Before the COVID-19 pandemic, I was facing what so many people are facing now: the fear and stress of sliding into poverty and homelessness due to circumstances out of my control. The social protections that most New Brunswickers believe that they can rely on are...

Feminist geographer Leslie Kern discussed her book, Feminist City (Between the Lines and Verso) on Wednesday, April 28 on Zoom. The talk is now available for viewing here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSm_kCJWrAU With the municipal election just around the corner on May 10, Kern provides us with a...

The RAVEN project (Rural Action and Voices for the Environment) at the University of New Brunswick is calling upon young voices. This summer, we are starting a new Letters from the Future project, written and edited by young people in New Brunswick. I am the...

Tomorrow, May 7, 2021, the New Brunswick government will release its recommendations following a 90-day review of the province’s rental housing situation. Vacancy rates are at record lows, and the province is facing the highest rental inflation in the country. So far, Premier Blaine Higgs...

When voters in Fredericton’s Ward 11 (East Downtown and Plat/University of New Brunswick) head to the polls on May 10, they will either elect a landlord and developer, a business owner known for his housing advocacy, or a frontline worker. The three candidates, Louie Youssef,...

Solidarité Fredericton has released a report card on where candidates in Fredericton's 2021 municipal election stand on issues of concern to them, including housing, transportation, the police and wetlands protection. Committed to “a new normal” post-pandemic, our organization is committed to organizing against capitalism, colonialism,...

On April 30, 2021, Brunswick News ran an article in its New Brunswick papers saying that the province had the lowest COVID-19 testing rate per capita in Canada. It was a highly problematic article because it said nothing about positivity rates. New Brunswick's COVID-19 testing...

This past week I wrote an open letter to the Premier and Chief Medical Officer of Nova Scotia concerning my disappointment and anger toward the vaccine rollout in the province. Nova Scotia, like New Brunswick where I would be studying social work if not for...