Nursing homes and long-term care facilities have been battling with an intense fourth wave of COVID-19 across New Brunswick. On September 22, the PROMT (Provincial Rapid Outbreak Management Team) was issued by the government to look after 15 nursing homes located within zones under circuit breaker restrictions. Nearly a month later, the Department of Health …
Professor Carmen Poulin is one half of a research effort examining the ways in which marginalized people experience challenges in the workplace. She and Dr. Lynne Gouliquer of Laurentian University created “P-SEC”: the Psycho-Social Ethnography of the Commonplace. This methodology inspects the plights of marginalized individuals to propose policy changes that integrate their needs into …
On Wednesday, November 10, Fredericton’s favourite up-and-coming comedy collective, The Labour Union, performed a show for an enthusiastic full house at The Cap. Between laughs and wiping the beer foam off of your upper lip, you and your friends surely asked yourselves: who are these funny guys, anyway? So, who the heck is The Labour …
“We are current, incoming, and former UNB students of the Psychology program. We would like to advocate strongly for the approval of the Biology-Psychology program on our Fredericton campus.” So opens a letter addressed to President Mazerolle from 41 UNB-Fredericton Psychology students. The letter comes in response to the lack of transparency surrounding the program’s …
Send any questions regarding school, university culture, or life in general to dearsharkie@thebruns.ca for a chance to gain really bad advice from everyone’s favourite red herring. Disclaimer: Please don’t actually follow this advice. Dear Sharkie, What’s the best way to resolve a conflict at work? I work at the puppet factory on Queen Street and …
On November 12, Premier Blaine Higgs held a press conference announcing he was prepared to quell further strikes by offering CUPE workers a pizza party. “We are prepared to meet CUPE halfway and offer workers a pizza party. And not just any pizza party. A Greco pizza party,” Higgs announced. “We will even order Hawaiian …
By: Olivia Chenier The Romeo Initiative was the first show since the start of the pandemic at TheatreUNB, and it breathed life back into the company. The Romeo Initiative was written by playwright Trina Davies, and was directed by 4th year UNB Drama major Julianne Richard. It's 1970 in West Germany. Karin Maynard, a mousey …
On November 13, the New Brunswick Government announced that it had reached a tentative agreement with seven of the local bargaining units representing CUPE. The Central Bargaining Team (CBT) came together to propose a wage package that was presented to the local bargaining units. These units represent 20,000 public employees in parts I, II, and …
COVID-19-related restrictions are beginning to ease as Canada continues to trend in a positive direction; larger gatherings and events are gradually becoming more accessible and safe for the public thanks to growing vaccination rates and continued efforts made by Canadians. To ensure Canada continues to trend in the right direction, and so that people can …
On November 8, the United States will open land, sea, and air borders to fully vaccinated travellers. This works alongside the Public Health Agency of Canada’s July 19 announcement of their plan to ease travel restrictions beginning on September 7, 2021. These regulations permit travellers who have been fully vaccinated with an approved vaccine, for …
