UNB Research
UNB master’s student one of 2023’s top research storytellers in national competition
UNB Research
Posted: May 11, 2023
Category: Accolades , Research
Zyrene Estallo, a master’s student in education at the University of New Brunswick (UNB), is one of this year’s 25 finalists in the annual Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Storytellers Challenge competition. The Storytellers Challenge “asks postsecondary students to show Canadians, in up to three minutes or 300 words, how social sciences and humanities...
Read the full postResearch shows diverse forests are best for mitigating climate change
UNB Research
Posted: Apr 26, 2023
Category: Research , Publications
New research provides strong statistical evidence that forests with a diverse, even mix of tree species offer significant advantages over monoculture forests for carbon sequestration, a crucial element in mitigating climate change. The article, “Tree diversity increases decadal forest soil carbon and nitrogen accrual,” was published in the leading journal Nature. Dr. Anthony Taylor,...
Read the full postResearch indicates warming-induced tree growth may provide climate change relief
UNB Research
Posted: Feb 10, 2023
Category: Publications , Research
An increasing number of fires, droughts and insect infestations pose a significant threat to the future of the Canadian boreal forest and to our climate along with it. New research out of the University of New Brunswick (UNB) suggests that increased tree growth, due to warming climates, may offset some of this decline. Warming-induced tree growth may help offset increasing disturbance across...
Read the full postFrom fashion to faculty: How a UNB psychology scholar is creating a safer and healthier world
UNB Research
Posted: Feb 6, 2023
Category: Research
Dr. Emilie Lacroix is a new faculty member at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) who is using her research to create healthier and more positive outcomes for people suffering from eating disorders. We spoke with her about how she came to study the psychology of eating disorders and what she hopes to contribute with her research. Who are you? My name is Dr. Emilie Lacroix, and I’m an...
Read the full postMeet the researcher: Dr. Koumari Mitra, qualitative understandings of homelessness and health care access
UNB Research
Posted: Feb 3, 2023
Category: Research , Partnerships
What do unhoused populations experience when interacting with the health-care system, and what kind of gaps do they experience? In today's blog post, we speak with Dr. Koumari Mitra, an anthropologist at UNB who is working with a multidisciplinary, multi-institutional research team to understand the challenges homelessness poses to health and recovery - and why working across specializations...
Read the full postMeet the researcher: Dr. Trevor Hanson: Improving rail safety in Canada
UNB Research
Posted: Jan 24, 2023
Category: Partnerships , Research
Dr. Trevor Hanson, a professor of civil engineering at the University of New Brunswick, is working with researchers at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) on a Transport Canada project that could help save lives by making grade crossings safer for pedestrians and people who use assistive devices. Having just officially announced this project, we took the opportunity to speak with him...
Read the full postMeet the chair: Dr. Argyri Panezi, CRC in Digital Information Law and Policy
UNB Research
Posted: Jan 20, 2023
Category: Research
The Government of Canada recently announced new and renewed Canada Research Chairs. Among those is Dr. Argyri Panezi, the new Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Digital Information Law and Policy at UNB. We spoke with her about what brought her to this field, and how technology and law are coming together. Who are you? My name is Argyri Panezi, and I am a legal scholar at the University of New...
Read the full postUNB to continue as NB hub of SPOR Primary Care Research Network, which has received $10 million in renewed federal funding
UNB Research
Posted: Dec 16, 2022
Category: Research , Partnerships
Thanks to renewed funding, the University of New Brunswick’s (UNB) Centre for Research in Integrated Care (CRIC) will continue to be the New Brunswick node of the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Canadian Primary Care Research Network (CPCRN). The Canadian Institutes of Health Research has provided $10 million in funding over the next five years to the CPRCN. Partner...
Read the full postThe inaugural UNB Research Celebration Week
UNB Research
Posted: Oct 3, 2022
Category: Accolades , Research
Welcome to the inaugural UNB Research Celebration Week! This week is an occasion to shine a special spotlight on the impactful research taking place, and the people who make it happen, at our institution. In my role as vice-president of research, I have the great privilege of hearing about many of our researchers’ accomplishments and supporting their endeavors. To all the researchers here...
Read the full postUNB research team’s project seeks to identify how to give children around the globe the best lives possible.
UNB Research
Posted: Sep 28, 2022
Category: Research
Dr. Ziba Vaghri, an associate professor at the University of New Brunswick (UNB), wants to give the world’s decision-makers the tools they need to protect children and respect their rights through a new project – InspiRights. Working from UNB’s Saint John campus, Dr. Vaghri leads the GlobalChild research program that has established the GlobalChild platform, a child rights...
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