From Enslaved to Black Loyalists

Last month, staff and students at UNB’s own Harriet Irving Library released two new sets of Loyalist-era “story maps.” Consisting of twenty biographies in total, the multimedia project details the multifaceted lives of American exiles as they travelled to New…

The Poet Appreciation Page

In early December 2021, around the time when sleep struggles to bid one goodnight, Hien Tran went out for a walk. Night had fallen on the streets of downtown Fredericton and her only guiding source was the city’s ever-loyal traffic…

High School Violence An Ongoing Concern

The past week has seen multiple incidents of violence at Fredericton and Oromocto High Schools.  Some events have been confirmed by school officials and police, while others have been embellished by social media posts.  Some parents have removed their children…

In From the Cold – Saint John Homeless Initiative

The Saint John Human Development Council (HDC) is a planning council that holds federal funds in trust and distributes them where needed across the Maritimes. They work on reports such as minimum wage and the child poverty card.   Cathy Foote…