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<p>St. Thomas University is updating how privacy of information will be dealt with in response to the Government of New Brunswick’s updated Right to Information and Protection of Privacy Act. The recent changes and updates to the provincial government’s act was in alignment with evolving North American information protection standards said Jeffrey Carleton, STU’s associate vice-president [&hellip;]</p>

<p>International Week An international week is coming to campus from Nov. 12 to 16. The St. Thomas University International Students&#8217; Association will officially unveil the Hall of Flags on Nov. 13 in James Dunn Hall to kick off the week. On Nov. 14, there will be a coffeehouse showcasing the talents of international students. An [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When St. Thomas University fine arts professor William Forestall went to visit Raymond Fraser on Oct. 19, he saw something in the room that made him smile.  Forestall, Fraser and students in the fine arts department at St. Thomas had worked on a book called As I See It Now that features students&#8217; photos paired [&hellip;]</p>

<p>A business started by a St. Thomas University alumna received a start-up award at the Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards on Oct. 18. Lindsay Bowman, who graduated from STU in 2004, created Bowman&#8217;s Drugstore with her husband Paul Bowman in January 2017. Paul works as the pharmacist, while Lindsay manages the backend of the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Mental Health Awareness Week A mental health awareness week will be on campus from Nov. 26-30 in preparation for exam season. Kelly Humber Kelly will be leading the activities, which will include massages, workshops with a learning strategist, meditation and more. Campus health care plan  Husoni Raymond, St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union vice-president administration, spoke [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Three students passionate about sustainability have brought back the Students for Sustainability club. &#8220;I know it&#8217;s a really important thing for students to understand because of the environmental crisis we&#8217;re facing right now and it&#8217;ll inevitably be something all of us will have to deal with in one way or another,&#8221; said Hannah Moore, co-chair [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Mayor Atkinson, Deputy Mayor West, and Councillors Fraser, Frenette, and Ward, I’ve read your statement – which is the kindest, most generous word I can find to describe it – on your compliance in the flying of the hate – that is, “straight” – flag. Is it intended as an apology? Because it sounds like an excuse: an attempt [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Freddy Beach Cannabis Mixer was held at Planet Hatch on Oct. 22. The green, blue, grey and orange chairs were filled with approximately 45 academics, researchers, university representatives and business owners from around the province. They connected with Delphy, a worldwide Dutch company known for their expertise in food and flowers &#8230; but no, [&hellip;]</p>

<p>On Oct. 17, St. Thomas University student Alex Cooke woke up at his usual time before sunrise to drive to school to work on homework. But this time he took a detour to Fredericton’s newest store, Cannabis NB. At 8:30 a.m., he was one of the first people in Canada to purchase legal cannabis from [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Enrolment As of Oct. 1, St. Thomas University has 1,953 full-time students, up by one per cent since last year, which President Dawn Russell said is due to a nine per cent increase in the number of continuing students and larger upper-year classes. STU has 605 new undergraduate students, down by 72 students from last year. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Danielle Connell saw the dead body of Alan Kurdi on the front page of a newspaper at the Harriet Irving Library, she thought for a moment he was her son. “I thought it was my son. [He] looked exactly like him. It was my son, dead, on the front cover of the Globe and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>The Purrfect Cup, a newly-opened café on Fredericton&#8217;s north side, gives students an opportunity to take a break from their studies by offering them a place to relax with coffee, confections, and of course, cats. Korey Jennings, owner of The Purrfect Cup, wanted to create a space where people could focus less on work and [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University raised the Wəlastəkewiyik and the Mi’kmaq Grand Council flags on Oct. 15.  Approximately 50 people watched as Trenton Augustine, STU&#8217;s Aboriginal student services coordinator and Hon. Graydon Nicholas, the Endowed Chair in Native Studies at STU, raised the flags outside James Dunn Hall. As the flags were raised, the Sisters of the Drum performed [&hellip;]</p>

<p>STU to go sensory friendly?  St. Thomas University Students&#8217; Union president Brianna Workman spoke with start-up company Sensory Friendly Solutions, to discuss creating a more sensory sensitive environment for students on campus. &#8220;[This] essentially tends to make it more appealing and comfortable for folks who may be on the autism spectrum, have PTSD or other [&hellip;]</p>

<p>If anything, we’re underestimating how partisan American politics has become in recent years, according to Christopher Cochrane. Cochrane, a St. Thomas graduate now teaching at the University of Toronto, told an audience in Ted Daigle Auditorium on Oct. 9 that polls and social media monitoring indicate that people are increasingly drawn to the political poles [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Warning: this story contains graphic content that may disturb some readers. Marilyn Ingram of Elsipogtog First Nation said she carries guilt and trauma from her experience at Shubenacadie Indian Residential School. &#8220;They would come and take you away in the night and I wanted to protect my younger sister. I’d take her and put her [&hellip;]</p>

<p>St. Thomas University graduate Michael Pallotto will see his first scholarly article published this winter in collaboration with Catholic Studies professor Matt Dinan. The article titled Joseph Ratzinger’s ‘Kierkegaardian Option’ in Introduction to Christianity examines the works of Joseph Ratzinger, now known as Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, and his borrowing of ideas from Soren Kierkegaard, a 19th century Lutheran philosopher. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Professor Shaun Narine travelled to Asia in 2007 to conduct research for a book he was writing. Now, more than a decade later, The New ASEAN in Asia Pacific and Beyond is finished. &#8220;The problem with writing a political science book is that it&#8217;s a constantly moving target,&#8221; said the international relations professor. &#8220;That&#8217;s one critical difference between [&hellip;]</p>

<p>When Bob Rae was leaving Myanmar after a humanitarian envoy in February of 2018, he spoke with a man of the stateless Rohingya people. He asked the man what he should tell everyone when he got back to Canada. “He said, ‘Tell them we’re human, we’re not dogs, we’re not rats. We’re not inferior, we’re [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Four students are developing a platform called Queue to help New Brunswickers with non-urgent conditions avoid long wait times in hospitals. The students describe it as “a mobile wait time concierge.” Chien Dat Nguyen Dinh, second-year electrical engineering student at the University of New Brunswick and founder of Queue, came to Canada in 2013. He appreciates [&hellip;]</p>