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The University of New Brunswick (UNB) is a
public university A public university or public college is a university or college that is in state ownership, owned by the state or receives significant government spending, public funds through a national or subnational government, as opposed to a private unive ...
with two primary campuses in Fredericton and Saint John,
New Brunswick New Brunswick (french: Nouveau-Brunswick, , locally ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada. It is one of the three Maritime provinces and one of the four Atlantic provinces. It is the only province with both English and ...
. It is the oldest English-language university in Canada, and among the oldest public universities in North America.University of New Brunswic

Retrieved on: August 18, 2008.
UNB was founded by a group of seven Loyalist (American Revolution), Loyalists who left the United States after the
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.Happy Birthday to the University of New Brunswick
. ''MacLeans''. By
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. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
UNB has two main campuses: the original campus, founded in 1785 in Fredericton, and a smaller campus which opened in Saint John in 1964. The Saint John campus is home to New Brunswick's anglophone medical school, Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, an affiliate of Dalhousie University. In addition, there are two small satellite health sciences campuses located in Moncton and
Bathurst, New Brunswick Bathurst ( 2021 population; UA 12,157 ) is the largest City in Northern New Brunswick, it overlooks the Nepisiguit Bay, part of Chaleur Bay and is at the estuary of the Nepisiguit River. As part of the New Brunswick local governance reform , ...
, and two offices in the Caribbean and in Beijing. UNB offers over 75 degrees in fourteen faculties at the undergraduate and graduate levels with a total student enrolment of approximately 9,700 between the two principal campuses. UNB was named the most entrepreneurial university in Canada at the 2014 Startup Canada Awards. The University of New Brunswick has educated numerous Canadian federal cabinet ministers including Sir John Douglas Hazen, William Pugsley and Gerald Merrithew, many Premiers of New Brunswick such as Frank McKenna and Blaine Higgs, two puisne justices of the Supreme Court of Canada,
Oswald Smith Crocket Oswald Smith Crocket (April 13, 1868 – March 2, 1945) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Born in Chatham, New Brunswick, the son of William Crocket and Marion Caldwell, he received a Bache ...
and
Gérard La Forest Gérard Vincent La Forest (born April 1, 1926) is a former puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. He served there from January 16, 1985 to September 30, 1997. He is currently counsel at law firm Stewart McKelvey in Fredericton, New Brunsw ...
, as well as prominent artists and writers. UNB had ties to the Confederation Poets movement;
Bliss Carman William Bliss Carman (April 15, 1861 – June 8, 1929) was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada's poet laureate during his later years. In Canada, Car ...
and Sir Charles G.D. Roberts were alumni.


History


Founding and charters

In 1783, Loyalist settlers began to build upon the ruins of a former Acadian village called Ste-Anne-des-Pays-Bas. The new settlement was named Frederick's Town in honour of Prince Frederick, son of
King George III George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Br ...
and uncle of
Queen Victoria Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death in 1901. Her reign of 63 years and 216 days was longer than that of any previo ...
."Fredericton"
. ''Collections Canada''. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
Initially modelled on the Anglican ideals of older, European institutions, the University of New Brunswick was founded in 1785 as the Academy of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The petition requesting the establishment of the school, titled "The Founders' Petition of 1785," was addressed to Governor Thomas Carleton and was signed by seven Loyalist men: William Paine, William Wanton, George Sproule, Zephaniah Kingsley, Sr., John Coffin,
Ward Chipman Ward Chipman (July 30, 1754 – February 9, 1824) was a New Brunswick lawyer, judge, and political figure. He briefly served as administrator for New Brunswick from 1823 until his death in 1824. Early life He was born in Marblehead, Massac ...
, and Adino Paddock."The Founders' Petition of 1785"
''UNB Libraries''. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
By an 1800 provincial charter, signed by
Jonathan Odell Jonathan Odell (25 September 1737 – 25 November 1818) was a Loyalist poet who lived during the American Revolution. Early life and career Odell was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1737 to John and Temperance Odell. He graduated from Prince ...
, the Academy of Liberal Arts and Sciences became the College of New Brunswick."Historical Sketch of UNB"
. ''About UNB''. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
The college was succeeded by King's College, which was granted by royal charter in December 1827. King's College operated under the control of the
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until 1859, when it was made non-sectarian by an act of the provincial legislature that transformed the college into the University of New Brunswick."UNB's Heraldic Tapestries"
''UNB Libraries''. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
In 1866, Mary Kingsley Tibbits became the first regularly admitted female student of UNB. By 1867, the University of New Brunswick had two faculties: Arts and Applied Science. It awarded the degrees of
Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of arts (BA or AB; from the Latin ', ', or ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines. A Bachelor of Arts degree course is generally completed in three or four year ...
,
Bachelor of Science A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, SB, or ScB; from the Latin ') is a bachelor's degree awarded for programs that generally last three to five years. The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University o ...
,
Master of Arts A Master of Arts ( la, Magister Artium or ''Artium Magister''; abbreviated MA, M.A., AM, or A.M.) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The degree is usually contrasted with that of Master of Science. Th ...
, and Doctor of Science. The latter was awarded only in the fields of
civil engineering Civil engineering is a professional engineering discipline that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including public works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewa ...
, electrical engineering, and
forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. ...
. UNB was one of only two schools in Canada in the late 1800s that offered a Forestry Engineering degree (the other being the University of Toronto). So when the federal government began creating Dominion Forests on federal land in Western Canada between 1899 and 1906, most of the first Forest Rangers were from UNB.


