An Acadian activist has amassed over 1,100 signatures in support of changing the Université de Moncton’s name. British colonizer Robert Monckton played an instrumental role in the Acadian expulsion in the 1700s. As Suzanne Lapointe reports, the university’s students aren’t enthusiastic about the idea
- New Brunswick’s Université de Moncton will not change its name
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