The university's board of governors says it will appoint two officials to consider a community request for a name change after a petition received over 1,000 signatures.
Canada s largest French-language university outside of Quebec has launched a process to review the school s connection to a British military figure involved in the deportation of Acadians.
The Moncton post-secondary school will examine the possibility of a name change in mid-April, in response to a petition launched by Acadian activist Jean-Marie Nadeau in March.