20th/21st centuries

In 1906, UNB established a bicameral system of university government consisting of a senate responsible for academic policy, and a board of governors exercising exclusive control over financial policy and other matters. The president, appointed by the board, was to provide a link between the two bodies and to provide institutional leadership. At this time, the university had 156 male students, 21 female students, and only eleven academic staff, who were all male. In 1964, a second, smaller campus was established in
Saint John, New Brunswick Saint John is a seaport city of the Atlantic Ocean located on the Bay of Fundy in the province of New Brunswick, Canada. Saint John is the oldest incorporated city in Canada, established by royal charter on May 18, 1785, during the reign of K ...
. The growth of the UNBSJ campus is particularly notable, for the campus began with only 96 students spread throughout various buildings in Saint John's central business district. In 1968, UNBSJ moved to its new home at Tucker Park. In 1968 the university's governance structure was reorganized with the aim of giving faculty members control of academic affairs. The UNB Act of 1968 led to the formation of two governing bodies, both chaired by the president. The Board of Governors, whose role was to oversee and give guidance to president as "chief executive officer" was to have four faculty representatives, while the majority of the Senate was to be made up of faculty members elected by their peers. The
Association of University of New Brunswick Teachers The Association of University of New Brunswick Teachers (AUNBT) is the trade union representing the full-time and part-time professors, instructors, and academic librarians at the University of New Brunswick in the province of New Brunswick, Canad ...
(AUNBT) was established in 1954; in 1979, this association became the bargaining agent for all full-time academic staff, and in 2008, it achieved certification for contract academic staff.


Relocation of the Faculty of Law

In 1959, the Faculty of Law moved from Saint John to Fredericton following a report on the status of legal education in Canada by Professor Maxwell Cohen from McGill University. In his report, Cohen stated that the Saint John Law School was only "nominally a faculty of UNB". This prompted Lord Beaverbrook, as Chancellor, and UNB President
Colin B. Mackay Colin Bridges Mackay, (July 26, 1920 – November 27, 2003) was president of the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada from 1953 to 1969. Mackay oversaw the expansion of the university from a small college to a reg ...
, to permanently move the Saint John Law School to the UNB Fredericton campus, despite the Dean's objections.


The Strax affair

In March 1969 UNB was censured by the
Canadian Association of University Teachers The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT; french: Association canadienne des professeures et professeurs d'université, ACPPU) is a federation of independent associations and trade unions representing approximately 70,000 teachers, l ...
(CAUT) because of its suspension of Norman Strax, a physics professor who had led protests in September 1968 against the introduction of photo id cards. The censure was lifted after the university agreed to engage in arbitration with Strax. Among the "tumultuous events" of the 1968–69 academic year were the occupation by Strax's supporters of his office in Loring Bailey Hall and the prosecution and jailing of a student journalist over an article in the '' Brunswickan''.


