of routes and bus schedules.
Parking on Campus
- Pay and Display machines are at Lots A, B, C, D and E.
- Parking meters are at the B.F. Avery Physical Education Centre.
- Click on the miniature map below to view the parking lots on campus:
Visitor parking rates are $8 per day or $2 per hour, payable with coins only. A parking stub from a Pay and Display machine can only be used in the parking lot where it was purchased.
Indigenous Points of Interest
- The Mural Survival (1985) by Native Studies graduate Leland Bell, in the foyer outside the Fraser Auditorium (https://laurentian.ca/faculty/arts/our-tricultural-mandate)
- The Apology Cairn (1986) dedicated to the residential school survivors by the United Church of Canada – Parking Lot #10
- Indigenous Sharing and Learning Centre (ISLC) (2017) – Parker Building
- Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation is located 20 km southwest of Sudbury, on the shores of Whitefish Lake.