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The Spirit of Memorial Hall
Angie Deveau
Posted: October 30, 2020 11:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
The following story is a tale told by Angie Deveau, a communications officer at the University of New Brunswick. Have you ever wondered if any spirits drift through the halls of the University of New Brunswick late at night? Well, Terry Parsons, a patrol officer on UNB Fredericton’s security team, knows the answer to that question. Established in 1785, UNB is the oldest English-language...
Read the full postWhat our Pathways to Professions staff and students were up to over the summer
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: October 30, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: DataNB
Learn more about the 2020 program in review, the students, the research and ways you can get involved. Meet the Editor: The 2020 Program in Review was compiled and edited by this year’s Student Communications Coordinator, Noubahar Hasnain. Noubahar is a fourth-year Business Administration student at UNB, originally from Mount Pearl, Newfoundland. She has aspirations to use her Honours in...
Read the full postCelebrating UNB’s 2020 Graduates
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 29, 2020 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick will celebrate the accomplishments of its almost 600 fall graduates at virtual graduation ceremonies on Saturday, Nov. 7. UNB is proud of the 288 students receiving their bachelor’s degrees, the 293 earning master’s degrees and 17 achieving the highest level of academic achievement, the PhD. At the ceremonies, significant graduate awards will be...
Read the full postAnnual Ottilia Chareka lecture asks how Atlantic Canadian education systems can help combat systemic racism
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 29, 2020 10:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
On Thursday, Oct. 29, the UNB Fredericton’s faculty of education will present the 9th Annual Ottilia Chareka Memorial Lecture on Education and Social Justice with a panel discussion: How can education systems in Atlantic Canada best respond to calls to combat systemic racism and to adopt anti-racist principles? Canadian civic discourse is permeated with deliberation about the...
Read the full postJDI Roundtable moves online, facilitating greater access
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 28, 2020 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
Spurred by necessity and opportunity, the 2020 JDI Roundtable on Manufacturing Competitiveness in New Brunswick Forum will be a transformed experience. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and necessary restrictions on gatherings, and seizing an opportunity to open the Forum to even more stakeholders across the province, the 2020 Forum has shifted from an in-person event to a series of...
Read the full postUniversity of New Brunswick professor elected to the Royal Society of Canada
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 27, 2020 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick’s Dr. Gary Waite has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), the senior national, bilingual council of distinguished Canadian scholars, humanists, scientists and artists. Currently the acting chair of the history and classics departments in UNB Fredericton’s faculty of arts, Dr. Waite joins 86 others as new Fellows in the Academies of Arts...
Read the full postUNB professor Greg Marquis to read as part of Lorenzo Society series
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 26, 2020 1:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Greg Marquis, professor of history and politics at the University of New Brunswick Saint John, will launch his new book, John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Year Canada Was Cool on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m. ADT., as part of the Lorenzo Society’s virtual series. In 1969, at the height of John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono’s popularity, they visited Canada. Recounting the story of events...
Read the full postUNB to present professors emeriti rankings, teaching and research awards at fall convocation
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 23, 2020 1:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick will honour three outstanding individuals for their accomplishments and commitment to teaching and research at its virtual fall convocation ceremonies on Saturday, Nov. 7. UNB will also be awarding Professors Emeriti distinctions to five of its retired faculty members. Excellence in Teaching Awards Two UNB Saint John faculty members will be recognized with Dr....
Read the full postGlobal health researcher brings child health expertise and international experience to UNB
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 20, 2020 3:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
Dr. Ziba Vaghri has journeyed the world researching and advocating for children’s health, development and rights. Now, Dr. Vaghri is bringing that passion and expertise to the University of New Brunswick. She was recently appointed as a Senior Research Associate in the department of psychology on UNB’s Saint John campus. “UNB offers a unique opportunity for this work. There...
Read the full postUNB to analyze student retention and labour market outcomes in New Brunswick
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 19, 2020 11:50:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick is conducting an analysis of post-secondary student retention and labour market outcomes in the province through a collaborative project funded by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA). The New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training (NB-IRDT) at UNB will work with the provincial departments of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour,...
Read the full postLaunching UNB Fredericton’s Campus Sustainability Plan
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 19, 2020 9:56:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
As part of its new Strategic Vision, the University of New Brunswick plans to become a leading institution in sustainability. UNB Fredericton’s Campus Sustainability Plan (CSP) is the first of its kind for a post-secondary institution within New Brunswick and provides a road map of how UNB will meet this goal. The plan focuses on four key areas: Academics; Engagement; Operations;...