Polytechnic controversy

In the fall of 2007, a report commissioned by the provincial government recommended that UNBSJ and the New Brunswick Community College be reformed and consolidated into a new
polytechnic Polytechnic is most commonly used to refer to schools, colleges, or universities that qualify as an institute of technology or vocational university also sometimes called universities of applied sciences. Polytechnic may also refer to: Educatio ...
post-secondary institute. The proposal immediately came under heavy criticism and led to the several organized protests. Under heavy fire from the public, the Graham government eventually announced that it would set aside the possibility of UNB Saint John losing its status as a university and would refer the report to a working group for further study. The government would go on to announce in January that UNBSJ would retain its liberal arts program and its association with UNB and the working group reported back to government in May, with its findings and government's response being made public in June.


Campuses

Currently UNBF has approximately 9,000 students, while UNBSJ has 3,000. Though UNBF has more students at the moment, UNBSJ is growing at a faster rate. Both campuses have undergone significant expansion over the years, and many university buildings have received funding from Lord Beaverbrook and other prominent industrialists and philanthropists. UNB's largest expansion coincided with the baby boom, when its Fredericton campus tripled in size.


Fredericton

The UNB Fredericton campus is located on a hill overlooking the Saint John River. The campus is well known for its colourful fall foliage, Georgian style red-brick buildings, and a very steep hill. UNB Fredericton has shared the "College Hill" with St. Thomas University (STU) since 1964, when the former St. Thomas College moved from Chatham, NB (now Miramichi). While the universities share some infrastructure, they remain separate institutions.


Architecture

Architect G. Ernest Fairweather designed several of the campus buildings, including the Old Civil Engineering Building (1900) and the Gymnasium (1906). In addition, several of the stained glass windows in the Convocation Hall were created by Robert McCausland Limited. UNBF's War Memorial Hall (usually referred to as Memorial Hall), originally built as a science building in 1924, honours the 35 UNB Alumni who died in
World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
. UNBF's Brigadier Milton F. Gregg, V.C., Centre for the Study of War and Society (usually referred to as The Gregg Centre) was created in 2006. The Richard J. Currie Center, a five-storey 139,000-square-foot building, was constructed in 2013.


National Historic Sites

Two buildings on the Fredericton campus have been designated National Historic Sites of Canada: the 1827 Sir Howard Douglas Hall (the Old Arts Building), and the 1851
William Brydone Jack Observatory The William Brydone Jack Observatory is a small astronomical observatory on the campus of the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Constructed in 1851, it was the first astronomical observatory built in British North Amer ...
.


Saint John

The UNB Saint John campus (UNBSJ) is located in Tucker Park in the Millidgeville neighbourhood, several kilometres north of the city's central business district, and has views of the Kennebecasis River and Grand Bay. New Brunswick's largest health care facility,
Saint John Regional Hospital Saint John Regional Hospital is a Canadian hospital in Saint John, New Brunswick. Operated by Horizon Health Network, Saint John Regional Hospital opened in 1982, replacing the Saint John General Hospital and West Saint John Community Hospital ...
, is located adjacent to the UNBSJ campus. Since 2010, the UNBSJ campus has been home to Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, a medical school that operates as a partnership between the Government of New Brunswick, the University of New Brunswick and Dalhousie’s Faculty of Medicine. The Saint John campus has undergone expansion over the years and is the fastest growing component of the UNB system with many new buildings constructed between the 1970s and the first decade of the 21st century. A trend in recent years has been a growth in the number of international students. Notable differences from its parent campus in Fredericton lay in the campus culture. While UNB Fredericton has a substantial number of students living in its on-campus residences, this is not the case for UNBSJ. The majority of students do not live within walking distance of the campus due to its remote location, so unlike Fredericton, Saint John is predominantly a "commuter campus".


