Volunteers in action: Craig Haynes, Ottawa Alumni Chapter Network

UNB Alumni

Posted: June 5, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Arts, Young Alumni, UNB Saint John, Inspiring Stories

With a shared love for their alma mater, the dedicated volunteers of the Ottawa Alumni Chapter Network are committed to fostering connections and creating fun experiences for fellow alumni living ‘afar’. At the heart of this group is committee chair Craig Haynes (BA’94), along with members Werner Disselkamp (BBA'92) and Janice Wopling (MBA'13). Craig's journey as a volunteer...

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Why forecast modelling in forest management is critical for our future

Kelly Anderson

Posted: May 30, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Inspiring Stories, FOREM, UNB Fredericton

It’s early on Monday morning in Victoria, British Columbia when Xin Yuan (MScF’12), manager of Forest Carbon and Climate Services for BC Public Service, gets serious. “It’s getting real now. Climate change is affecting people’s lives, whether from wildfire evacuations, dangerous air quality from smoke, drought, floods, increasing temperatures, or forest insects...

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UNBeknownst #39: Nicole LeBlanc on sustainable communities, tech investment and women in venture capital

UNB Alumni

Posted: May 23, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John, Podcast

Nicole LeBlanc (BBA’00) is a partner with Woven Capital in Tokyo, focusing on investments in mobility, energy, and sustainability that support and accelerate Toyota’s mission to build the safest mobility in the world. Prior to that she was a partner in Denmark with 2150, an urban tech & sustainability fund focused on supporting the growth of sustainable cities. She’s held...

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UNBers among Atlantic Business Magazine's 2024 Top 50 CEO Awards

UNB Alumni

Posted: May 13, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT

Category: UNB Saint John, Young Alumni, UNB Fredericton

Atlantic Business Magazine’s 2024 Top 50 CEO Awards were recently announced, and 10 UNB alumni and alumni of the UNB Wallace McCain Institute’s (WMI) Entrepreneurial Leaders Program (ELP) made the prestigious list. Established in 1999, Atlantic Business Magazine’s Top 50 CEO awards have grown into Atlantic Canada’s premiere celebration of corporate...

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Transforming healthcare through systems thinking and design

Kelly Anderson

Posted: May 2, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Nursing, Inspiring Stories, UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John

Ali McGill (BN’02) recently returned to UNB as a researcher and assistant professor in the Faculty of Nursing, and she’s thrilled to be working in a progressive, community-centred environment. Ali is working at the Fredericton Downtown Community Health Centre to study how immigrants are accessing healthcare in our region, and design a system that works. Ali uses a systems thinking...

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