Alcohol Policy

Alcohol policy

Alcohol Policy Survey

Have your say in shaping the future of UNB’s Alcohol Policy

The Alcohol Policy Review Committee is looking for feedback from UNB students, faculty and staff on a new draft alcohol policy. The current policy has been in place since 2009. Since that time, a President’s Task Force was charged to review the policies and practices related to alcohol on the Fredericton campus. That report made a number of recommendations.

The scope of the alcohol policy is university-wide and so a bi-campus Alcohol Policy Review Committee was established to revisit the existing policy. This group includes representation from the SRC (Saint John), the Student Union (Fredericton), the Graduate Student Association (Fredericton) and university employees from both Fredericton and Saint John.

Ultimately, the goal of the draft alcohol policy is to foster a safe and healthy environment in relation to alcohol for everyone including students, faculty, staff, alumni, and guests. For the most part, the draft policy is simply making clear current practice. Revisions to the policy were informed by research into best practices relating to harm reduction and responsible consumption.

So, you’re interested in the survey, where do you start?

Know that your voice matters

The Alcohol Policy Working Group wants to develop a policy that meets the needs of our students, faculty, staff and community stakeholders. We can only accomplish this goal if our community members share their open and constructive feedback.

Familiarize yourself with the following:

  1. The President’s Task Force on Alcohol: UNB Fredericton is the Alcohol Policy Working Group’s call to action. It features background information on existing policies that regulate alcohol consumption, campus initiatives to reduce alcohol-related harms, and recommendations for reducing harmful student alcohol use on the UNB campus and among UNB students.

  2. Review these reports on fostering safer campus environments relating to alcohol. These reports look at the Canadian campus context and present research related to risk management and harm reduction.

  3. Read the Draft Alcohol Policy. Questions about the proposed policy can be sent to the Alcohol Policy Working Group at thoughtsonalcohol@unb.ca.

  4. When you feel you’re informed, please complete the feedback survey.

Students who participate will have a chance to enter to win a pair of Beats by Dre headphones!

Take the survey

Note: The survey will be available from April 1-11, 2019.

Share with us

If you have anything else you wish to share about the current review of the UNB Alcohol Policy Review, please connect with the Alcohol Policy Working Group at thoughtsonalcohol@unb.ca or in writing to the following address:

Alcohol Policy Working Group
Student Services - C.C. Jones Building
University of New Brunswick
26 Bailey Drive, PO Box 4400
Fredericton, NB
E3B 5A3

Looking for more information? Here are some links to more information on safer alcohol consumption and low-risk drinking guidelines.