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UNBeknownst #35: UNB Chancellor Wade MacLauchlan on the role of universities and education in our collective future
UNB Alumni
Posted: January 18, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Podcast , UNB Fredericton , Law
H. Wade MacLauchlan (LLB’81) is a well-known Canadian legal expert, academic, university administrator, politician and community leader. As premier of Prince Edward Island from 2015-19, he led an expansion and diversification of PEI's economy and the growth and rejuvenation of the province's population, while contributing to historic, regional initiatives in immigration, infrastructure and economic growth. Prior to politics, MacLauchlan was the longest-serving president of the...
Get to know your Associated Alumni president: Jennifer Sutherland Green
UNB Alumni
Posted: September 26, 2023 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Management , Law , Inspiring Stories , UNB Saint John , UNB Fredericton
Jennifer Sutherland Green (LLB'99) has a longtime connection to UNB and to the alumni community. Throughout her combined 14 years of volunteer involvement with both the Alumnae and Alumni Associations, she has become progressively more passionate about UNB. A proud law alum, she brings great commitment to her new role. How did your engagement with UNB Alumni Council begin? I first became involved as the president of the UNB Associated Alumnae Council, which is a group made up of...
UNBers dominate Atlantic Business Top 50 CEO list
UNB Alumni
Posted: May 26, 2023 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Saint John , Law , Inspiring Stories , Kinesiology , Engineering , Computer Science , Management , UNB Fredericton
Atlantic Business Magazine’s 2023 Top 50 CEO Awards were recently announced, and 16 UNB alumni and alumni of the UNB Wallace McCain Institute’s (WMI) Entrepreneurial Leaders Program (ELP) made the prestigious list. In its 25th year, the Top 50 CEO Awards celebrate accomplished business leaders in the Atlantic region. Over the past 25 years, they have recognized 552 Top 50 award winners who have collectively created more than a million jobs and generated almost $1.9 trillion in...
UNBers inducted into New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame
UNB Alumni
Posted: November 15, 2021 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Inspiring Stories , Kinesiology , UNB Fredericton , Law
The New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame Inc. was established in 1970 to recognize and honour those athletes, teams and builders who have achieved outstanding success, and those who have made a significant contribution to the advancement of competitive sport in this province. On October 15, 2021, seven UNBers were inducted into the NB Sports Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2021. Mike Flannery (BSc’74) and Chuck Kingston...
Four young alumni named in Atlantic Business Magazine’s Top 30 Under 30 list
UNB Alumni
Posted: November 4, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Engineering , Management , Law , Young Alumni , Inspiring Stories
In its second year, Atlantic Business Magazine’s Top 30 Under 30 awards program recognizes young people who are turning their creativity and passion into revenue-generating pursuits. They may be entrepreneurs; they may have yet to achieve personal commercial success; and/or they may be employed by someone else. The 2021 list is a diverse group of marketers, scientists, entrepreneurs, inventors, artists, and advocates. The four...
The women of UNB: Recognizing UNB firsts for Women’s History Month
UNB Alumni
Posted: October 25, 2021 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton , Inspiring Stories , Law , Engineering , UNB Saint John
In honour of Women’s History Month, we dug into the UNB Archives, with help from Archives & Special Collections staff members and alumnae Patti Auld Johnson (BOM’91) and Leah Grandy (MA’04, PhD’10), to share the stories of some of the women from UNB’s history. These women are trailblazers and important figures in our long and storied history. From the first female graduate of UNB, to the university’s first librarian,...
UNBeknownst Podcast Episode 3: Pam Palmater - Activism, decolonization and how to make an impact on Indigenous reconciliation
UNB Alumni
Posted: September 23, 2021 8:00:00 AM ADT
Pam Palmater: Activism, Decolonization and How to Make an Impact on Indigenous Reconciliation Pam Palmater (LLB'97) is an award-winning public speaker, author and social justice activist. She was one of the spokespeople and public educators for the Idle No More movement and continues to advocate alongside other social movements focusing on Indigenous rights, social justice and climate action. She is also a well-known media commentator and public speaker - considered...