In a province where 53 per cent of adults in New Brunswick face literacy challenges, lovers of literature came together for the first ever Writers of the Realm Literary Festival in Fredericton on Sept. 19. Sakura Blue Studios held the inaugural festival at the Fredericton...

This edition of the NB Update features reports from an ongoing series of media workshops at Elsipogtog First Nation hosted by the NB Media Co-op. The first interview highlights an alternative court program in Elsipogtog that aims to divert Indigenous people from the prison system,...

In early September, the organization behind Canada’s push for small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) quietly signalled their demise. In 2016, the president of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories proclaimed that “SMRs can live among the annals of great Canadian innovations.” Ten years later, the organization announced the...

The recently released Campus Antisemitism and Student Experiences (CASE) report and a follow-up published in University Affairs weaponize antisemitism while reaching deeply flawed, misleading conclusions. As a group of social science researchers with training and experience in quantitative and qualitative approaches, it is simply not...

En septembre, l’organisme à l’origine de la promotion des petits réacteurs nucléaires modulaires (PRM) au Canada a discrètement annoncé leur fin. En 2016, le président des Laboratoires nucléaires canadiens (LNC) a déclaré que « les PRM peuvent figurer parmi les grandes innovations canadiennes ». Dix...

Across New Brunswick, residents are turning parks, school grounds, church properties and backyards into landscapes where food grows much like it does in a forest. These “food forests” are not new, but interest in them is spreading. With more than 20 community food forests already...

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) toured the country to hear from Indigenous Nations whose territories are affected by the nuclear industry. What followed was a growing sense of frustration among the Nations involved, as their voices, concerns and rights were not adequately reflected in...

Every four days, a mining company in Quebec declares an accident, according to Université de Moncton philosophy professor Alain Deneault. Here in New Brunswick, Deneault warned that major projects like the Sisson mine — a proposed open-pit tungsten and molybdenum mine that would be located on...