Category Archives: New Brunswick

Blaine Higgs and the snap election that wasn’t

Posted on November 20, 2023 by The Acadiensis Blog

By Donald Wright It’s official: New Brunswick will not have a fall election. But for much of September and October, the premier played a cynical game of cat and mouse, first hinting that he might call an early election, then … Continue reading →

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Revisiting the Shrinking City: Population, Re-industrialization and Democracy in Saint John, Part One

Posted on May 15, 2023 by The Acadiensis Blog

By Greg Marquis This is part one of a two part series. Things are changing in Saint John – at least on the physical level.  On the west side of the city (west of the St. John River) a new … Continue reading →

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“bad characters”: The Execution of George & Rufus Hamilton in Fredericton, 1949

Posted on November 7, 2018 by The Acadiensis Blog

by Michael Boudreau The execution of George and Rufus Hamilton in Fredericton at 2:00am on 26 July 1949, the last execution in New Brunswick’s capital, underscores Constance Backhouse’s assertion that the legal system “played a principal and dominant role in … Continue reading →

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Geography and Governance: The Problem of Saint John, New Brunswick, 1785-1927

Posted on July 11, 2016 by The Acadiensis Blog

by Ged Martin British historian Ged Martin has e-published an extended essay on 19th-century Saint John, New Brunswick. What follows is a brief introduction to that essay. To read the full paper please click through at the end of this … Continue reading →

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Amplifying the Distance: ARDA and the Media in Two “Poverty Capitals”

Posted on June 20, 2016 by The Acadiensis Blog

By David Tough I had the pleasure of attending the Atlantic Canadian Studies conference for the first time this year. It was a first in a lot of ways, in fact. It was my first time at Mount Alison University, … Continue reading →

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Procrastinating the Bricklin

Posted on April 4, 2016 by The Acadiensis Blog

by Dimitry Anastakis Projects evolve. And if you take long enough to get them done, they can evolve in weird and wonderful ways, ways that ultimately result in something much better than what was first envisioned. Or so I hope. … Continue reading →

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Abortion in New Brunswick

Posted on February 9, 2016 by The Acadiensis Blog

by Lianne McTavish When the editors of Acadiensis asked me to write an article on the history of abortion in New Brunswick, I immediately said yes. I study the history of abortion, pregnancy, and childbirth broadly but specialize in early … Continue reading →

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Koral LaVorgna reviews Dan Soucoup’s A Short History of Fredericton

Posted on February 1, 2016 by The Acadiensis Blog

Dan Soucoup. A Short History of Fredericton (Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 2015). by Koral LaVorgna Fredericton became a city in order to satisfy a particular tenet of English ecclesiastical law that required city status for the appointment of a bishop. In … Continue reading →

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Jacobina Campbell’s Diary

Posted on December 14, 2015 by The Acadiensis Blog

Note: The following is the preface to the latest book from Acadiensis Press, A Calendar of Life in a Narrow Valley: Jacobina Campbell’s Diary, Taymouth, New Brunswick, 1825-1843. The book includes editorial and biographical notes as well as an introductory … Continue reading →

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Seeing the Forest (Workers) for the Trees: Environmental and Labour History in New Brunswick’s Forests

Posted on November 23, 2015 by The Acadiensis Blog

This post was originally published on the NiCHE blog The Otter. We share it here with their generous permission. by Mark McLaughlin We scholars can sometimes be our own worst enemies. Take, for example, how we often establish rigid theoretical … Continue reading →

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