Learning Through Experience
Sharing our successes with experiential learning at UNB

EngagedUNB applications open for students

Sandy MacKay and Lee Whelan

Posted: April 20, 2022 12:00:00 AM ADT

Category: ExperienceUNB


Get meaningful, paid work experience in your community. EngagedUNB matches you with a community partner for an internship up to 16 weeks long. Set goals for your internship, develop professional skills, network, and reflect on what you learn.ELIGIBLE STUDENTS ARE: From any UNB faculty, study year or campus Returning to UNB in Fall 2022 Equity deserving Able to demonstrate...

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Indigenous students participate in an experiential education project at UNBSJ

Emily Wheaton and Lee Whelan

Posted: April 20, 2022 12:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Student Champions


Hayden Hovey’s goal is to “improve social cohesion” among students and to bring better support to Indigenous students at UNB. The project is part of SOCS 4501: Campus as a Living Lab with Dr. Sarah King and comes after UNB launched the Indigenous self-identification form this week. Around two and a half per cent of the UNBSJ population openly identifies as Indigenous...

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New opportunities for students: Catalyst Program

Lee Whelan

Posted: April 1, 2022 12:00:00 AM ADT

Category: ExperienceUNB


The Office of Experiential Education has new opportunities for all UNB students to engage in Work Integrated Learning opportunities. Please share these paid internship opportunities with students. The Catalyst Program merges a specially created Business Consulting Course and a paid internship, open to students from both UNB campuses and all faculties (3rd & 4th year and Graduate...

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Student creates videos series as part of community-based internship program

Andie Mollins and Lee Whelan

Posted: March 30, 2022 12:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Student Champions


This project was supported by the Arts Internship, a community-engaged experiential learning program create by UNB’s Faculty or Arts. Two internship courses, ARTS 3000 (unpaid) and ARTS 4000 (paid) provide arts students with opportunities to develop practical skills and while gaining credit hours they can put towards completing their degree. Andie Mollins, a 3rd year BA student double...

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UNBSJ students: complete a suvey on experiential education for a chance to win prizes

Ellena Sutton

Posted: March 25, 2022 12:00:00 AM ADT

Category: ExperienceUNB


Hello UNBSJ students, experiential education includes a variety of approaches where educators intentionally engage with learners using direct or authentic and real experiences. The Office of Experiential Education has created this survey to learn how to better suit experiential learning to the needs of our community here at UNBSJ.   Click the link below to fill out the...

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Joys of the Journey- Nursing Students on Campobello Island

Sandy MacKay

Posted: March 25, 2022 12:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Student Champions


Campobello Island is one of the most remote corners of Canada. This island in the Bay of Fundy is accessible -when the seas are calm- by one ferry to Deer Island and then another ferry from Deer Island to Campobello. Otherwise, access to the island is by bridge from Maine. Travelers from mainland NB must enter the USA, travel through rural Maine and re-enter Canada, crossing the bridge back...

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Catalyst

Lee Whelan

Posted: March 3, 2022 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: ExperienceUNB


Catalyst is a flagship offering in UNB’s work-integrated learning opportunity catalogue that provides students with consulting-style WIL, tackling pressing challenges for New Brunswick businesses. In 2022, our theme is digital transformation, responding to key labour market and economic development challenges for the Province of New Brunswick. For a PDF of the poster, click here.

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Compass

Lee Whelan

Posted: March 3, 2022 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: ExperienceUNB


Compass is a flagship community-engaged learning opportunity offered through UNB’s Office of Experiential Education. The Compass program at UNB supports economic, social, and civic development in rural communities throughout New Brunswick. Interdisciplinary teams of students will work with rural communities and regions to create innovative solutions to pressing challenges in those...

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EngagedUNB Summer Internship Program

Lee Whelan

Posted: March 3, 2022 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: EngagedUNB


Each Summer, we partner with communities across New Brunswick, matching students from equity-deserving groups with real opportunities to practice their skills in community settings. In 2021, over 40 students and community organizations were partnered, all addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals. For a PDF of the poster click here.        

