By: Quintina Northrup A beloved UNB publication turns 25 this year. After 25 years, 43 issues, and hundreds of contributors, Qwerty Magazine has earned its claim to fame. The UNB magazine is volunteer-based and run by graduate students from UNB’s English department. Qwerty has prided themselves on their aesthetic magazines and has recently begun publishing …
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 …
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 …
Meaningful bonds between students and professors start in a scholarly environment. This week, The Brunswican talked with two professors at the University of New Brunswick about their views on the mentor-pupil dynamic. The discussion spanned technology in education, course policies, the importance of flexibility, and the tentativeness of letter grades. “Mentoring and learning is a …
Position: Culture Editor to apply for this job, email editor@thebruns.ca This role, previously known as the Arts & Lifestyle Editor at The Brunswickan, is a wonderful way to fulfil your desire to seek out connection to the community and connect with local artists, create change, and cover local events, all while supporting yourself through school. See the …
By: Quintina Northrup Women and girls in Afghanistan are in the fight of their lives as their hard-won rights are on the cusp of being lost. The literacy rate for females in Afghanistan is 53%, compared with 79% globally. In 2017, there were 7 girls for every 10 boys enrolled in primary school, which dropped …
“UNB Sustainability takes its main goal from the university's vision for 2030 — to lead sustainability and environmental stewardship across Canadian universities,” says Matt Bishop, Sustainability Engagement & Education Officer for UNB Sustainability. UNB Sustainability is a bi-campus program created in 2014 to support UNB socially, environmentally, and economically by providing quality education that increases …
