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UNB Legal Clinic’s mobile services hit the road
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Oct 9, 2024
Category: UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) Legal Clinic is driving access to justice with expanded mobile clinics–an initiative to provide legal aid to rural and underserved populations. Clinic director Jeannette Savoie said the expansion has been a critical step toward addressing underserved legal needs. “These clinics fill a crucial gap, as many areas of New Brunswick lack...
Read the full postCelebrating UNB's research community
Mark Leger
Posted: Oct 8, 2024
Category: UNB Saint John , UNB Fredericton
Researchers at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) are engaged in tackling pressing issues in our local communities and the world at large. We’ve seen many examples of this in the past year, including work that sheds light on water quality, housing, energy, health and senior care. Research Celebration Week, happening from Oct. 7 to 11, is our chance to highlight the great work being...
Read the full post‘An honourable path’: A new chapter in teaching for writer and journalist
Tim Jaques
Posted: Oct 7, 2024
Category: UNB Saint John , UNB Fredericton
After a fast-paced, decade-long career in daily journalism, Julia Wright (BA’07) has traded the newsroom for a classroom in the University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) bachelor of education program in Fredericton. Wright is well-known in her hometown of Saint John for insightful interviews, well-crafted news stories, and historical features. She was host of CBC’s Information...
Read the full postUNB and Miramichi Salmon Association celebrate the first Atlantic Salmon Day and inaugural Bud Bird Conservation Award
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Oct 4, 2024
Category: Press Releases
On Oct. 3, the Canadian Rivers Institute (CRI) at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) proudly collaborated with the Miramichi Salmon Association (MSA) to host a special event, recognizing a deserving UNB graduate student and introducing a prestigious new award. This event coincided with the first-ever Atlantic Salmon Day. This special day, declared by Fredericton Mayor Kate Rogers, was...
Read the full postWhat happens when curious research minds come together? New UNB documentary finds out
Kayla Cormier
Posted: Oct 4, 2024
Category: UNB Saint John , UNB Fredericton
“It didn’t feel like a question-and-answer kind of interview. We all brought guide questions, but once we got together, it was like, ‘Scrap it. Let’s talk.’” This is what Zyrene Estallo, a master of education student who graduated last May, said of her experience in an exciting new documentary being premiered next week. Grad Students, Talking will be...
Read the full postUNB to grant two honorary degrees at fall graduation ceremonies
Hilary Creamer Robinson
Posted: Oct 3, 2024
Category: UNB Saint John , UNB Fredericton
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) will grant two honorary degrees to an outstanding community leader, and leading historian at the fall graduation ceremonies in Fredericton and Saint John on Oct. 24 and 25. Dr. John Reid will be awarded an honorary doctorate of letters in Fredericton on Oct. 24. Considered UNB’s most eminent history graduate, it is widely acknowledged that no other...
Read the full postFirst bachelor of social work cohort begins at UNB Saint John
Hilary Creamer Robinson
Posted: Oct 2, 2024
Category: UNB Saint John
When Brenna Huntley, originally from Wolfville, Nova Scotia, attended the University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) Saint John campus for orientation, she expected to get the credits she needed to apply to obtain a bachelor of social work degree and move her life to another city in pursuit of the degree. But that day at orientation, Huntley was met with a happy stroke of serendipity when an...
Read the full postUNB’s Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre hosts three-day Red Shawl Campaign
Kayla Cormier
Posted: Oct 1, 2024
Category: UNB Saint John , UNB Fredericton
The Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre (MWC) is holding its annual Red Shawl Campaign from Oct. 2 to Oct. 4 in Fredericton. The Red Shawl Campaign recognizes and honours the lost lives of Indigenous women and girls in Canada. The red shawl is a symbol of protection and healing, representing a collective call to action to seek justice for lost sisters and their loved ones. This year’s...
Read the full postDotan Nitzberg’s pioneering doctoral defence included music and animated visuals
Tim Jaques
Posted: Sep 24, 2024
Category: UNB Fredericton
Dr. Dotan Nitzberg (PhD’24) set a precedent with his doctoral dissertation in education at the University of New Brunswick (UNB). Rather than rely solely on a written dissertation, at his dissertation defence in August he played an original piano composition and animated visuals complemented by a written component. This novel approach, suggested and supported by his supervisor Dr. Andrea...
Read the full postUNB Saint John athletes honoured with CCAA National Scholar Awards
UNB Newsroom
Posted: Sep 24, 2024
Category: Press Releases
The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) has recognized 26 University of New Brunswick athletes on the Saint John campus with their annual National Scholar Award, celebrating their academic and athletic achievements. The National Scholar Award recognizes student-athletes who achieve honours standing in academics while competing in intercollegiate athletics. To receive the honour, a...
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