Tag archive for ‘education’
UNB co-hosts annual math competition (Comments Off)
5/07/13 •
The 31st Annual New Brunswick Mathematics Competition for Grade 7, 8 and 9 will take place on Friday, May 10, 2013. Nearly 1,200 students from across the province will travel to both the Fredericton and Saint [...]
World expert on pre-school education coming to UNB (Comments Off)
4/29/13 •
The principal researcher for the largest study ever conducted on the impact of preschool education on children will give a free public lecture at the University of New Brunswick Fredericton campus on Wednesday, May 1. For [...]
Ottilia Chareka Memorial Lecture: how educational leaders tackle social issues (Comments Off)
4/03/13 •
On Thursday, April 4, at 7 p.m. in Room 261 of Marshall d’Avray Hall, the UNB Fredericton faculty of education is honoured to present the second annual Dr. Ottilia Chareka Memorial Lecture in Education and Social [...]
Artist Jennifer Pazienza to present at UNB (Comments Off)
3/11/13 •
On Thursday, March 14, at 7 p.m. the Faculty of Education Colloquium Series is proud to host Dr. Jennifer Pazienza who will present Beautiful Dreamer, at Marshall d’Avray Hall, Room 356, UNB Fredericton Campus. In a world [...]
Education faculty looks to offer new online program (11)
2/27/13 •
UNB’s faculty of education has partnered with the Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation and the Jimmy Pratt Family Foundation to conduct a feasibility study into an online bachelor of education degree in early childhood education. [...]
CEL offers new program for senior business leaders (Comments Off)
2/08/13 •
Anyone who has excelled in business knows that it can be lonely at the top. The University of New Brunswick Executive Education Centre at the College of Extended Learning (CEL) has developed a new Executive Education [...]
Eddy Campbell to co-lead Canadian university mission to Ukraine: Deepened collaboration is the goal (Comments Off)
2/07/13 •
Ever since Ukraine declared its independence in 1991, Canada has been a leading supporter of the country’s nascent democracy. The Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) has partnered with the Canadian government in support of civil [...]
Guest lecturer to discuss ways to teach today’s kids to be literate (Comments Off)
2/05/13 •
How do we teach children to be literate in today’s world? With changing modes of communication, does ‘being literate’ mean something different than it used to? These are a couple of the questions researcher Jennifer Rowsell will touch [...]
Colloquium series to discuss pros and cons of U.S. education programs (Comments Off)
12/03/12 •
On Thursday Dec. 6, UNB’s faculty of education will present a Colloquium Series with Katy Arnett at 7 p.m. In Room 356 of Marshall d’Avray Hall, UNB Fredericton. Dr. Arnett will present English learners in U.S. Schools: [...]
Professor Jeff Landine to present about work satisfaction (Comments Off)
11/19/12 •
On Thursday, Nov. 22, Jeffrey Landine, assistant professor with UNB’s faculty of education, will present Finding satisfaction at work; finding satisfaction from work at 7 p.m. at Marshall d’Avray Hall, 10 MacKay Dr., in Room 356, at UNB [...]
UNB students to share their experiences in Malawi (Comments Off)
11/08/12 •
This past summer, seven UNB students from the faculties of nursing, kinesiology, law, arts and engineering participated in the UNB Students for Development Program funded by the Government of Canada and administered by the Association of [...]
Cleghorn Tour transforms the way teachers teach (Comments Off)
11/05/12 •
Ten-day experience has big impact on classrooms across Canada Seventeen teachers from across Canada will never teach about the First and Second World Wars the same again. The teachers and prospective teachers, ranging from St. John’s [...]
Education trumps EI – Telegraph Journal (Comments Off)
5/28/12 •
We know how much angry mail politicians are going to receive on the subject of EI reform. So we’d like to pose a couple of provocative questions: What if New Brunswickers do not need better Employment Insurance benefits? What if the people of this province would benefit more from better access to effective education?
Invest in a smarter New Brunswick (Comments Off)
1/30/12 •
The biggest challenges facing our province are well known; we have an aging population and a sluggish economy. At the same time, we don’t have enough opportunities to retain young New Brunswickers, creating a dangerous cycle [...]
Inaugural Dr. Ottilia Chareka Memorial Lecture (Comments Off)
1/25/12 •
The University of New Brunswick’s Faculty of Education will hold its first Dr. Ottilia Chareka Memorial Lecture in Education and Social Justice on Thursday, Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. This inaugural lecture will be given by [...]