Read the full postUNB continues connecting students with sustainable experiential educational opportunities
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 16, 2020 1:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Community-engaged learning, a form of experiential education, helps students connect what they’re learning in the classroom to what’s happening in their communities and give them skills to think about solutions to some of the grand challenges in our world. Environmental, economic and social sustainability are just a few of these challenges, and students from the University of New...
Read the full postLorenzo Society’s Virtual Book Club to feature author Genevieve Graham
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 15, 2020 3:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
The next Lorenzo Virtual Book Club meeting will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. (AST) and will feature bestselling author Genevieve Graham discussing her recent book, The Forgotten Home Child. The Home for Unwanted Girls meets Orphan Train in this unforgettable novel about a young girl caught in a scheme to rid England’s streets of destitute children, and the lengths she will...
Read the full postUniversity of New Brunswick announces valedictorians
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 15, 2020 10:56:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick will celebrate the accomplishments of its 2020 graduates at virtual graduation ceremonies on Saturday, Nov. 7. The ceremonies for graduates on the Fredericton campus will take place at 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., with the Saint John event being held at 5 p.m. Information regarding the degrees to be distributed at each specific ceremony can be found at...
Read the full postConnecting students with sustainable experiential educational experiences
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 13, 2020 4:55:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John
A University of New Brunswick student in Saint John was one of many who participated in experiential learning programs during the summer, making a major impact for community groups and leading the way toward a sustainable future. With support from the Office of Experiential Education’s many funding programs, students from all faculties and disciplines were able to partner with local...
Read the full postPromoting self-care for World Mental Health Day
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 9, 2020 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
In recognition of World Mental Health Day, the University of New Brunswick is highlighting a few of the various ways our instructors have promoted wellness and self-care practices within various course offerings across our campuses over the past year. World Mental Health Day is a campaign created by the World Health Organization (WHO) that takes place every year on Oct. 10 to raise awareness...
Read the full postUNB lab seeking participants for diabetes research
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 8, 2020 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The Cardiometabolic Exercise and Lifestyle Laboratory (CELLab) at the University of New Brunswick is seeking individuals living with prediabetes or Type 2 diabetes to participate in a free exercise program. Exercise with Diabetes is a program that will identify low- or non-responders – individuals who do not benefit from following the Canadian Physical Activity Guidelines – and...
Read the full postSelf-employment trends in New Brunswick
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: October 7, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: DataNB
A lot can change in 30 years. Different businesses open and close their doors, and advances in technology and shifts in the labour market change the way we work. At NB-IRDT, we examined self-employment trends in New Brunswick over the past 30 years (1982-2016) to see if/how self-employment has changed – and why. While the proportion of self-employed New Brunswickers has remained fairly...
Read the full postUNB to celebrate Sustainability Week
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 5, 2020 11:40:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
University of New Brunswick Sustainability will be hosting its third annual bi-campus Sustainability Week from Oct. 13 to 16. Due to COVID-19, the week will be exclusively virtual. Follow along with a variety of partnering UNB social media accounts throughout the week as they share how they are celebrating sustainability. There will also be several virtual events, including a green business...
Read the full postUNB provides expertise to secure AIs and protect public sector accountability
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 1, 2020 3:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Researchers at the University of New Brunswick’s Cybersecurity Institute of Canada (CIC) will support more reliable and secure auditing programs through a new collaborative research agreement. The CIC, a leading research facility located on UNB’s Fredericton campus, has partnered with SageTea Software to support the development of secure artificial intelligence solutions which will...
Read the full postUNB hosts virtual Atlantic Provinces Autism Conference
UNB Newsroom
Posted: October 1, 2020 1:30:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Organizers of the Atlantic Provinces Autism Conference (APAC) are not letting the restrictions of a global pandemic affect the momentum of last year’s inaugural event. On Nov. 5, the University of New Brunswick College of Extended Learning will host the second annual APAC, entirely online. “Last year was a huge success and attendees appreciated the opportunity to come...
Read the full postImmigrant retention in New Brunswick
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: October 1, 2020 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: DataNB
It is no secret that New Brunswick has been facing the problem of an aging, shrinking population for some time now. However, this is a problem with a solution, and the Government of New Brunswick has identified immigration as a key strategy. Through investment in programs like the Provincial Nominee Program, New Brunswick has attracted a growing number of immigrants – but for immigration...
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