Policing in Indigenous Canadian communities has strong continuities with the long history of colonization. Innocent Indigenous lives are lost each year in acts of police violence. Almost three years have passed since the summer of 2020, a time of immense public grief and outrage over...

What happens to a forest when it's seen only as a place to harvest trees? Centuries of destructive forest management practices have caused serious harm to the Wabanaki forest on Canada's East Coast. Scientists have proven these practices have devastating effects on forest biodiversity and human and animal health. However, those who have tried to fight for change are up against the powerful,...

Selon les dernières données du programme de recherche interdisciplinaire PROOF, le Nouveau-Brunswick affichait le deuxième plus haut taux d’insécurité alimentaire dans les 10 provinces canadiennes en 2022. Dans la province, 22,7 % ou 174 000 personnes vivaient dans des ménages en situation d’insécurité alimentaire. Il s’agit...

New Brunswick had the second-highest rate of food insecurity among the 10 Canadian provinces in 2022. According to the latest data from the interdisciplinary research program PROOF, 22.7 per cent or 174,000 people in the province lived in food-insecure households. This represents an increase of...

New Brunswick is in the midst of a backlash against 2SLGBTQIA+ people and communities. There is a segment of this backlash that is extreme and is organized. Its participants have protested drag storytime at a public library and professional development for teachers on sexual orientation and gender diversity. They...

Le Nouveau-Brunswick fait face à un retour de bâton (backlash) contre les personnes et les communautés 2ELGBTQQIA+. Une partie de ce backlash est extrémiste et organisée. Ses participant·es ont manifesté contre les heures du conte drag dans une bibliothèque publique et contre la formation professionnelle des enseignant·es sur...

As a researcher on the cost of long-term care in New Brunswick, I have heard many stories of the savage draining of savings as seniors go through the long-term care system. There are four levels of care in the government funded long-term care system in...

From the arrival of the Loyalists on Wabanaki territory in the 1780s until 1850, the population of what is today known as New Brunswick grew from 20,000 to 200,000. Irish immigrants, the majority Catholic, were 70 per cent of the total influx. With their arrival came the inevitable clash...