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UNB students dedicated to improving mental health on campus
UNB Newsroom
Posted: December 22, 2021 12:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
Four psychology students in the faculty of arts at the University of New Brunswick are using a unique experiential learning opportunity to help their peers improve their mental health. Michelle Addy, Yelena Birk, Holly McLaughlin and Mallory Murphy are serving as positive mental health coordinators with UNB Counselling Services through the Arts Internship Program on the Fredericton campus....
Read the full postUNB’s female athletes making an impact
UNB Newsroom
Posted: December 17, 2021 3:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Being a varsity athlete is often one of many ways students are involved with their school and community. University of New Brunswick students and Saint John Seawolves Julia Bennett and Mattye Robson are two examples of what strong female leadership looks like both on and off the court. Julia Bennett is a fourth-year bachelor of nursing student and women’s varsity basketball player who is...
Read the full postFrank McKenna to honour Georgio Gaudet with donation to UNB
UNB Newsroom
Posted: December 17, 2021 10:45:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
The McKenna Institute at the University of New Brunswick announces that The Hon. Frank McKenna, PC, OC, ONB, QC, F.ICD, will honour long-time New Brunswick public servant Georgio Gaudet with a $100,000 donation to support women studying in the faculty of computer science at UNB. Gaudet began his extraordinary career in 1964 as a social worker for the New Brunswick Department of Youth and...
Read the full postUNB student designs Every Child Matters display
UNB Newsroom
Posted: December 16, 2021 2:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
To support reconciliation, the Saint John City Market invited University of New Brunswick student Abby Bernard and UNB Saint John Indigenous Advisor Todd Ross to design a poster titled “Every Child Matters” featured in a glass display case on the north end of the market. Bernard is currently in her fourth year of the bachelor of science program at UNB Saint John. Over the summer,...
Read the full postGlobalChild launches international platform developed under the United Nations to capture child rights data around the world
UNB Newsroom
Posted: December 15, 2021 12:50:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
The GlobalChild team at the University of New Brunswick has successfully developed and launched the GlobalChild platform. Working under the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, the platform is the world’s first comprehensive child rights monitoring tool. Led by Dr. Ziba Vaghri, UNB is the hosting research institution of the GlobalChild program. “As an institution of higher...
Read the full postUNB Saint John student and entrepreneur wins two community awards
UNB Newsroom
Posted: December 13, 2021 4:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Agunbiade Seun Richards, a PhD candidate in interdisciplinary studies at the University of New Brunswick, has received two community awards for his successful delivery business, Door2Door Pickup Couriers, which provides accessible and affordable services to newcomers in Saint John. Mr. Richards won the Immigrant Entrepreneur award from the 40th anniversary celebration of PRUDE Inc. which...
Read the full postNB-IRDT releases first report in new population snapshot series
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: December 13, 2021 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: DataNB
Since its establishment, the New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training has been focusing on different aspects of the province’s changing population. From projects on immigration, graduation, employment, retention, and more, we have examined implications and potential solutions to a rapidly aging and migrating population. Now, in a new report series, our researchers are...
Read the full postAthlete travels coast to coast to play for Saint John Seawolves
UNB Newsroom
Posted: December 10, 2021 5:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
The uniqueness of New Brunswick continues to attract athletes from across Canada to come play for the University of New Brunswick’s varsity teams and stay for the humble Maritimes culture. Sarah Norman is a first-year bachelor of arts and education student from Nanaimo, B.C., studying at UNB’s Saint John campus. This is her first season playing varsity volleyball with the Saint...
Read the full postUNB launches LPN-BN pathway program in Miramichi
UNB Newsroom
Posted: December 7, 2021 12:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick is introducing a new LPN-BN pathway program in Miramichi, allowing licensed practical nurses to learn and work in their own community. The program will launch in September 2022 with 24 seats available. Courses will be delivered online through UNB’s College of Extended Learning and students will join the bachelor of nursing program virtually for the third...
Read the full postDorchester Penitentiary clinical educates nursing students on mental health, social justice
UNB Newsroom
Posted: December 6, 2021 12:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Abby Winters wasn’t sure what to expect when she first passed through the doors at Dorchester Penitentiary’s Shepody Healing Centre, but the unique experience transformed her perspectives on mental health and social justice. As students in UNB’s bachelor of nursing advanced standing program in Moncton, Winters and her classmates were able to participate in the clinical...
Read the full postUNB institute’s Pathways to Professions program a valuable learning opportunity
UNB Newsroom
Posted: December 2, 2021 10:00:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John, UNB Fredericton
An experiential education program for post-secondary students developed by the New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training (NB-IRDT) at the University of New Brunswick has already seen significant growth and success only two years after launching. Pathways to Professions (P2P) is a 13-week paid summer program hosted by NB-IRDT and its partners. P2P students are assigned to a...
Read the full postRegional health authorities dedicate resources for the coordination of data transfers to NB-IRDT
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: December 2, 2021 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: DataNB
Since its establishment, NB-IRDT has had a close relationship with both Regional Health Authorities in New Brunswick. Thanks to the Master Data Sharing Agreements in place, NB-IRDT holds various data sets from both the Horizon and Vitalité Health Networks on its secure platform, with more on the way. Recently, both Health Networks have partnered with NB-IRDT on the creation of a Data...
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