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Telling our #ProudlyUNB stories
Volunteers in action: Craig Haynes, Ottawa Alumni Chapter Network
UNB Alumni
Posted: Jun 5, 2024
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...
Read the full postWhy forecast modelling in forest management is critical for our future
Kelly Anderson
Posted: May 30, 2024
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...
Read the full postUNBeknownst #39: Nicole LeBlanc on sustainable communities, tech investment and women in venture capital
UNB Alumni
Posted: May 23, 2024
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...
Read the full postUNBers among Atlantic Business Magazine's 2024 Top 50 CEO Awards
UNB Alumni
Posted: May 13, 2024
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...
Read the full postTransforming healthcare through systems thinking and design
Kelly Anderson
Posted: May 2, 2024
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...
Read the full postAaloak 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 travelled 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...
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