Fredericton Faculty of Arts

Becoming a Historian Jessica s Experience as an Arts Intern

Fredericton Arts

Posted: December 3, 2015 4:00:00 AM AST

Category: Arts, Other, Research, Spotlight, Student


"The only way to drive ourselves forward is by looking in the rear-view mirror and guessing the best course to take." – Mark Damen Hello Everyone! This will be the first of many future blog posts where I will be sharing my experiences as an Arts Intern at The Milton F. Gregg Center for the Study of War and Society at UNB. This blog series will include reflections on my many adventures at Gregg...

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A Day in the Life of An Intern - Sophia s Internship Experience at the Legislative Office of MLA David Coon

Fredericton Arts

Posted: November 23, 2015 4:00:00 AM AST

Category: Arts, Other, Spotlight, Student


Working for the Green Party has been an extraordinarily rewarding experience for me as a student, and as a young professional. Let me tell you why! We learn in many different ways in our undergraduate studies. We learn in lectures, through course readings, projects, and presentations. For me, the best method of learning is through doing. The Arts Internship has provided me with an opportunity...

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Arts Research Abroad Irish Historian Dr Peter Gray visits UNB

Fredericton Arts

Posted: November 12, 2015 4:00:00 AM AST

Category: News, Arts, Spotlight, Research, Faculty


The Fredrik and Catherine Eaton Visitorship Award enables researchers to expand their projects internationally by supporting exchanges between the University of New Brunswick and Queen's University Belfast (QUB). Dr. Peter Gray, Professor of Modern Irish History at QUB, recently visited UNB to continue his research on the impacts of The Great Famine. Dr. Gray shared some thoughts on his...

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Disability as Opportunity Paul Campbell s Journey Back to UNB

Fredericton Arts

Posted: October 8, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Student, Spotlight, Arts, Other


Now that the excitement of Orientation and start of term have passed and you have gotten that first long weekend break out of the way, it might be a good opportunity to reflect on the term so far. Hopefully by now all our new and returning students are getting settled into the rhythm of university studies. For some of you this will be your first set of midterms and papers coming due. That first...

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Arts Research Abroad Eaton Visitorship takes Dr Joanne Wright to Queen s University Belfast

Fredericton Arts

Posted: October 5, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Research, Spotlight, Arts, Faculty, News


Dr. Joanne Wright, Professor of Political Science & Associate Dean of the Faculty of Arts, is a recipient of the Fredrik and Catherine Eaton Visitorship Award. This Visitorship has taken her across the ocean to Queen's University Belfast (QUB), Northern Ireland. Read this brief interview to learn more about the specifics of Dr. Wright's research projects and why Northern Ireland and New...

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Adieu from the Faculty of Arts

Fredericton Arts

Posted: September 14, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Faculty, Opinion, Arts, News


September 2015 Adieu from the Faculty of Arts! Does it seem a bit odd to welcome you to our new blog with a goodbye wish?  Perhaps, but “farewell” is an interesting place to begin.This June, UNB’s 186th graduation, or “Encaenia,” as we call it, took place over the course of several ceremonies.  The Faculty of Arts is an old hand at Encaenia: at the first one in 1828, the university’s whole...

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Be open to change do what you enjoy and love and the rest will fall into place Memories of First Year Part 4

Fredericton Arts

Posted: August 28, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Faculty, Arts, Spotlight, Opinion, Student


Only two weeks...  ...until you begin the next chapter. Regardless of whether you are joining us straight from high school or from another stage in your life, we hope all the excitement and fresh-start motivation inspired by those back-to-school vibes are helping you to feel positive about your first term. For the fourth installment in our series on 'Memories of First Year' I met up with Arts...

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The Ability to Give Back Memories of First Year Part 3

Fredericton Arts

Posted: August 21, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Opinion, Student, Spotlight, Arts, Other


And the countdown continues... …less than three weeks until the start of Fall term! Time flies when you're having so much summer fun. This week we will be chatting with Andrew Daley, an Assistive Technologist working with UNB Libraries and a graduate from the Arts faculty (Economics). Andrew generously shared his experiences navigating university as a mature student with a visual disability....

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Be a sponge and swallow your fear Memories of First Year Part 2

Fredericton Arts

Posted: August 12, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Spotlight, Other, Arts, Opinion, Student, Faculty


Four weeks to go until... ...the first day of classes! Hard to believe it's only a month away. As we head towards Orientation Week, time travel back to 1998 with us. It was a strange time where you were required to stand in line to register for courses and penny candies were still a thing (pennies were still a thing!!!). Cindy Brown sheds some light on being a first-year then: the hit songs...

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Grilled Cheese Iron Maiden and Showing Up - Memories of First Year Part 1

Fredericton Arts

Posted: August 6, 2015 5:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Faculty, Spotlight, Student, Opinion, Arts


The countdown is on! In one month we will be welcoming hundreds of new students to campus for Orientation Week. The first year of university is an exciting and emotional time. It isn’t only about learning how to study well (though that is a big part!) – it is a host of new experiences that will stay with you for years to come. What do you think will stand out this year and stick with you years...

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