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Category Archives: Mount Allison University
Mt. A. honorary degree awarded to former ambassador in spite of protest
Updated to include information about protests inside Convocation Hall: About 20 people, including professors, students and community members gathered outside Convocation Hall on the Mt. A. campus today to protest against awarding an honorary degree to Deborah Lyons, Canada’s former … Continue reading
Retiring Mt. A prof Robert Lapp delivers ‘last’ lecture on telling the truth in a time of climate crisis
Every year, members of the graduating class at Mount Allison University choose a professor they would like to hear from one last time. “This year we were excited to announce that Dr. Robert Lapp was selected,” said graduating student Erin … Continue reading
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Mt. A profs urge university not to confer honorary degree on former ambassador
Two Mount Allison professors are calling on the university to abandon its plan to confer an honorary degree on Deborah Lyons, Canada’s former ambassador to Israel and Afghanistan. Politics and International Relations Professor Lara Khattab and Krista Johnston, Director of Women’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Convocation 2023, Israeli occupation, Taliban
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Mt. A. conference discusses Indigenous treaty rights and the legacy of Donald Marshall Jr.
Nearly 25 years after the Supreme Court upheld the Indigenous treaty right to fish for a moderate livelihood, many contentious issues remain to be settled, including the definition of moderate livelihood. That was one clear message from a two-day conference … Continue reading
Activist makes fun of new NB jail, calls for defunding police
As the New Brunswick government pressed ahead last fall with its controversial plan for a $32 million jail in Fredericton, poet, activist and university professor El Jones poked fun at it during a speech at Mount Allison. She suggested that … Continue reading
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Tagged abolishing prisons, defunding police, Fredericton prison
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Mt. A. prof’s new book examines corporate plunder in Canada and abroad
The Canadian state was built on the violent dispossession of Indigenous Peoples and the theft of their resources… Given this reality, is it really that surprising that environmental and social harm caused by Canadian corporations abroad does not receive much … Continue reading
‘It’s big!’ Sackville OKs support for ‘monument’ to commemorate its foundries
Sackville Town Council voted unanimously last week to contribute up to $7,000 worth of labour and materials as well as up to $15,000 in cash to support plans for a massive steel monument to commemorate the Fawcett and Enterprise Foundries and … Continue reading
They’re baaack! Jamie Irving to head Postmedia Board of Directors
Reports that the Irvings had given up their New Brunswick newspaper empire have suddenly proven premature with the appointment of Jamie Irving as Executive Chair of the Postmedia Board of Directors. The American-owned Postmedia chain that dominates the Canadian (and … Continue reading
Coun. Bruce Phinney hit with another round of sanctions under Sackville’s Code of Conduct
Councillor Bruce Phinney is losing two months’ pay (about $1,300) and the right to travel on behalf of the town for violating sections of council’s Code of Conduct. He will also be required to undergo “one-on-one coaching to discuss effective … Continue reading
Commentary: Mt. A. students’ union ‘disheartened’ but understanding of secrecy surrounding the Rima Azar case
Note to readers: The following statement was issued by the Mount Allison Students’ Union (MASU) in response to a request for comment from The New Wark Times on the secrecy surrounding the settlement of the case involving Mt. A. Psychology … Continue reading
Commentary: Issues in Azar case too vital to cloak in secrecy
Note to readers: The following commentary concerns the circumstances surrounding the seven-month suspension without pay of Mount Allison Professor Rima Azar after students complained last year about posts on her personal blog that denied the existence of systemic racism or systemic discrimination in … Continue reading