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The 27th annual Dr. Abdul Lohdi lecture took place at St. Thomas University at 7 p.m. on February 4, 2025. Delivered by public intellectual, novelist, and historian Tariq Ali, the event commanded a full house. The event utilized STU’s resources to fulfill Dr. Lohdi’s vision toward racial tolerance, broadens students’ horizons, and fosters understanding between …

Joel Rumson  Fredericton, New Brunswick, 22 of January, 2025 — Resolve, an applied game design research group at UNB, releases their new game, Project AUDE: The UNB History Card Game. The game is set in the near future, when disaster strikes the University of New Brunswick’s Archives; a large fire has swept the campus destroying …

Cyr begins the song by acknowledging that UNB students have been paying a large amount of tuition to attend classes and pursue their education, and that our ‘classrooms [are] built on stolen land.’ Despite UNB’s land acknowledgement — ‘We respectfully acknowledge that UNB stands on the unsurrendered and unceded traditional Wolastoqey land ’—the University maintains …

By Crystal Keyamo The prospect of future Christmases without the scent of fresh-cut fir in New Brunswick, a tree species expected to decline and take some festive cheer with it, casts a pall on the holiday season. An iconic tree, comprising around 20 percent of this province's forests, balsam fir has faced alarming mortality rates …

By Emu Devine For readers of The Brunswickan of drinking age, your local campus newspaper is excited to provide you with some of the most pertinent, insightful reporting anywhere in Fredericton. This reporter comes to you with a review of one of the most unique establishments this city has to offer: Par 94 Golf Bar …

By: Crystal Keyamo The University of New Brunswick (UNB) recently celebrated its inaugural Mobility Day, an event designed to foster dialogue on transportation issues affecting students and communities, especially in smaller cities and rural areas. Organized by Professor of Civil Engineering and Community Transportation Research Lab (CTRL) founder, Trevor Hanson, Mobility Day aimed to spotlight …

By: Crytal Keyamo Located in Fredericton, New Brunswick, El Mariachi offers an authentic Mexican dining experience in a setting steeped in history. Housed in the former Rigby Hall, once a dormitory for St. Thomas University students, the restaurant blends the building’s rich past with a vibrant, contemporary atmosphere. This transformation from student residence to bustling …

By Thomas LepperInside Tilley Hall, below the 1st floor, there is a place called the Gregg Centre. It is where some current and previous history masters students work on their theses and are even hired to conduct historical research for the University. One of these employees is a man named J. Brent Wilson.  Originally from …

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