Architecture

Construction on the Hans W. Klohn Commons began on April 1, 2010, and the building officially opened on September 7, 2011. This building is one of the most environmentally friendly buildings in Atlantic Canada."A smarter, greener library"
''UNB Excellence''. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
The building features an electric elevator that produces power for the commons. The building is part of the Tucker Park enhancement project, which includes the refurbishment of the Canada Games Stadium, the new Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick facility, and the New Brunswick Community College's Allied Health building. The Commons houses the library, Writing Centre, Math and Science Help Centre, an IT help desk, and the Commons Cafe. A new residence building, named the Barry and Flora Beckett Residence, which opened in Winter 2021, is a geothermally-heated building, offering 104 beds. This new residence building is named after the Becketts; two prominent figures in the campus' history. Dr Barry Beckett taught as a chemistry professor all the way back when UNB Saint John was just a campus in uptown Saint John, while Dr Flora Beckett taught mathematics and served as the director of the Math Help Centre. With the announcement of the Integrated Health Initiative (IHI), the campus is set to reconstruct the currently (unused) Ward Chipman Library into the new Health and Social Innovation Centre.


Programs

There are over 75 undergraduate programs, while the School of Graduate Studies offers course and research-based programs in over 30 fields. UNB has a 16:1 student-to-faculty ratio. * Arts - Anthropology (Fredericton), Classics and Ancient History (Fredericton), Creative Writing (Fredericton), Culture and Media Studies (Fredericton), Drama (Fredericton), Economics (Fredericton), English (Fredericton), French (Fredericton), History (Fredericton), History & Politics (Saint John), Humanities & Languages (Saint John), International Development Studies (Fredericton), Philosophy (Fredericton), Political Science (Fredericton), Psychology (Fredericton), Psychology (Saint John), Social Science (Saint John), Sociology (Fredericton) * Business - Faculty of Business (Saint John), Faculty of Management (Fredericton) * Computer Science - Computer Science (Fredericton), Computer Science (Saint John) * Education - Faculty of Education (Fredericton) * Engineering - Chemical Engineering (Fredericton), Civil Engineering (Fredericton), Electrical Engineering (Fredericton), Software Engineering (Fredericton), Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering (Fredericton), Geological Engineering (Fredericton), Mechanical Engineering (Fredericton), two-year Engineering Certificate (Saint John) * Forestry - Forestry & Environmental Management (Fredericton) *Health - Society and Health (Saint John), Management in Health (Saint John), Biomedical Sciences and Health (Saint John) * Kinesiology - Faculty of Kinesiology (Fredericton) * Law - Faculty of Law (Fredericton) * Leadership Studies - Renaissance College (Fredericton) * Nursing - Faculty of Nursing (Fredericton), Faculty of Nursing (Moncton), Humber College (Toronto), Nursing & Health Sciences (Saint John) * Science - Biological Sciences (Saint John), Biology (Fredericton), Chemistry (Fredericton), Earth Sciences (Fredericton), Environmental Sciences (Fredericton), Mathematics and Statistics (Fredericton), Mathematics and Statistics (Saint John), Physics (Fredericton), Physics (bi-campus)


Research and academics

UNB is the seat of 14 Canada Research Chairs and is home to more than 60 research centres and institutes. It conducts about 75 per cent of all university research in the province. UNB's annual research spending (2013–14) generated $32.2 million i

for the New Brunswick economy. Between 2004 and 2009, the university's research revenue increased by 77 per cent: the highest increase among Canadian comprehensive universities. UNB has developed technology used by Google, is a research partner with the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is a global leader in powered prosthetic research and developing MRI technology, and is home to one of the motion analysis labs in North America as well as the world's first research centre in dermoskeletics.


Reputation

In 2021, UNB was awarded 5 stars from the '' QS World University Rankings'', the second university in Atlantic Canada to receive this rating. In ''
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'' 2023 "comprehensive university" rankings, UNB ranked eigth out of 15 universities, tied with
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. In 2014, UNB was awarded the most entrepreneurial university in Canada by Startup Canada. The university has also supported in launching 23 new startup companies as of 2015. In 2012, UNB's law school was ranked second nationally in elite firm hiring by ''Maclean's''. According to Canadian Lawyer Magazine, the law school ranks among the top five in Canada. In 2008, the '' National Post'' and the '' Ottawa Citizen'' recognized UNB as being among the top three comprehensive research universities in Canada for the highest percentage growth of research income across a five-year period.


