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Respectful Workplace Week proclaimed at University of New Brunswick
UNB Newsroom
Posted: September 2, 2022 8:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John
At a small signing ceremony on Aug. 30, the University of New Brunswick proclaimed Sept. 5 – 9 to be Respectful Workplace Week across the institution. The initiative is meant to recognize and promote respectful conduct, which contributes to individual, organizational and societal well-being and prevents unnecessary suffering. This year’s theme is Respectful Workplace Week:...
Read the full postPathways to professions program in review
NB-IRDT Staff
Posted: August 29, 2022 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: DataNB
It seems like just yesterday that NB-IRDT was hosting its very first Pathways to Professions experiential learning program – or P2P, as we like to call it. Now, three years later, we are saying goodbye to yet another cohort of students after a wonderful summer of research and training. The newly released 2022 program in review offers an in-depth look into this summer’s...
Read the full postStudents from UNB receive Canada’s largest science, technology, engineering and math scholarship
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 29, 2022 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Two students have been named the University of New Brunswick’s prestigious Schulich Leader Scholarship recipients. Out of a pool of 350,000 potential candidates across Canada, 1,400 students were nominated. For the third year in a row, an additional 50 scholarships are being awarded, for a total of 100. Isaac Buckingham, 17, is a recipient of the $100,000 Schulich...
Read the full postCelebrating identities and communities to craft a better future
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 23, 2022 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Working at the intersection of personal experience and professional practice, UNB PhD candidate Amelia Thorpe wants to create more opportunities to celebrate identity and difference. Thorpe is part of the Pride/Swell project team, along with UNB associate professor of education Dr. Casey Burkholder. We spoke with her about how she got involved with this work and what it means to her. Who are...
Read the full postOff-site Construction Research Centre injects diverse, highly skilled talent in rapidly evolving construction workforce
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 23, 2022 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The Off-site Construction Research Centre (OCRC) at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) is leveraging the province’s existing strengths from the manufacturing sector to support the construction industry and its workforce of the future. From Aug. 23-25, the OCRC will bring together leading off-site construction experts for the first-of-its-kind specialty conference offered in...
Read the full postPRIDE: A time for both celebration and reflection
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 22, 2022 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Nathan Thompson, a part-time instructor at UNB’s Renaissance College, strong 2SLGTBQIA+ community advocate and community member, is passionate about his profession and focuses his efforts on the unique needs of 2SLGBTQIA+ people. When he is not in the classroom, Thompson owns a private counselling and psychotherapy practice that specializes in care for 2SLGBTQIA+ people. Whether it...
Read the full postUNB professor uses research data to help Canada live up to its values
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 19, 2022 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
A University of New Brunswick psychology professor whose life was directly affected by the Government of Canada’s purge of LGBT employees found a way to turn her negative experience into positive change. Dr. Carmen Poulin, with her life and research partner Dr. Lynne Gouliquer, who was a member of the Canadian Forces for 16 years, used their lived experience and research to bring to...
Read the full postNew research by UNB professor suggests our future may be even warmer than we think
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 18, 2022 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
In a new paper published in Nature and announced recently, a group of researchers has identified a troubling new finding in the fight against climate change. Findings suggest that a key assumption about the ability of forests to sequester more carbon as climate changes may not hold true. Dr. Loïc D’Orangeville, a forestry and environmental management professor at the University of...
Read the full postUNB first in Atlantic Canada to offer gender and sexuality in literature PhD
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 17, 2022 2:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
Drawing on its 40-year history of research excellence in gender and sexuality studies, the University of New Brunswick will launch a master’s and a PhD in the specialization of gender and sexuality in literature (GSL). According to Dr. Stephen Schryer, the graduate program director of the English department on the Fredericton campus, looking at gender and sexuality in literature...
Read the full postNavigating a child’s identity and development
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 15, 2022 11:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
How can stories help parents and children navigate a child’s identity and development? That’s a question two UNB education researchers - Dr. Pam Whitty and Dr. Pam Malins - sought to explore in their recent project. We spoke with them about this work, which they discuss in their article, Families’ comfort with LGBTQ2s+ picturebooks: Embracing children’s critical...
Read the full postFrank and Julie McKenna establish scholarship for UNB students from Miramichi
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 10, 2022 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The McKenna Institute at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) has announced a $300,000 gift from The Hon. Frank McKenna, PC, OC, ONB, QC, and Julie McKenna to establish the Frank McKenna Computer Science Scholarship at UNB. Awarded to students from Miramichi-area high schools and valued at up to $15,000, the Frank McKenna Computer Science Scholarship is the latest addition to the...
Read the full postAllyship sessions educate community on supporting marginalized groups
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 9, 2022 12:00:00 PM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick’s 2SLGBTQIA+ Wellness Coordinator, Nadine Violette, has been educating many faculty, staff and students on how they can better support marginalized groups. Violette has produced a series of workshops covering such topics as oppression, privilege, cancel culture and more, all conceived of through the framework of allyship. Allyship...
Read the full postAwitgati Longhouse and Culture Centre project receives government funding
UNB Newsroom
Posted: August 4, 2022 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: UNB Fredericton
A new Indigenous health and social facility, led by the Under One Sky Friendship Centre in Fredericton, received $19 million in funding from the federal and provincial governments. The Awitgati Longhouse and Culture Centre will be a net-zero carbon facility and serve as a gathering place to celebrate and support Indigenous people and culture. It will provide programs and services...
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