Impact of Giving
UNB and JDI announce 2025 leadership scholarship recipients
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Jun 3, 2025
Category: News and Events , Scholarships and Bursaries
The University of New Brunswick and J.D. Irving, Limited are pleased to announce the 2025 recipients of the J.D. Irving, Limited NB Leadership Scholarship at UNB. Valued at $10,000 per year and renewable for up to four years, the J.D. Irving, Limited NB Leadership Scholarship at UNB is among the university's most prestigious awards. “Providing talented young New Brunswickers with...
Read the full postUNB announces Currie Scholars for 2025-26
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Jun 2, 2025
Category: News and Events , Scholarships and Bursaries
Four outstanding high school students are winners of the prestigious Currie Undergraduate Scholarships at the University of New Brunswick (UNB). The scholarships, valued at $75,000 each, were established in 2004 by one of Canada’s most accomplished business leaders and philanthropists, UNB Chancellor Emeritus Dr. Richard J. Currie, who was a Beaverbrook Scholar as a young man. Each year...
Read the full postStewart McKelvey, alongside its Partners and Associates, announces historic $1.5 million donation to University of New Brunswick Law School
UNB Newsroom
Posted: May 2, 2025
Category: Bequests , News and Events
Stewart McKelvey, Atlantic Canada’s largest law firm, announced on May 1, the 35th anniversary of the firm, a substantial donation of $1.5 million to the University of New Brunswick (UNB) Law School as part of the ambitious "Where Leaders Are Made" campaign – $1 million from Stewart McKelvey, supported by an additional $500,000 from the firm’s Partners and Associates.Learn...
Read the full postA lifelong commitment to higher education
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: Apr 24, 2025
Category: Tribute Gifts , Donor Stories , Bequests , Creating Opportunities for Students
Education was central to the lives of both John (BA’50, BEd’58, PD-ED’74) and Isabel Hildebrand. From their first meeting, through the raising of their children, to their ongoing legacy, the value and importance of higher learning underpinned their lives together. It was a natural decision for them to include scholarship support in their estate planning. The Dr. John F.T. and...
Read the full postPhilosophy department honours beloved faculty member
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: Mar 10, 2025
Category: News and Events
The late Jack Iwanicki was one of the defining members of UNB’s philosophy department and a mentor to students, faculty and staff for more than 30 years. On Monday, Feb. 24, the university community honoured his many contributions to UNB by dedicating The Jack Iwanicki Common Room. Jack Iwanicki trained as a lawyer before obtaining his MA in philosophy at the University of Toronto. He...
Read the full postDaughter leaves a legacy of caring
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: Feb 27, 2025
Category: Tribute Gifts , Creating Opportunities for Students , Donor Stories
When Summer (BA’79) and Leo Coyle (BA’77, BEd’79, MEd’90) lost their only daughter Lyla Coyle (BA’07) to cancer in January 2024, they set out to fulfill Lyla’s wishes to create a scholarship in the new bachelor of social work program at UNB Saint John. Lyla had applied for the program in December 2023, completely unaware that she had cancer. Within only a...
Read the full postFather-daughter duo make Beaverbrook history
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: Feb 21, 2025
Category: Scholarships and Bursaries
Mark and Megan Stewart hold a special place in Beaverbrook history: they are the first father-daughter pair of Beaverbrook Scholars, and they have both seen the direction of their lives change – thanks to these awards and their own willingness to embrace new opportunities as they arise. Mark (BSc’87) expected to attend technical college after graduating from Fundy High School, but...
Read the full postFrom lab to legacy
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: Jan 31, 2025
Category: News and Events , Scholarships and Bursaries , Bequests , Donor Stories
Shannon McCue (BSc'97) has built a remarkable scientific career on the educational foundation she received at UNB, so she has committed to giving back, both now and in the future. Shannon is a clinical researcher whose work has made a difference. Asked if there are any career highlights of which she is particularly proud, she describes working on a drug for a rare, debilitating disorder called...
Read the full postSchulich Leaders enjoy a broad range of opportunities
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: Jan 15, 2025
Category: Scholarships and Bursaries , News and Events
Halfway through their first year, UNB’s newest Schulich Leaders are off to a great start. Benjamin Bilsky and Jacob Ledoux are UNB’s 2024-25 recipients of the Schulich Leader Scholarships, Canada’s most coveted STEM scholarships. Each year, one hundred Schulich Leader Scholarships are awarded to entrepreneurial-minded high school graduates enrolling in a science, technology,...
Read the full postResearch Chair in Health Innovation established in the UNB Faculty of Nursing
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Jan 7, 2025
Category: Donor Stories
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) announced today the establishment of the Hon. Joan Kingston Research Chair in Health Innovation, supported by a $1.25 million dollar gift from the Hon. Joan Kingston Foundation. “Joan Kingston is a UNB Nursing graduate who has worked tirelessly to further nursing education in New Brunswick, so it is tremendously fitting that this research chair in...
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