Tag: student issues

Homestudent issues

In the past three years, job vacancies in Canada have declined from more than 70,000 spots to fewer than 30,000 by early 2025. In comparison, the number of bachelor’s degree holders has never been higher. In 2024 alone, the University of New Brunswick awarded 2,517 undergraduate and graduate degrees across multiple fields of study. 

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In a recent outcry for governmental action, the New Brunswick Teachers' Association (NBTA) has highlighted the dire conditions of the province's educational environment. A survey conducted among the NBTA's 6,400 members revealed that teachers are grappling with overcrowded classrooms, inadequate facilities, and the additional burden of addressing students' basic needs. The survey, which saw a …

Ahead of the UNB Student Union’s 2024 General Elections, the Union held a debate at the SUB. The debate was announced to the public a day before it happened, and the post on the UNBSU’s feed had no dates. Mediated by Mark Kilfoil, from CHSR, and Christopher Tait, who currently serves as Council Chair. Presidential …

Crandall University, a private Christian institution in Moncton, New Brunswick, has defended its decision to fire John Stackhouse Jr., a former professor of religious studies, after an independent investigation found that he made inappropriate or sexually-oriented statements to students in 2020 and 2021. Stackhouse, a prominent evangelical academic and author, joined Crandall in 2015 from …

The University of New Brunswick has been facing a scandal of international proportions. In September 2022, media outlets broke the news of alleged fraud in the doctoral dissertation of Republican Pennsylvania State Senator Douglas Mastriano. What ensued was a litany of confusion, silence, and mixed responses from UNB.  Who is Douglas Mastriano? Douglas Mastriano is …