Poets' Corner

Because so many of UNB's students, alumni, and professors have produced celebrated poetry, the city of Fredericton has earned the nickname "Poets' Corner." Two of Canada's four Confederation PoetsSir Charles G.D. Roberts and
Bliss Carman William Bliss Carman (April 15, 1861 – June 8, 1929) was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada's poet laureate during his later years. In Canada, Car ...
– were educated at UNB, as was
Francis Joseph Sherman Francis Joseph Sherman (February 3, 1871 – June 15, 1926) was a Canadian poet. He published a number of books of poetry during the last years of the nineteenth century, including ''Matins'' and ''In Memorabilia Mortis'' (a collection of sonnets ...
, along with a number of notable 20th- and 21st-century Canadian writers. In 1947, the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada unveiled a "Poet's Corner" monument in honour of Carman, Roberts, and Sherman."Poets' Corner"
''UNB Archives' 225th Anniversary Projects''. Retrieved 2012-03-03.

. ''Collections Canada''. Retrieved 2012-03-03.


Institute of Biomedical Engineering

The Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBME) on the Fredericton campus is one of the research institutes in biomedical engineering in Canada. It was founded in 1965 as the Bio-Engineering Institute, making it one of the oldest research institutes to be solely dedicated to the field of biomedical engineering. The institute is also the region's prosthetic fitting centre where amputees are fitted with "intelligent" artificial limbs. The institute also carries out research in the field of myoelectric signal processing, biomedical instrumentation and human motion analysis. The IBME also developed the UNB Test of Prosthetic Function which is used by researchers all over the world. Although the institute does not offer degrees in biomedical engineering, students at UNB usually enrol in one of the other faculties of engineering such as electrical or mechanical and pursue their research in biomedical engineering at the IBME.


Canadian Rivers Institute

The Canadian Rivers Institute was founded in 2000 and is a site of river sciences research. The mandate of the CRI is to conduct both multi-disciplinary basic and applied research focusing on rivers from their
headwaters The headwaters of a river or stream is the farthest place in that river or stream from its estuary or downstream confluence with another river, as measured along the course of the river. It is also known as a river's source. Definition The ...
to their estuaries, to promote the conservation, protection and sustainable use of water, and to educate professionals, graduate students and the public on water sciences. Members of the CRI conduct research on regional, national and international issues related to rivers and their land-water linkages. With researchers from both UNB campuses, the CRI develops the aquatic science needed to understand, protect and sustain water resources. Since 2013, the CRI and its partners have been working with NB Power to research the potential environmental impacts of the future options being considered for the Mactaquac Generating Station. The Mactaquac Dam on the Saint John River will reach the end of its lifespan by 2030, and CRI has been evaluating key environmental challenges such as river health, fish passage and flow management. In 2015, CRI was given an additional $2.8 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) to conduct an aquatic ecosystem study on the Saint John River. In 2021, Parks Canada announced their first research chair in aquatic restoration, carrying out Atlantic salmon recovery research with researchers from the Canadian Rivers Institute.


Mi'kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre (MWC)

UNB created its BEd program for
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students in 1977 in an effort to help First Nations communities take control of their own schools. In 1981, the Mi'kmaq-Maliseet Institute (MMI), the former name of the MWC, opened its doors with an expanded mandate to train professionals and improve First Nations access to First Nations education. The Institute provided a variety of services, including research, curriculum development, language education, policy development, children's literacy, and more. In addition, the Institute funded the Mi'kmaq-Maliseet Resource Collection, which contains materials that are immensely valuable to knowledge of First Nations culture, history, and perspective in the region.


Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy

The Canadian Research Institute for Social Policy was founded in 1996 as the Atlantic Centre for Policy Research, supported by the Canadian Institute For Advanced Research. The name change took effect in January, 2000. The institute was designated as a Statistics Canada Research Data Centre in 2002. The institute brings interdisciplinary researchers together to focus on issues pertaining to social policy on a national and international level, specifically issues relevant to children and youth development. Projects included the New Brunswick Schools Early Literacy Initiative; Mapping Literacy as a Determinant of Healt;, Raising and Leveling the Bar: A Collaborative Research Initiative on Children's Learning, Behavioural, and Health Outcomes; and the Confident Learners Initiative.


Faculty of Engineering

The Faculty of Engineering at UNB is the first to offer engineering degrees in Canada. It has five departments and offers seven accredited engineering programmes in Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical, Geomatics Engineering, Geological Engineering (jointly offered with the Faculty of Science), Mechanical Engineering, and Software Engineering (jointly offered with the Faculty of Computer Science). The faculty had 920 full-time equivalent students as of Winter 2021.


