The Brunswickan

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The Brunswickan
Canada's Oldest Official Student Publication
The Brunswickan logo.png
"Sharkie" the Brunswickan's mascot
TypeMonthly Student Newspaper
FormatMagazine
PublisherBrunswickan Publishing Inc.
PresidentJoel Rumson
EditorEmmanuel Joseph
Founded1867;158 years ago (1867)
HeadquartersStudent Union Building, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Circulation 200 monthly
Readership7000 Monthly
Sister newspapersThe Barron
Website thebruns.ca
Free online archives https://sve.canadiana.ca/view/carl.NBFUseries

The Brunswickan is the official student newspaper of the Fredericton campus of the University of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada. Founded in 1867, it has a circulation of 4,000 and issues are published on the first Wednesday each month, traditionally running 8 issues annually.

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Overview

A founding member of the Canadian University Press, The Brunswickan remains one of the largest community newspapers in Atlantic Canada, and among the largest in Canada, well out-of-proportion to the size of its home campus. In January 2009, the paper switched from broadsheet to tabloid format in response to financial pressures, and in an effort to reduce its impact on the environment. The Brunswickan subsequently dropped its circulation from 10,000 to 6,000 issues per week later that month, and again to 5,000 in 2012. Circulation dropped again to 4,000 in September 2013. By the 2024-25 publishing term, print runs dropped to 200 copies per issue, underscoring both the shift toward digital content and the continued financial pressures on The Brunswickan.

The Brunswickan was founded in 1867 and is the oldest Canadian student publisher. At the time of its foundation, the University of New Brunswick had still been known as King's College. [1]

Regional rival, The Dalhousie Gazette at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, claims the title of "oldest student newspaper in Canada." The Gazette has published consecutively since 1868, whereas there are significant gaps in the publishing history of The Brunswickan.

During the Strax affair of 1968-69 two students were charged with contempt of court over an article published in the Brunswickan that questioned the objectivity of the New Brunswick courts. Both were found guilty. The editor, John Oliver, was fined $50 and required to print a retraction. The author, Tom Murphy, was sentenced to ten days in jail. [2] [3]

The Brunswickan
The Brunswickan Office on University of New Brunswick Fredericton Campus

In the past, members of the paper have been referred to as "brunsies," a term of pride and affection for some.

Among its notable alumni are Colin B. Mackay, Bliss Carman, Charles G. D. Roberts, Dalton Camp, Fredrik Eaton, Nathan White, Donald Pringle and Kwame Dawes.

The Brunswickan has a sister-publication, The Baron , at the other UNB campus, UNB Saint John.

The Brunswickan has a good-natured rivalry with The Aquinian , the campus newspaper for St. Thomas University which is also located on Fredericton's college hill.

