Sidebar

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CONTEST!!! The Brunswickan has partnered with The Capital Complex to give two tickets to the Tokyo Police Club Concert in Fredericton on April 11th at the Boyce Farmers Market! To enter, LIKE Sidebar and the Capital Complex’s Facebook page. SHARE, LIKE this post and TAG, in the comments, the person you would have tag along! Entries will be accepted until 9 p.m. March 29th. The winner will be selected by random draw and announced at 12 p.m. on March 30th. ... Tickets for the event can be otherwise purchased at the this link, https://www.facebook.com/UNBSUCampusEvents. Use the code UNBSUEVENTS for 50% off if you are a student

CONTEST!!! The Brunswickan has partnered with the Captial Complex to give two tickets to the Wintersleep Concert in Fredericton on March 28th at the Boyce Farmers Market. To enter, like Sidebar and The Capital Complex Complex’s Facebook page. Share, like this post and tag the person you would have tag along! Entries will be accepted until 9 p.m. March 22nd. The winner will be selected by random draw and announced at 12 p.m. on March 23rd. ... Tickets for the event can be otherwise purchased at the this link, https://www.facebook.com/UNBSUCampusEvents. Use the code UNBSUEVENTS for 50% off if you are a student.

Imelda Perley grew up completely immersed in the Wolastoquey language on Tobique First Nation. But when day schools opened and nuns came to the community her mother tongue was banned. English-only speaker policies have reversed the flow of language in communities around the province. This month’s episode of Sidebar is the first of a two-part series on the state of Indigenous languages in New Brunswick. Listen to the podcast: https://bit.ly/2TpWl3g

We're back! This month's episode is the first of a two-part series on the state of Indigenous languages in New Brunswick. We start off by looking at how decades of English-only policies have resulted in a near dissaperance of native speakers. Take a listen