Medical Training Centre

The University of New Brunswick's Medical Training Centre is the first anglophone school of medicine in New Brunswick. It is a joint medical programme, offered with
Dalhousie University Faculty of Medicine The Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University, also known as Dalhousie Medical School, is a medical school and faculty of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The Faculty of Medicine has operated continuously since 1868 and is o ...
.


Scholarships

UNB awards over five million dollars in scholarships each year. These include the Blake-Kirkpatrick, Beaverbrook, and President's scholarships. With $7.2 million available in undergraduate scholarships, one in two students entering UNB from high school received a scholarship as of 2015. UNB has a scholarship guarantee in which any admitted student with an average of 80% or higher will receive a guaranteed amount of five hundred dollars. As a member of the Loran Scholars university consortium, UNB offers a matching tuition waiver as part of a $100,000 undergraduate scholarship to recognize incoming students who demonstrate "exemplary character, service and leadership". Five Loran Scholars have studied at UNB over the years. Additionally, it is part of the Schulich Leader Scholarships program, awarding an $100,000 STEM scholarship to an incoming engineering student and a $80,000 scholarship to a science, technology, or mathematics student each year.


Student life

UNB has approximately 10,000 students from over 100 countries. Students have over 125 clubs and societies to choose from between the Fredericton and Saint John campuses and there are 13 residences available to students in Fredericton and two in Saint John. Students on both campuses have access to UNB's facilities, fitness classes and outdoor activities such as snowshoeing and kayaking. There are exchanges available in more than 35 countries around the world with over 89 university partners.


Athletics

UNB Fredericton is represented in
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by the
UNB Reds The UNB Reds are the athletic teams that represent the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. The Reds compete in the following sports: men's and women's basketball, men's and women's hockey, men's and women's soccer ...
while UNBSJ is represented in CCAA by the UNB Saint John Seawolves. The Reds compete in the following sports: men's and women's
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, men's and women's
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, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's
volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
, and
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. Men's and women's track & field and cross country were added as a varsity sport for 2010–2011; this is a joint Fredericton/Saint John Campus program. In the past, UNBF used different names for each individual sport's team; for instance, the men's swim team was the Beavers, and the hockey team was the Red Devils. The university club teams, which are supported financially by the Student Union as well as by individual members of the teams, do not use the Reds name and thus continue the tradition of using different nicknames for each sport.


Songs

Traditional among a number of songs commonly played and sung at various times such as commencement, convocation, and athletic events are "Carmina Universitatis Novi Brunsvici", "Alma Mater" (1904), and "UNB Anthem", with words by A.G. Bailey and music by D.V. Start. Colloquial songs included "Bombers Away" to celebrate the football team: Bombers away, my boys
Bombers away,
'Cause when you fight red bombers.
Fight you Bombers, Fight you Bombers,
Fight, Fight, Fight.


Notable academic milestones

UNB Saint John was the first university in Canada to offer an
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program with its bachelor of business administration in electronic commerce. The university has since been ranked by ''Canadian Business Magazine'' as first in e-business.


People


List of presidents

* Paul Mazerolle (2019-) *
Eddy Campbell Eddy Campbell is a Canadian mathematician, university professor, and university administrator. He served as the president of the University of New Brunswick from 2009 - 2019. H. E. A. (Eddy) Campbell earned two degrees in mathematics from Memor ...
(2009-2019) * John McLaughlin (2002-2009) * Elizabeth Parr-Johnston (1996-2002) * Robin L. Armstrong (1990-1996) * James Downey (1980-1990) * John M. Anderson (1973-1980) * Desmond Pacey (1972) *
James Owen Dineen James Owen Dineen (July 24, 1920 – September 21, 1975) was a Canadian engineer, university administrator and the twelfth President of the University of New Brunswick.
(1969-1972) * Colin Bridges Mackay (1953-1969) * Albert William Trueman (1948-1953) *
Milton Fowler Gregg Brigadier Milton Fowler Gregg, (10 April 1892 – 13 March 1978) was a The Royal Canadian Regiment, Canadian military officer and a First World War recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that ...
(1944-1947) * Norman Archibald Macrae MacKenzie (1940-1944) * Cecil Charles Jones (1906-1940) * Thomas Harrison (1885-1906) *
William Brydone Jack William Brydone Jack, (23 November 1817 – 23 November 1886), was the University of New Brunswick's first surveying professor and its second president (1861–1885). He was educated at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. In 1840, he was a ...
(1861-1885) * Joseph R. Hea (1860-1861) * Edwin Jacob (1829-1860) * James Somerville (1811-1828)