Editors in Chief

2025-26Emmanuel Joseph
2024-25Joel Rumson
2023-24Sofia Erickson
2022-23Taylor Lynn Chalker
2021-22Michael Harlan
2020-21Ally Buchanan
2019-20Brad Ackerson
2018-19Book Sadprasid*
2017-18Emma McPhee
2016-17Adam Travis
2015-16Emma McPhee
2014-15Tess Allen
2013-14Nick Murray
2012-13Sandy Chase
2011-12Christopher Cameron
2010-11Colin McPhail
2009-10Sarah Ratchford
2008-09Josh O’Kane
2007-08Jennifer McKenzie
2006-07Tony von Richter (interim) / Michele Legendre / Tony von Richter (interim) / David Arthurs
2005-06Brendan Doyle
2004-05Patrick Reinartz
2003-04Sean Patrick Sullivan
2002-03Sean Patrick Sullivan
2001-02Cindy Brown
2000-01Cindy Brown
1999-00Joseph Wilfred John FitzPatrick III
1998-99Joseph Wilfred John FitzPatrick III
1997-98Joseph Wilfred John FitzPatrick III
1996-97Mary Rogal-Black / Joseph W. J. FitzPatrick III
1995-96Mark Morgan
1994-95Al Johnstone
1993-94Karen Burgess
1992-93Allan Carter
1991-92Kwame Dawes
1990-91Kwame Dawes
1989-90Kwame Dawes
1988-89Stéphane Comeau
1987-88Mark Stevens / Ernest Dunphy
1986-87Ken Quigley
1985-86Richard Hutchins
1984-85Dave Mazerolle
1983-84Mike MacKinnon
1982-83Christie Walker
1981-82Susan Reed
1980-81Bob MacMillan
1979-80Joey Kilfoil
1978-79Kathy Wakeling
1977-78Sheenagh Murphy
1976-77Sarah Ingersoll
1975-76Ed Werthman (one-half term) / Tom Benjamin
1974-75Susan Manzer
1973-74Edison Stewart (resigned)
1972-73Chris J. Allen
1971-72Edison Stewart
1970-71Peter Collum
1969-70Dave Jonah
1968-69Ian Ferguson
1967-68Allan B. Pressman
1966-67Sharon Wyman
1965-66Gary Davis
1964-65Roger Mills
1963-64Russell Irvine
1962-63Edward Bell
1961-62Jack Oliver
1960-61Gordan Howse
1959-60Dave Folster
1958-59James O’Sullivan
1957-58J. Barry Toole
1956-57J. Barry Toole
1955-56Fred Drummie
1954-55Dave MacDonald
1953-54Neil Marsh Oakley
1952-53Betty Lou Vincent
1951-52Neil Oakley
1950-51Eric Godwin
1949-50Ralph Hay
1948-49Murray Jones
1947-48Vernon Mullin
1946-47Dalton Camp
1945-46Henry B. Durost
1944-45John H. Lawrence
1943-44Ralph F. Crowther
1942-43Fred W. Davidson
1941-42Colin B. MacKay
1940-41Manzer Bunker
1939-40Mary T. McMenamon
1938-39Lester G. Hoar
1937-38J. Harrison Thurrot
1936-37Lester G. Hoar
1935-36Horace Block
1934-35Bill Morrissy
1933-34Gerald Waring
1932-33Fred W. Fenety
1931-32J. Dudley Kingsley
1930-31Jack Limerick
1929-30A. W. Slipp
1928-29D. H. Smith
1927-28Burton Kierstead
1926-27R. R. Henderson
1925-26Thomas Foulkes
1924-25Randolph B. Lutz
1923-24John D. Harrison
1922-23C. M. Burpee
1921-22A. C. Holman
1920-21K. B. Seely
1919-20N. D. Cass
1918-19Joseph Sears
1917-18J. G. Bruce
1916-17A. D. Foster
1915-16C. R. Townsend
1914-15J. A. Hanebry
1913-14G. T. Christie
1912-13G. T. Mitton
1911-12J. F. McIntosh
1910-11G. F. G. Bridges
1909-10M. B. Dunn
1908-09D. G. Willet
1907-08W. A. Haines
1906-07C. H. Turner
1905-06J. P. Mooney
1904-05F. C. Cronkite
1903-04M. MacC. Baird
1902-03Don Jamer / Fred W. Fenety / J. Dudley Kingsley / Jack Limerick
1901-02A. W. Slipp / D. H. Smith
1900-01Burton Kierstead / R. R. Henderson
1899-1900Thomas Foulkes / Randolph B. Lutz
1898-99John D. Harrison / C. M. Burpee
1897-98A. C. Holman / K. B. Seely
1896-97N. D. Cass / Joseph Sears
1895-96J. G. Bruce / A. D. Foster
1894-95C. R. Townsend
1893-94J. A. Hanebry
1892-93G. T. Christie
1891-92G. T. Mitton
1890-91J. F. McIntosh
1889-90G. F. G. Bridges
1888-89M. B. Dunn
1887-88D. G. Willet
1886-87W. A. Haines
1885-86C. H. Turner
1884-85J. P. Mooney
1883-84F. C. Cronkite
1882-83M. MacC. Baird
April 1882Lester G. Hoar
1867Sir George Foster

In 2018, two senior staff (Brad Ackerson and Maria Araujo) oversaw the publication but no official replacement was hired for the duration of the year.

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References

  1. "History - Brunswickan". 13 July 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2024.
  2. Rhodes, Dean (30 January 1969). "Student editor fined for faulting court". The Bangor Daily News. Bangor, Maine. p. 8. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
  3. Frank, David (December 2013). "A turning point in UNB history". CAUT Bulletin Archives 1996-2016. Retrieved 21 January 2021.

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