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Aaloak Jaswal brings global digital transformation and humanitarian experience home to UNB
UNB Alumni
Posted: Apr 22, 2024
Category: Computer Science , UNB Fredericton , Inspiring Stories
When a UNB alum makes a critical societal impact in countries around the world, it’s a big deal. When an alum brings that experience home to New Brunswick to make a critical impact in our backyard, it’s huge. That’s why UNB is so excited that Aaloak Jaswal (BScCS’93, D-TME’93) has returned to Fredericton to take on the role of innovation director for the new...
Read the full postProviding a more sustainable alternative in the electric vehicle market
UNB Alumni
Posted: Apr 22, 2024
Category: Inspiring Stories , Engineering , UNB Fredericton , Young Alumni
Isaac Barkhouse (BScEng’19, M-TME’19) is pretty satisfied with his career to date – and he’s only 30. As co-founder and chief technology officer for Victory Advanced Technologies, he’s developing rugged, high-performance, sustainable electric motors that power the green transportation transition. Prior to that, he co-founded and was CTO at Potential Motors, helping...
Read the full postNever too late to create something new
UNB Alumni
Posted: Apr 22, 2024
Category: Inspiring Stories , Arts , UNB Fredericton
At 94 years old, Virginia Bliss Bjerkelund (BA’51) has claimed the titles of storyteller and successful author. But although she’s traveled extensively throughout the world and lived in the U.K. for a good portion of her life, it’s her ancestry and home in New Brunswick that captured her creative interest. With the publishing of her second book in 2023 (her...
Read the full postUNBeknownst #38: Dr. Jen Woodland on integrated health research and the importance of knowledge translation
UNB Alumni
Posted: Apr 18, 2024
Category: UNB Fredericton , Nursing , Science , Arts , Podcast , UNB Saint John
Dr. Jennifer Woodland (MA’09, PhD’15) is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at UNB’s Saint John campus and an Integrated Health Initiative researcher who teaches within the Bachelor of Health program at UNB. She has a PhD in experimental psychology from UNB, with a focus in multisensory perception. Jen has over 10 years of experience in health research...
Read the full postUNB grad returns to Fredericton to lead the Chalmers Foundation
UNB Alumni
Posted: Mar 25, 2024
Category: UNB Fredericton , Inspiring Stories , Management
Charles A. Diab (BBA’83) came from Toronto to study at UNB in Fredericton in 1980 by chance. He hadn’t felt the value from his first year of college in Ontario, and while his parents were on vacation in New Brunswick, they picked up an application from UNB. “It was the summer and I figured it would be much too late to apply, but I tried it anyway and got in,” he...
Read the full postUNB Associated Alumni celebrates the UNB Saint John 2024 Graduating Student Leaders
UNB Alumni
Posted: Mar 22, 2024
Category: UNB Saint John , Young Alumni , Inspiring Stories
Twenty six graduating students from the UNB Saint John campus have earned 2024 Graduating Student Leadership Awards for the remarkable initiative they’ve taken during their time at UNB. The award recognizes students in their final year of studies who have made outstanding voluntary and extracurricular contributions to the campus, their academic program, and the university...
Read the full postQ&A: Julia MacPherson, UNB Alumni Student Leadership Award
UNB Alumni
Posted: Mar 22, 2024
Category: UNB Fredericton , Engineering , Young Alumni , Inspiring Stories
Recipient of a 2023-24 Alumni Student Leadership Award, Julia MacPherson is a member of the UNB REDS Field Hockey club and plays a leadership role as club vice-president, extending her leadership in sport to serve on the board of directors for Field Hockey New Brunswick. In addition to her commitment to athletics, Julia is deeply engaged in the faculty of engineering where she is...
Read the full postUNBeknownst #37: Victoria LaBillois on economic reconciliation in Canada
UNB Alumni
Posted: Mar 20, 2024
Category: UNB Fredericton , Management , Podcast , Arts
Mi’gmaq entrepreneur Victoria LaBillois (BA’91, MBA’04) is the owner of Wejipeg Excavation Inc. and co-owner of Wejuseg Construction Inc, and oversaw the completion of a major wind park in Gaspesie, Quebec, where the companies trained and engaged over 100 Mi’gmaq tradespeople. Victoria has served both the First Nation and federal public service, working at...
Read the full postUNBeknownst #36: Tosin Ajibola on blending social good with technology in Canada
UNB Alumni
Posted: Feb 16, 2024
Category: Podcast , Inspiring Stories , Engineering , UNB Fredericton
Social and technology entrepreneur Tosin Ajibola (MTME’20) moved from Nigeria to Canada to earn a master of engineering degree in technology management and entrepreneurship from UNB. Out of that hands-on program, he and other newcomer classmates co-developed Welkom-U, an innovative online platform that puts newcomers, immigrants, and international students in touch with the things they...
Read the full postBusiness is blooming for Sophie Sharp (BA/BEd'22)
UNB alumni
Posted: Jan 26, 2024
Category: Young Alumni , UNB Saint John , Arts , Education , Inspiring Stories
From Lower Millstream straight to kitchen tables across New Brunswick, life has become a lot more colourful thanks to Sharp Brook Flower Farm. For UNB recent graduate Sophie Sharp (BA/BEd’22), agriculture has always been an important part of her life growing up on a dairy farm. This passion led Sharp and her sister, Ellen Folkins, to open their own space to the community and share their...
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