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Indigenous students participate in an experiential education project at UNBSJ

Author: Emily Wheaton and Lee Whelan

Posted on Apr 20, 2022

Category: Student Champions

Hayden Hovey’s goal is to “improve social cohesion” among students and to bring better support to Indigenous students at UNB. The project is part of SOCS 4501: Campus as a Living Lab with Dr. Sarah King and comes after UNB launched the Indigenous self-identification form this week. Around two and a half per cent of the UNBSJ population openly identifies as Indigenous and Hovey is working to bring more support to them. 

The Baron sat down with the UNB-SRC’s first Indigenous student representative, Hayden Hovey, to learn about his project to make the campus a more inviting space for Indigenous students. 

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