The Promise Partnership

The Promise Partnership at UNB Saint John began in 2009, and is an initiative led out of the Vice-President’s Office. This initiative is helping UNB Saint John to fulfill some of the commitments from its strategic plan: to provide exceptional opportunities for our students, while building a better UNB and a better province - to be leaders in community engagement.

Today the Promise Partnership has invested its efforts, with a growing number of partners, in the future leaders of Hazen-White/St. Francis School (HWSF), in Crescent Valley, one of the five priority neighbourhoods in Saint John.

Working closely with teachers and staff at the school, Hazen White/St. Francis students are assigned a mentor from UNB Saint John.  Mentors work with HWSF students to help reinforce, and support, academics taught in the classroom.  

In addition to programming that takes place at HWSF, a high school tutoring program is offered on the UNBSJ campus to former graduates of Hazen White/St. Francis and Lorne Middle school (another of the five priority neighbourhoods in Saint John). 

With the help of many partnerships along the way, the Promise Partnership has been able to continue its work with the youth in two priority neighbourhoods in Saint John.  This program has provided UNB Saint John students with the ability to “give back” to their community and truly make a difference in the life of a student. 

The Promise Partnership is truly a partnership.  Without the support of local agencies, schools, businesses, UNBSJ students, and so many more, the promise partnership would not be possible.