York Sunbury Historical Society, Board of Directors, 2026
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Board & Committee Members – Fredericton Region Museum
President: Gary Waite, Master of Arts (MA) History, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Early Modern European History, Professor Emeritus at University of New Brunswick.
Past President: Major (Retired) Harold Skaarup, CD3, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Master of Arts (MA) War Studies. Former Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel for 3 Intelligence Company.
Vice President: Cynthia Wallace-Casey, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Education Studies, Heritage Education Research Consultant.
2nd Vice President: Patrick Proctor, Bachelor of Arts (BA), History and English, Research Assistant at Gregg Centre for War and Society at UNB.
Treasurer: Evelyn Fidler, Associate of Arts, Master of Arts (MA) in History and a post graduate diploma in Material History. Kings Landing Heritage Resource Manager.
Secretary: Drew Steeves. Former Chief of Client Services at Correctional Service of Canada.
Richard Yeomans, Master of Arts (MA) Canadian History, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) History, Editor of The Oar, the official periodical of the Fredericton Region Museum.
Leah Grandy, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) History, Library Assistant at University of New Brunswick.
Annie van Deventer-Radford, University Exeter Certificate, British Pre-History, Professional Project Management Certificate, Project Specialist, Archaeology and Heritage Branch, Fredericton.
Elder Ramona Moon, Nekutkuk First Nation, Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Native Studies and Anthropology, Master of Arts (MA) in Archaeology.
Aggie Sliwka, UNB Librarian, Historical Studies, Leadership Studies, Political Science, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Literacy.
Nicole O’Byrne, Master of Laws (LLM) Legal History, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Law, Associate Professor at UNB Law, Co-host, Witness to Yesterday, the Podcast of the Champlain Society, President of the Canadian Law and Society Association, University of New Brunswick Faculty-at-Large Senator.
Karen Daigle, City of Fredericton representative, Senior Programming & Operations Lead.
Executive Director: Alena Kraznikova, Bachelor of Arts (BA) Art History, Master of Arts (MA) Art History.
Museum Intern: Connor Fraser.
Former Board Members and current Advisors:
Fred White, Maxine Campbell, Ruth Murgatroyd, Melynda Jarratt, Gary Campbell, Doug Hall, Ian MacEachern, Jennifer Dow, Glenn Leonard, Anqi Fang.
The Oar
Since 1985, when it began as a quarterly newsletter for the Fredericton Region Museum, The Officer’s Quarters has been an important part of the work of the York-Sunbury Historical Society in documenting the history of Fredericton and surrounding area. After 40 years of publication, the Society will be retiring The Officer’s Quarters as its annual publication and launching a new periodical with an expanded mandate and fresh design.
The Oar, New Brunswick’s popular history magazine, will launch in Summer 2026 as the new official annual periodical of the York-Sunbury Historical Society and the Fredericton Region Museum. To better encapsulate the storied pasts of this place and the peoples who live here, the mandate of The Oar will include histories and narratives not fixed within the Fredericton region or Wolastoq [Saint John] River Valley. In the spirit of propelling forward the telling of these shared stories and pasts, this new publication invites submissions from contributors interested in writing pieces for popular or wide audiences.