‘Rather absurd’ — Christian nationalism and the Dominion of Canada
In July 2023, former adherents of a religious movement went public with concerns that Christian conservatives in New Brunswick were ...
Tag: history
No Popery Here: A short history of the birth of the New Brunswick political party system
From the arrival of the Loyalists on Wabanaki territory in the 1780s until 1850, the population of what is today known as New ...
More than a century ago, rural queers were invisible. Thankfully, this same-sex couple had a camera
The following text originally appeared in Xtra Magazine on March 30, 2022. While LGBTQ2S+ history goes back millenia, our records ...
Historian Mary McCarthy-Brandt cares for her ancestors and Black Loyalists graves
Black graveyards were a major part of Mary Louise McCarthy-Brandt studies when she decided to do her PhD. The thesis, ...
History is not Ludlow’s shield
In recent months there has been a growing debate about New Brunswick’s loyalist past, and especially how it fits in ...
Andrea Bear Nicholas analyses Maliseet history with settler colonialism
Understanding history is crucial to shaping the common future of Indigenous peoples and settlers. On April 11, Andrea Bear Nicholas ...