The award committee and the Editorial Board of the Journal of New Brunswick Studies/Revue d’études sur le Nouveau-Brunswick, are pleased to announce that The Higgs Years: Leading and Dividing New Brunswick (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2025), edited by Dr. Gabriel Arsenault, associate professor of political science at the Université de Moncton and associate researcher at the Donald J. Savoie Institute, is the winner of the 2025 New Brunswick Scholarly Book Award, https://www.mqup.ca/higgs-years--the-products-9780228024378.php?page_id=73&.

As the award committee notes, "The Higgs Years provides a timely analysis of Blaine Higgs’ tenure as Progressive Conservative premier of New Brunswick from 2018-2024. As such it advances our knowledge and understanding of the politics, culture, and society of the province."

More information about the 2025 award may be found here: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/JNBS/announcement