UNB Law

UNB Law welcomes Graydon Nicholas as Wihkwatacamit

Ed Bowes

Posted: August 30, 2021 5:00:00 PM ADT

Category: Alumni


The Hon. Graydon Nicholas, C.M., O.N.B., LL.D. will be visiting UNB Law this year on a part-time basis. Graydon, as he would like us to call him, is a distinguished and highly respected Wolastoqey Elder, lawyer, judge, social worker, and activist. He is originally from Tobique First Nation, which is 180 kilometers northwest of Fredericton. Graydon’s title will be Wihkwatacamit...

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Maria Panezi receives 2021-22 Environmental Trust Fund grant

Ed Bowes

Posted: August 23, 2021 8:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Faculty



Professor Maria Panezi has been awarded a $55,000 Environmental Trust Fund grant for the project Supporting New Brunswick’s Green Economy Transition: Interdisciplinary Student Research Group for the Trade-related aspects of the NB Climate Change Act and Output-Based Pricing System (OBPS). Prof. Panezi and her team plan to explore the International Trade parameters of provincial and...

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Kerri Froc receives research grant to examine pay transparency

Ed Bowes

Posted: August 12, 2021 9:00:00 AM ADT

Category: Research, Faculty



Professor Kerri Froc has received a research grant of $18,850 through the CBA’s Law for the Future Fund for the project, Establishing the foundation for pay transparency legislation in New Brunswick. The project is a partnership between Prof. Froc and the NB Coalition for Pay Equity—a group of individuals and organizations that pursues and ensures the realization of the right to pay...

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Benjamin Perryman awarded SSHRC grant to study “smart” border technology

Ed Bowes

Posted: August 10, 2021 7:30:00 AM ADT

Category: Faculty



Professors Benjamin Perryman (UNB) and Sean Rehaag (Osgoode Hall) have been awarded a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant for their project Electronic Travel Authorizations: Interdicting Roma Refugees. The partnership includes Air Passenger Rights (APR), a non-profit group whose mission is to advance the rights of air travellers. The project will examine the racial profiling effects of...

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