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Health care reform outside of N.B. hospitals
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 12, 2026
Category: UNB in the News
In an opinion shared via the Telegraph-Journal, Bernard Lord a former New Brunswick premier and now CEO of Medavie, takes a broader look at why our system feels stretched, and how programs such as UNB’s Integrated Health Initiative can help advance care. Read the article Pictured: The upcoming Health and Social Innovation Centre on UNB's Saint John campus.
Read the full postNew federal funding will support improvements to EDI in Atlantic academic institutions
Jeremy Elder-Jubelin
Posted: May 12, 2026
Category: Research , UNB Saint John , UNB Fredericton
The Government of Canada recently announced a new round of awards under its Dimensions Canada program, which includes one project led by the University of New Brunswick and a second one which counts UNB among its partners. Dimensions Canada is administered by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, in collaboration with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the...
Read the full postUNB launches New Brunswick’s only PhD in Nursing program
Tim Jaques
Posted: May 12, 2026
Category: UNB Fredericton , UNB Saint John , Announcements
Delivered largely online with short in-person residencies in Fredericton, the program offers nurses a local pathway to doctorate education. The nursing shortage is often seen in terms of empty shifts and crowded wards. Less visible is another looming shortage: nurses who are educated to teach, conduct research and lead. To help address this issue, the University of New Brunswick has created...
Read the full postNew ResearchNB priority sector funding supports five UNB-led projects
Jeremy Elder-Jubelin
Posted: May 11, 2026
Category: Research , UNB Saint John , UNB Fredericton
Five projects led by University of New Brunswick researchers have been awarded funding from ResearchNB’s Priority Sector Development Fund. UNB-funded projects cover a wide range of topics: from supporting New Brunswick’s bustling seaports, to tracking the seasonal movements of predatory striped bass, to developing new ways to repair and maintain hydroelectric power turbines, to...
Read the full postNational Campaign Underscores the Essential Role of UNB and Canada’s Universities
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 6, 2026
Category: UNB in the News
Universities Canada has launched Possible With U, a national campaign that highlights the everyday impact universities have on people, communities and Canada’s future. New national polling shows that Canadians continue to place trust in universities and view them as essential community anchors. Research also shows an opportunity: while support is growing, the day-to-day ways universities...
Read the full postDefending Canada in cyberspace: UNB’s national leadership in cybersecurity research and training
Tim Jaques
Posted: May 5, 2026
Category: UNB Fredericton
As cyber operations become a core instrument of national power, the University of New Brunswick’s Canadian Institute for Cybersecurity—home to the federally funded Cyber Attribution Data Centre—is advancing research, training and intelligence capabilities critical to Canada’s defence. The advanced technology of modern warfare isn’t just found in tanks, ships, jets...
Read the full postMeet the researcher: Dr. Matthew Stackhouse, Purdy Crawford/Stephen Jarislowsky Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Policy
Jeremy Elder-Jubelin
Posted: Apr 29, 2026
Category: Research , UNB Saint John , UNB Fredericton
“When we look at the societal discourse around neurodevelopmental disabilities, like autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and so on, there's a lot of blame. There's a lot of trying to understand the causes. Yet there’s little discourse around family circumstances, and the ways we can help families access the services and supports they need.” Dr....
Read the full postMedavie Foundation helps UNB create Youth Mental Health Research Chair and lab
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Apr 22, 2026
Category: Press Releases
The Medavie Foundation has made a three-year, $750,000 investment in applied youth mental health research at the University of New Brunswick. The Medavie Foundation’s support will be used to establish a Chair in Youth Mental Health as part of UNB’s Saint John-based Integrated Health Initiative (IHI). Of this foundational investment, $500,000 will help support staffing expenses of...
Read the full postEngineering design symposium highlights student innovation at UNB
Tim Jaques
Posted: Apr 16, 2026
Category: UNB Fredericton
Capstone projects demonstrate how classroom theory translates into real-world engineering solutions. The Allison D. McCain Commons on the University of New Brunswick Fredericton campus shone on April 2 as it hosted the 12th annual Engineering Design Symposium. It was the first time the symposium had been held at the McCain Commons since the 1,500-square-foot, three-storey structure—built...
Read the full postThe poetry of physics: UNB graduate student wins national quantum arts prize
Kayla Cormier
Posted: Apr 14, 2026
Category: UNB Fredericton , Faculty of Science
To Cristian Ramirez Rodriguez, a UNB graduate physics student, physics and poetry go hand in hand—and his poems prove it. Ramirez Rodriguez won first place in the literature category of the 2025 Canadian Association of Physicists Quantum Arts Competition, a national initiative celebrating creativity inspired by quantum science. Ramirez Rodriguez’s winning poem, “Pauli...
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