Impact of Giving
The McKenna Institute and UNB announce $300,000 gift toward digital sustainability
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: Mar 9, 2023
Category: News and Events
The McKenna Institute and the University of New Brunswick (UNB) are pleased to announce a $300,000 commitment from Sackville, N.B. business and community leaders Jane and Mike Wilson (BScChE’75) in support of digital sustainability in New Brunswick, as well as environmental sustainability through a digital lens.This gift funds the Wilson-McKenna Fellow in Digital Sustainability and the...
Read the full postHarrison McCain Young Scholars Awards recipients announced for 2022-2023
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: Feb 1, 2023
Category: News and Events
Photo: Dr. Amy Scott with a member of the UNB Bioarchaeology Field School in Louisbourg, NS. Ten outstanding young faculty members at UNB have greater support for research, publishing and teaching, thanks to the Harrison McCain Young Scholars Awards. Supported by funding from the Harrison McCain Foundation, the awards have supported more than 100 young scholars at UNB since their inception in...
Read the full postBMO, UNB announce $2 million commitment to sports and entrepreneurship
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: Jan 23, 2023
Category: News and Events
BMO Financial Group (BMO) and the University of New Brunswick (UNB) today announced a gift of $2 million in support of student achievement in entrepreneurship. This major gift reflects the value BMO places on educating future generations, professional development, and creating opportunities for young Canadians to engage in sport. BMO’s 10-year gift includes: $1 million to resurface the...
Read the full postUNB breaks ground on Engineering Commons thanks to $1.1 million alumni gift
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: Jan 13, 2023
Category: News and Events
FREDERICTON - It was raining heavily on Nov. 25, but University of New Brunswick Chancellor Allison McCain and President and Vice-Chancellor Paul J. Mazerolle were smiling as they hefted their shovels for a ceremonial groundbreaking. Standing in the lobby of Head Hall, flanked by artist’s renderings of what the renovated structure will look like, UNB’s senior leaders formally...
Read the full postUNB breaks ground on Engineering Commons thanks to $1.1 million alumni gift
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: Jan 13, 2023
Category: News and Events
FREDERICTON - It was raining heavily on Nov. 25, but University of New Brunswick Chancellor Allison McCain and President and Vice-Chancellor Paul J. Mazerolle were smiling as they hefted their shovels for a ceremonial groundbreaking. Standing in the lobby of Head Hall, flanked by artist’s renderings of what the renovated structure will look like, UNB’s senior leaders formally...
Read the full postCommunity-minded alumna recognized for giving back
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: Jan 10, 2023
Category: Creating Opportunities for Students , Scholarships and Bursaries
Neelab Rahimi (BA’15, MBA’21) is excelling in her chosen career in Saint John, NB, a long way from her early childhood in Afghanistan.Neelab says her parents brought her family to Canada to take advantage of educational opportunities not open to women in her home country. She has made the most of those opportunities throughout her time at UNB, while consistently giving back to her...
Read the full postUNB’s Schulich Leaders thriving in first year
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: Jan 9, 2023
Category: Creating Opportunities for Students , News and Events , Scholarships and Bursaries
Micah Landry and Isaac Buckingham are thriving in their first year at UNB, thanks to the prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarship.Schulich Leader Scholarships, Canada’s premier Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) scholarship program, has been supporting Canada’s top entrepreneurial-minded technology innovators for more than a decade. One hundred undergraduate...
Read the full postInnovative research at UNB plumbs ocean depths and seeks alien life
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: Jan 6, 2023
Category: Innovation , News and Events
From protecting life in the oceans to the limitless search for alien life in outer space, researchers at the University of New Brunswick are breaking new ground through innovative approaches to complex questions, helped in large part by our donors.Two researchers and faculty members, Allison Enright, an environmental electrochemist, and Kimberley Davies, an oceanographer, are being supported by...
Read the full postA Métis student looks at attitudes in university sports
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: Jan 3, 2023
Category: Creating Opportunities for Students , News and Events
For Luke Gust, understanding the attitudes of university athletes towards sexual minorities is a research area that could open new doors for the LGBTQ+ community.Gust, who is studying for his master of science in kinesiology at UNB, is the first member of his Métis family in Saskatchewan to attend university. He said that being awarded a TD Insurance Indigenous Bursary during his...
Read the full postHelping arts students benefit from the co-op experience
Development and Donor Relations
Posted: Dec 21, 2022
Category: Creating Opportunities for Students , Donor Stories , Scholarships and Bursaries
UNB graduates John and Laura Runcie drew on their own memories of university life in establishing a co-op bursary program for arts students on the Saint John campus.John (BA’12) and Laura (BN’13) say they both received financial support from UNB during their undergraduate years and realize how much it helped them succeed in their studies.John said he wishes there had been a co-op...
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