The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a public university with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John,New Brunswick. It is the oldest English-language university in Canada,and among the oldest public universities in North America. UNB was founded by a group of seven Loyalists who left the United States after the American Revolution.
Bernard Lord is a Canadian lawyer,business executive and former politician. He served as the 30th premier of New Brunswick from 1999 to 2006. Lord was appointed as board chair of Ontario Power Generation in 2014.
St. Thomas University is a Catholic,English-language liberal arts university located in Fredericton,New Brunswick,Canada. It is a primarily undergraduate university offering bachelor's degrees in the arts,education,and social work to approximately 1,900 students. The average class size is 30 and no class is larger than 60.
Education in Canada is for the most part provided publicly,and is funded and overseen by provincial,territorial and local governments. Education is within provincial jurisdiction and the curriculum is overseen by the province. Education in Canada is generally divided into primary education,followed by secondary education and post-secondary. Within the provinces under the ministry of education,there are district school boards administering the educational programs.
Shawn Michael Graham is a Canadian politician,who served as the 31st premier of New Brunswick from 2006 to 2010. He was elected leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Party in 2002 and became premier after his party captured a majority of seats in the 2006 election. After being elected,Graham initiated a number of changes to provincial policy especially in the areas of health care,education and energy. His party was defeated in the New Brunswick provincial election held September 27,2010,and Graham resigned as Liberal leader on November 9,2010.
The New Brunswick Liberal Association,more popularly known as the New Brunswick Liberal Party or Liberal Party of New Brunswick,is one of the two major provincial political parties in New Brunswick,Canada. The party descended from both the Confederation Party and the Anti-Confederation Party whose members split into left-wing and right-wing groups following the creation of Canada as a nation in 1867.
The St. Thomas University Students' Union (STUSU) represents students at St. Thomas University (STU) in Fredericton,New Brunswick,Canada. They provide many services to students at STU,such as the Help Desk,SafeRide,pre-legal advice,emergency bursaries and external lobbying. They also lead negotiations on such initiatives as the Student Health and Dental Plans,and a Universal Bus Pass.
The official languages of Canada are English and French,which "have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and Government of Canada," according to Canada's constitution. "Official bilingualism" is the term used in Canada to collectively describe the policies,constitutional provisions,and laws that ensure legal equality of English and French in the Parliament and courts of Canada,protect the linguistic rights of English- and French-speaking minorities in different provinces,and ensure a level of government services in both languages across Canada.
Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick,Canada. It was first created in the 2006 redrawing of electoral districts and was first used in the general election later that year. Its last MLA was Pam Lynch of the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick.
French immersion is a form of bilingual education in which students who do not speak French as a first language will receive instruction in French. In most French-immersion schools,students will learn to speak French and learn most subjects such as history,music,geography,math,art,physical education and science in French.
The 2006 New Brunswick general election was held on September 18,2006,to elect 55 members to the 56th New Brunswick Legislative Assembly,the governing house of the province of New Brunswick,Canada.
Greg Byrne,K.C. is a lawyer and former MLA in the province of New Brunswick,Canada.
Robert Andrew "Andy" Keith Scott,was a Liberal Member of Parliament representing the electoral district of Fredericton. He was a member the Cabinet of Canada,most recently serving as the eighteenth Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development (2004–2006).
By the arrangements of the Canadian federation,Canada's monarchy operates in New Brunswick as the core of the province's Westminster-style parliamentary democracy. As such,the Crown within New Brunswick's jurisdiction is referred to as the Crown in Right of New Brunswick,His Majesty in Right of New Brunswick,or the King in Right of New Brunswick. The Constitution Act,1867,however,leaves many royal duties in the province specifically assigned to the sovereign's viceroy,the lieutenant governor of New Brunswick,whose direct participation in governance is limited by the conventional stipulations of constitutional monarchy.
École L'Odyssée is a public francophone high school in Moncton,New Brunswick,Canada. It is part of the province's Francophone Sud School District,offering education to students from grade nine to twelve. The school opened on September 30,2005 as part of a $24.2 million project,alongside the adjoining middle school,École Le Mascaret. École L'Odyssée was conceived as a way to alleviate the overcrowding problem at École Mathieu-Martin in nearby Dieppe,a problem the district has had in the past. The Odyssée-Mascaret project,as well as the future Carrefour de l'Acadie middle school,replaced the former École Beauséjour and École Vanier complexes. This move allowed the Moncton Hospital to expand,while the Vanier establishment made way for medical offices. On September 9,2009,the school was given permission to begin an $884,000 expansion for its far side,allowing for a larger space to be reserved for its infirmary and orientation center.
Higher education in New Brunswick refers to education provided by higher education institutions in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. Higher education has a rich history in New Brunswick. The first English-language university in Canada was the University of New Brunswick. Mount Allison University was the first in the British Empire to award a baccalaureate to a woman,Grace Annie Lockhart,B.Sc. in 1875. Education is the responsibility of the provinces in Canada and there is no federal ministry governing it.
Blaine Myron Higgs is a Canadian politician who is the 34th and current premier of New Brunswick since 2018 and leader of the New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Party since 2016.
Pamela R. "Pam" Lynch is a Canadian politician,who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick in the 2010 provincial election,defeating Liberal cabinet minister Kelly Lamrock. She represented the electoral district of Fredericton-Fort Nashwaak from 2010 to 2014,and represented the new district of Fredericton-Grand Lake from 2014 until 2018,as a member of the Progressive Conservatives.
The New Brunswick Liberal Association held a leadership election on October 27,2012 to replace outgoing leader Shawn Graham with a new leader to lead the party into the 2014 election. Graham was elected at the last leadership convention held in 2002 over Jack MacDougall. Graham announced he would not continue as leader the evening of September 27,2010,after losing the provincial election earlier that day and formally resigned on November 9,2010.
Dominic William Cardy is a Canadian politician and Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick. From the 2018 New Brunswick general election until his expulsion from the caucus in October 2022,Cardy represented the electoral district of Fredericton West-Hanwell for the Progressive Conservative Party of New Brunswick. He now sits as an independent. During his time in government he was the Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development under Blaine Higgs.
