Our History

The Brunswickan is Canada’s oldest student publication, founded in 1867 when the University of New Brunswick was still King’s College. It was a founding member of Canadian University Press, Canada’s union of university publications, and was once one of the largest community newspapers in New Brunswick and Atlantic Canada. The Bruns remains vital not only as the voice of UNB’s students, but also as a voice of independent journalism, as the paper runs as a completely independent entity under Brunswickan Publishing Inc. In a province where a single family owns every major news outlet, even small news publications play a vital role in ensuring that the truth is told.

With a history that spans 154 years The Brunswickan is more than just a student publication. It is a magazine that spans College Hill, spans the Wolastoq, spans centuries. We have had editors in World Wars, we have had editors thrown in jail over our articles, we have had editors fall asleep in The Cellar. We are down to printing either 300 or 400 magazines each print run, and only 7 or 8 magazines a school year, but we publish online content each week. Still, we have a long, sordid, illustrious history. We are attack dogs, we are saviours, and we are after 154 years, still kicking, biting, and writing.

Who We Are

It is the paper’s ultimate goal to publish entertaining, informative material relevant to the student body and have fun doing it. We at the Brunswickan strive to uphold journalistic integrity and report in a fair, unbiased and fully researched manner. We report on campus life, student politics, happenings around the city, the local music scene, cultural events and both varsity and intramural sports.

Our operation would not be possible without our editorial board, a team of highly dedicated individuals. The editorial board consists of the Editor in Chief, Managing Editor, News Editor, Arts Editor, Copy Editor, Creative Director. These editors depend largely upon staff writers and an amazing volunteer base to develop sections each week. For more information on volunteering for the Brunswickan, check out our volunteer page.

Our official name is Brunswickan Publishing Inc., and we periodically take on other projects around campus as well.