Your home, our community

Living in residence is more than just a place to live and stay.  By living in residence, you'll experience unique opportunities outside of the classroom to grow, make life lasting friends, excel and become part of a community.  We're pleased you've chosen to live on campus.  Our small size will provide you with an opportunity you can't find at many other residences. You'll have an opportunity to get to know many people-not to mention a chance to get to know the Residence Life and Residence Staff in a more personal manner. UNB Saint John is a wonderful place to live and learn.

Comprehensive support and a welcoming community

The Residence Life team is here to support your academic success and ensure that you get the most out of your stay at UNB Saint John.  It consists of front line student support staff, the Resident Assistants, and the elected Residence Council lead by the Residence Life Coordinator.

With your help, we can foster a safe, comfortable, fun and accepting home, create an environment conductive to a safe and healthy learning environment and will provide you with the opportunity to learn how to communicate and interact within a community while growing and developing as an individual with mutual respect for each other. 

We welcome people from all backgrounds and cultures and hope that you will enjoy our diverse community that you will experience and come familiar with during the school year.

Residence Life staff

Our Residence Life Staff consists of trained Residence Assistants (RA's): one on each floor in the Dr.  Colin B. Mackay Residence and three in the A and B building of the Sir James Dunn Residence. RAs are upper year students who also live in residence with you. 

This group of student leaders are hired by Residence Life to help you in your pursuit of academic and social growth.  Each RA is responsible for providing a safe and secure living environment, making sure rules are followed that are conducive to a safe and healthy living and learning environment, as well as leadership assistance, and support to you in whatever way you need it. The on-duty RA can be reached at anytime of day or night.

Residence Council

Life is not complete here without the many fun social activities that take place within the walls of the residences.  Your Residence Council are a group of students who are elected by the students and volunteer their time and effort for you to help you make the most out of your residence and University experience.  From movie nights, ski trips and formal, to year-end dinner, socials, house clothing and much more, the Residence Council is a great way to get involved.

Remember, residence is what you make it.

Ryan Bennett, Residence Life Coordinator

"Your experience in Residence is what you make out of it.  Get involved and have fun, as these could be the best years of your life.  My experience here so far has been great as you get to meet lots of new people and can get involved within Residence and with the University, as we have an advantage  of being close to all the awesome activities.  It's definitely  a great place to live but, you have to live here to experience it for yourself."

Brittany Nelson, 2nd year BN student