News – Oscar Baker III

“Out of Thin Red,” The Red Dress movement hangs over STU

Mandy Richard is bringing the REDress project to St. Thomas University, to get people talking about missing and murdered aboriginal women in Canada. “If this just starts… Read more ““Out of Thin Red,” The Red Dress movement hangs over STU”

Alexandra Van Rijn was in elementary school when she started banging her head against a wall to deal with her anxiety. In her late teens, when she was inflicting… Read more “N.B. leads country in self-harming behaviour that requires hospital care”

Students in New Brunswick’s public schools can expect to learn more Mi’kmaq and Maliseet content in the near future. It comes as the Department of Education begins… Read more “Mandatory Indigenous curriculum part of N.B.’s 10-year education plan”

As Canada celebrates its 150th year of Confederation, Mi’kmaq Warrior Chief, John Levi, says First Nations people are still struggling with poverty and he’s made a call to action to remind… Read more “‘It’s … insulting’: Mi’kmaq warrior chief says of Canada’s 150th celebration”

First Nations student from across the province travelled to Fredericton to celebrate the First Nations We Day, an initiative aimed at inspiring pride in Indigenous culture. Katie… Read more “First Nations We Day first for N.B. brings 700 Indigenous youth”

Indigenous women in the Maritimes and Quebec need shelters on reserves to keep them safe from domestic violence, including murder, say Indigenous social work students at St. Thomas… Read more “Indigenous social work students call for women’s shelters on reserves”

The University of New Brunswick’s vice-president academic says patience will be required as universities across Canada, including his, try to figure out how to implement calls to… Read more “UNB among schools figuring out how to add more Indigenous studies”