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Sexual assault support advocate selected to serve on national advisory committee
UNB Newsroom
Posted: February 27, 2019 3:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
A sexual assault support advocate at the University of New Brunswick has been selected to serve on the newly established Advisory Committee on the Framework to Prevent and Address Gender-Based Violence at Post-Secondary Institutions. Hilary Swan has been the tri-campus advocate at UNB since September 2018. Within this position, which is a partnership with the Fredericton Sexual Assault Crisis...
Read the full postNursing students engaged in community experiential opportunities
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Posted: February 27, 2019 12:50:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Nursing students from UNB Saint John are sharing their experiences working with community agencies committed to social justice. The third-year students presented educational posters to campus on Feb. 7, which were reflective of their work in Saint John and advocate for policies and programs to address the overall health and well-being of the community. This event counted as credit toward an...
Read the full postUNB researcher seeking participants for flood study
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Posted: February 25, 2019 11:30:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
According to the New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization, an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 people were displaced from their homes during the spring flooding in 2018. A researcher at the University of New Brunswick plans on examining the impacts of this displacement. Dr. Julia Woodhall-Melnik, assistant professor in the faculty of arts at UNB Saint John, is seeking participants from Grand...
Read the full postForging a New Path: Amanda Reid Rogers installed as UNB’s first Piluwitahasuwin
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Posted: February 22, 2019 10:30:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
Amanda Reid Rogers has been officially installed as Piluwitahasuwin at the University of New Brunswick following a traditional celebration on the Fredericton campus. Ms. Rogers was announced as UNB’s first Piluwitahasuwin (Assistant Vice-President Indigenous Engagement) in November 2018. Piluwitahasuwin, pronounced BILL-WEE-DUH-HUZZ-WIN, is a Wolastoqey word meaning “one who...
Read the full postUNB researchers helping food banks to better respond to needs of communities
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Posted: February 20, 2019 3:30:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Researchers in the faculty of business at the UNB Saint John are working to create a comprehensive platform that will allow food banks to have a more integrated relationship with donors, volunteers, visitors and social services. Drs. Rob Moir and Greg Fleet are working with PhD candidate Milad Pirayegar to create a platform that will provide real-time data about low-income families to better...
Read the full postUNB’s Dr. Emin Civi wins 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award
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Posted: February 19, 2019 12:14:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Dr. Emin Civi has been recognized for his many efforts at UNB Saint John with a 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award. As a professor of business at UNB’s Saint John campus, Dr. Civi joins an esteemed list of past recipients recognized both for their excellence in the classroom and for their educational leadership. Dr. Civi has received numerous teaching awards as a direct result of his...
Read the full postUNB researcher receives federal funding for study on post-traumatic stress injuries faced by firefighters
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Posted: February 19, 2019 11:50:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
A psychology researcher at the University of New Brunswick has received funding from the federal government for her research project focused on firefighters accessing care for trauma. Dr. Janine Olthuis, an assistant professor in psychology at UNB Fredericton, is one of 20 researchers from across Canada who have received funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for projects...
Read the full postGreen Party leader Elizabeth May delivers 2019 Viscount Bennett Memorial Lecture
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Posted: February 15, 2019 4:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
Elizabeth May, leader of the Green Party of Canada and its first elected Member of Parliament, delivered UNB Law’s Viscount Bennett Memorial Lecture on Feb. 14. Her well-attended lecture entitled, “One point five to stay alive – How we find hope and honesty in dangerous times,” explored the potentially devastating effects of climate change and how we can act to make...
Read the full postUNB professor shares expertise on Albanian independence
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Posted: February 15, 2019 12:05:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
On the anniversary of Albania’s independence from the Ottoman Empire in November 1912, the Albanian newspaper Dielli interviewed Dr. Sarah-Jane Corke, associate professor in history at UNB Fredericton and the author of US Covert Operations and Cold War Strategy: Truman, The CIA and Secret Warfare. The Dielli article reflects on the influence of important personalities in Albanian history...
Read the full postSecond World of Talent showcase to highlight students’ skills
UNB Newsroom
Posted: February 12, 2019 2:55:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
UNB’s International Student Advisor’s Office (ISAO) is hosting its second annual World of Talent showcase, which will feature performances by international students from the university’s Fredericton campus. “Last year’s World of Talent show was so fantastic,” says Nancy O’Shea, director of the ISAO. “The performers were beyond talented and...
Read the full postUNB receives $500,000 funding from ARC Nuclear for technology development
UNB Newsroom
Posted: February 12, 2019 9:30:00 AM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick has received a $500,000 contribution from ARC Nuclear Canada Inc. for the advancement of its ARC-100 technology development and engineering studies. The contribution forms part of the collaborations initiated through the Small Modular Reactor Research and Development Cluster that was announced by the Government of New Brunswick in the summer of 2018 and is...
Read the full postMichael V. Smith to deliver annual W.C. Desmond Pacey Memorial Lecture at UNB
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Posted: February 11, 2019 2:25:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
Michael V. Smith, a queer writer, performer and associate professor of creative writing at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan campus in Kelowna, B.C., will deliver the W.C. Desmond Pacey Memorial Lecture at the University of New Brunswick on Tuesday, Feb. 12. In a hybrid performance-lecture entitled “This Body Is a Gift: Gender and Meaning-Making in One Man’s...
Read the full postUNB post-graduate chemistry students published
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Posted: February 6, 2019 3:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Fredericton
Post-graduate chemistry students from the University of New Brunswick’s Fredericton campus have been published in Chemical & Engineering News (C&EN). C&EN is a comprehensive and authoritative magazine publication providing professional and technical information in the fields of chemistry and chemical engineering. Mr. Jayden Price, a master’s candidate in organic chemistry, and Ms....
Read the full postUNB launches Mawoluhkhotipon: Ally and Safe Space Program
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Posted: February 4, 2019 3:30:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
Mawoluhkhotipon: Ally & Safe Space Program for Wabanaki and Indigenous Peoples was officially launched on Monday on the UNB Saint John campus. The Ally & Safe Space Program is an innovative project intended to support a campus community that affirms, welcomes and supports Indigenous peoples who work, study and visit UNB Saint John. “This program was developed in close collaboration...
Read the full postUNB signs accreditation with CPHR
UNB Newsroom
Posted: February 1, 2019 2:00:00 PM AST
Category: UNB Saint John
The University of New Brunswick has reached an agreement with the Chartered Professionals in Human Resources New Brunswick (CPHRNB) to provide accreditation for students enrolled in the bachelor of business administration program on the Saint John campus. The accreditation means that graduates of UNB Saint John’s BBA program, with a major in human resources, will be conditionally...
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