New BrunswickBill 6Royal Assent
Bill 6: An Act to Amend the University of New Brunswick Act
Sponsor: Hon. Jean-Claude D'AmoursIntroduced October 22, 2025Checked September 4, 2026
Read the official textOfficial version — Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick
What this bill does
This bill amends the University of New Brunswick Act to update governance structures, job titles, and definitions, including creating a formal Libraries Council, adding new vice-presidential roles, modernizing language to remove gendered pronouns, and formally recognizing librarians and contract academic instructors as participants in university governance.
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Business impact
This bill primarily affects the University of New Brunswick as an institution, not private businesses. It reorganizes internal administrative titles (e.g., replacing 'Vice-President Academic' with 'Provost and Vice President Academic'), formalizes the role of librarians and contract academic instructors in senate and council governance, and creates a new Libraries Council. The changes affect university administrators, faculty, librarians, and part-time instructors working on the Fredericton and Saint John campuses. There is no meaningful impact on private sector businesses.
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Where this bill is
First ReadingOctober 22, 2025
Second ReadingOctober 28, 2025
CommitteeNovember 4, 2025
Third ReadingNovember 18, 2025
Royal AssentDecember 12, 2025
Now law — awaiting coming into force
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