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Experiential Education at UNB Summer 2022

Lee Whelan

Posted: March 3, 2022 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: ExperienceUNB


Are you looking to engage a student to support your organization’s goals and priorities this Summer? UNB offers several ways to provide students with meaningful opportunities for work experience that support their personal and professional goals. UNB’s students have a variety of talents, skills, and experiences to contribute to your organization. For a PDF of the poster, click here.

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The Office of Experiential Education is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Business Higher Education Roundtable

Sandy MacKay and Lee Whelan

Posted: February 18, 2022 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: Community Partners


UNB's Office of Experiential Education (OEE) is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Business Higher Education Roundtable (BHER). BHER is a non-partisan, not-for-profit organization. BHER brings together Canada’s largest companies and leading post-secondary institutions to build opportunities for young Canadians, boost innovation and drive collaboration. 
With sponsorship...

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Apply by March 7: Venture for Canada Fellowship Program

Lee Whelan

Posted: February 14, 2022 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: Current Opportunities


Are you a graduating student interested in entrepreneurship? Venture for Canada's pretigious Fellowship program provides graduates with a meaningful experience and mentorship as they transition into their early career stage. Venture for Canada’s Fellows get: Job-readiness training, 1-1 coaching, and job search support Exclusive networking events with startups, a private job board, and...

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Curriculum mapping project explore experiential learning in science courses

Hala Nasir

Posted: February 11, 2022 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: Student Champions


Experiential learning is a timely and topical area of research.  Experiential learning presents the idea that valuable learning happens when students are engaged in authentic experiences, and that students build deep knowledge through intentional reflection on those experiences. Experiential learning is an example of high-impact learning, allowing students to apply their learning far...

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The Office of Experiential Education is offering two Future of Work workshops at no fee for students

Sandy MacKay and Lee Whelan

Posted: February 3, 2022 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: ExperienceUNB


UNB's Office of Experiential Education is partnering with Future of Work to offer 2 facilitated workshops on Future of Work skills. For UNB students it is an excellent opportunity to add skills to your resume, and there is no fee for students for these introductory co-curricular workshops. The Future of Work skills training can show prospective employers that not only do you bring the technical...

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The Office of Experiential Education is now offering Future of Work skills training

Sandy MacKay

Posted: January 31, 2022 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: ExperienceUNB


The Office of Experiential Education is excited to share an opportunity regarding a series of skills development modules called the Future of Work Skills. Built on three foundational pillars: intentional skills training combined with self-directed and experiential learning, this program is dynamic and focuses on the ten skills in highest demand by employers today; the 10 Future of Work...

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Podcast features new FutureNB provincial recruitment platform for NB post-secondary students

Lee Whelan

Posted: January 31, 2022 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: ExperienceUNB


FutureNB has partnered with Outcome Campus Connect to provide a digital platform for students looking for experiential learning opportunities in New Brunswick. Outcome Campus Connect is a Canada-wide platform that allows employers to recruit university students. FutureNB built upon this software to create a “data-driven recruitment strategy between students across New Brunswick, local...

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Student research project releases report on the community impact of experiential learning at UNB

Lee Whelan

Posted: January 26, 2022 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: Student Champions


In the summer of 2021, a team of student researchers were tasked with performing an evaluation of the community impact of experiential learning programs at UNB. The project, ExperienceNB, was first of its kind in Canada and assessed various dimensions of community engagement through faculty surveys and interviews with students and employers. In the final report, student discovered that although...

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Student interns apply skills learned in classroom in community projects

Lee Whelan

Posted: January 21, 2022 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: Student Champions


This summer, the University of New Brunswick launched the EngagedUNB Summer Internship Program campus wide, matching 41 equity-deserving students with 31 community-oriented organizations and businesses cross the province. Students applied skills learned in the classroom to projects ranging from website development to data collection, all with the goal of improving the health and wellbeing of...

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Students research transportation needs in rural New Brunswick

Lee Whelan

Posted: January 18, 2022 12:00:00 AM AST

Category: Student Champions


UNB’s Alumni News Magazine has featured a story about the Office of Experiential Education’s pilot program, Experience Upper River Valley. In partnership with McCain Food Ltd. and various community partners, the project provided students with experiential learning opportunities that aimed to increase access to transportation and healthcare. In phase 1 of the project, an...

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