The Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society

10/15/2026

Tonight's the night, join us for a lecture everyone will be talking about!

Happening tomorrow!

Join us for the inaugural Stephen Smith Lecture featuring Francis Farrell, frontline reporter with the Kyiv Independent.

Since 2022, Farrell has reported from Ukraine's front lines, documenting the realities of war and the challenges journalists face covering conflict in an increasingly complex and dangerous media landscape.

In "Reporting Under Drone-Infested Skies: Stories from Ukraine's Front Line," he will share firsthand insights into reporting from active conflict zones, the impact of drone warfare on journalism, and life in wartime Ukraine.

This is a unique opportunity to hear directly from a journalist working on the ground in one of the world's most closely watched conflicts.

📅 Tomorrow, October 15
🕖 7 p.m.
📍 Tilley Hall, Room 102, UNB Fredericton

We hope you'll join us for this important conversation.

10/07/2026

We are on station at UNB's Currie Centre for UNB's Research Week Celebration. This morning features the many research centres and institutes that call UNB home. Come visit with us and check out all the things we're doing at UNB! We're here until 11:30!

10/05/2026

Big News! You won't want to miss this event!

What does it mean to report from one of the world's most significant ongoing conflicts?

Join us for the inaugural Stephen Smith Lecture, featuring Francis Farrell, frontline reporter with the Kyiv Independent, Ukraine's largest independent English-language media outlet.

Since 2022, Farrell has reported from Ukraine's front lines, documenting the realities of war, speaking with military leaders and analysts, and sharing the stories of those living through the conflict.

In his lecture, "Reporting Under Drone-Infested Skies: Stories from Ukraine's Front Line,"Farrell will discuss the evolving challenges of conflict journalism, the impact of drone warfare on frontline reporting, and his experiences covering life in wartime Ukraine.

📅 October 15, 2026
🕖 7 p.m.
📍 Tilley Hall, Room 102, UNB Fredericton

This event offers a unique opportunity to hear firsthand insights into modern warfare, international journalism and the realities facing Ukraine today.

09/29/2026

Reporting Under Drone Infested Skies: The Transformation of Modern War in Ukraine

The Gregg Centre and the Combat Training Centre are excited to welcome Francis Farrell, a reporter for The Kyiv Independent, to Canada in mid-October 2026. Farrell is coming primarily to speak with instructors and staff at the Combat Training Centre on Base Gagetown about developments in Ukraine's embattled Donetsk Region. Since he’s coming all the way to Canada, he has agreed to speak at at UNB’s Fredericton campus on Thursday 15 October as well as venues in Ottawa and Toronto.
Stay tuned for more details!

09/23/2026

We are thrilled to be partnering with the UNB Department of Historical Studies for this exciting Lecture. Please join us....

This semester is chock-full of Department events! Please join us, in partnership with the The Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society, for a public lecture by Dr. Rebecca Carter-Chand on Friday, October 2, from 4-5:30PM:

"Christian Internationalism and German Belonging: The Salvation Army from Imperial Germany to Na**sm."

07/10/2026

We hope you can join us at the Black Loyalist Academic and Community Knowledge Conference on July 31 to August 3, 2026 at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, NB.

The registration site is now live: https://site.pheedloop.com/event/BLACK2026/home

06/30/2026

Friends and community members are warmly invited to this year’s Black Loyalist Academic and Community Knowledge (BLACK) conference held at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton from July 31 to August 3, 2026. This year’s conference is part of the Still Here Emancipation celebration in Fredericton that celebrates four centuries of Black heritage, resilience, and community in New Brunswick. We are looking forward to the workshops and sessions featuring scholars, artists, writers, and community historians.

Come celebrate with us and be part of this important conversation!

Visit https://site.pheedloop.com/event/BLACK2026/home/ for more information and to register.

06/01/2026

The Gregg Centre supported three of our PhD candidates attending this years 36rd Canadian Military History Colloquium at Wilfrid Laurier University from May 8 to 9, 2026.
Here is what they had to say;

Nancy Carvell
"The Canadian Military History Colloquium is a wonderful place to meet fellow researchers studying war and society to share ideas. I am thankful to have had the opportunity to present at this year's colloquium! The feedback I received on my paper is greatly appreciated."

Bradley Shoebottom
“I love going to the Laurier Military History Conference because it is a chance to meet old friends and former colleagues and to be reinvigorated each year that ‘military history matters.
Rob Smol and Bill March were great panellists with me on the Last 100 Days of the First World War. I think we certainly helped show that ‘Canada, and the RAF, punched above its weight’ in the final campaign.”

Robert Smol
"I find that this conference is a perfect opportunity to network with other graduate students who are working on related subjects. It is also an opportunity to see what new areas of interest are emerging in Canadian military history."

05/28/2026

The Gregg Centre extends a formal congratulations to all the UNB graduates this week and would like to send a special congratulations to Thien Dang. Thien worked with the Gregg Centre team as a research and program assistant during his studies and he will continue his education at UNB in the fall as he pursues his Masters Degree in historical studies.

We wish him and all the graduates the greatest success in their future endeavours!
Photo – Thien Dang and Nancy Day

05/24/2026

To understand the future of coastal defence, we had to stand where history was made. 🥾🌊

We teamed up with Dr. Windsor of the and for a tactical field study of Saint John Harbour’s historic coast defence system at Partridge Island. On the island, Dr. Windsor guided our members as we inspected the historic radar, range finder, and concrete gun positions that provided critical protection for Saint John and Canada as a whole. This exercise was all about using the lessons of the past to analyze contemporary defence challenges.

Click the video and watch the action unfold as Royal Canadian Navy Reserve small boat crews from across Atlantic Canada—led by —skillfully ferried our members and Dr. Windsor through the powerful Bay of Fundy tides to a location steeped in heritage.

🎥 Cpl Veldman



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Pour comprendre l'avenir de la défense côtière, nous devions nous tenir là où l'histoire s'est écrite. 🥾🌊

Nous avons fait équipe avec le Dr Windsor du et le pour une étude de terrain tactique du système historique de défense côtière du port de Saint John à l'île Partridge. Sur l'île, le Dr Windsor a guidé nos membres alors que nous inspections les positions historiques de radar, de télémétrie et d'artillerie en béton qui ont assuré la protection essentielle de Saint John et du Canada dans son ensemble. Cet exercice visait avant tout à utiliser les enseignements du passé pour analyser les défis de défense contemporains.

Cliquez sur la vidéo et voyez l'action se déployer alors que des équipages de petites embarcations de la Réserve de la Marine royale canadienne de toute la région de l'Atlantique—dirigés par le —ont transporté avec brio nos membres et le Dr Windsor à travers les puissantes marées de la baie de Fundy jusqu'à ce lieu chargé de notre patrimoine.

🎥 Cpl Veldman