Notable current and former faculty

* Xiaoyi Bao - Physicist, recognized for her contributions to the field of fiber optics * Bill Bauer - Poet and short-story writer, critically acclaimed for his "strikingly inventive imagination" * Philip Bryden - Current deputy minister of justice and deputy solicitor general of
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*
E. Sandra Byers Elaine Sandra Byers (born November 9, 1951) is a Canadian psychologist, sex researcher, educator and therapist. As a faculty member of psychology at the University of New Brunswick, she established the Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family ...
- academic psychologist and sexologist * Silver Donald Cameron - Journalist, author, and playwright whose writing focused on social justice, nature, and the environment *
Eddy Campbell Eddy Campbell is a Canadian mathematician, university professor, and university administrator. He served as the president of the University of New Brunswick from 2009 - 2019. H. E. A. (Eddy) Campbell earned two degrees in mathematics from Memor ...
- Mathematician and former University president (2009-2019) *
Jacqui Cole Jacqueline Manina Cole is the Head of the Molecular Engineering group in the Cavendish Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. Her research considers the design of functional materials for optoelectronic applications. Early life and educatio ...
- Head of the
Molecular Engineering Molecular engineering is an emerging field of study concerned with the design and testing of molecular properties, behavior and interactions in order to assemble better materials, systems, and processes for specific functions. This approach, in whi ...
group in the Cavendish Laboratory at the
University of Cambridge The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209 and granted a royal charter by Henry III in 1231, Cambridge is the world's third oldest surviving university and one of its most pr ...
* Baron d'Avray - New Brunswick superintendent of education (1854-1858) * George Eulas Foster - Seven-times minister in the Government of Canada, and longtime member and senator in the Parliament of Canada *
Karen Kidd Karen Ann Kidd (born 1968) is a Canadian aquatic ecotoxicologist. She is the Jarislowsky Chair in Environment and Health and Professor of Biology at McMaster University and member of the International Joint Commission. Early life and education Ki ...
- Aquatic ecotoxicologist and member of the
International Joint Commission The International Joint Commission (french: Commission mixte internationale) is a bi-national organization established by the governments of the United States and Canada under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. Its responsibilities were expa ...
*
Gérard La Forest Gérard Vincent La Forest (born April 1, 1926) is a former puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. He served there from January 16, 1985 to September 30, 1997. He is currently counsel at law firm Stewart McKelvey in Fredericton, New Brunsw ...
- Former
puisne justice A puisne judge or puisne justice (; from french: puisné or ; , 'since, later' + , 'born', i.e. 'junior') is a dated term for an ordinary judge or a judge of lesser rank of a particular court. Use The term is used almost exclusively in common law ...
of the Supreme Court of Canada *
David Lametti David T. Lametti (born August 10, 1962) is a Canadian politician who has been the minister of justice and attorney general of Canada since 2019. A member of the Liberal Party, Lametti sits as a member of Parliament (MP) and has represented L ...
- Current
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*
Nicole Letourneau Nicole Lyn Letourneau (born in Fredericton, New Brunswick) is a Canadian professor and researcher. She is a Research Chair in Parent and Child Mental Health at the University of Calgary. Formerly she held the Alberta Children's Hospital Chair and ...
- Child health scholar. Named to Canada's "Top 40 Under 40" people by the Globe and Mail (2008) * Salem Masry - Founder of Universal Systems/CARIS * Anne McLellan - Former deputy prime minister of Canada * Brigadier Maurice Tugwell - Founder of the Mackenzie Institute think tank * Petr Vaníček - Geophysicist and geodesist. Instigator and president of the Canadian Geophysical Union (1986-1988)


Notable alumni

As of 2020, the University of New Brunswick reports 90,000 living alumni, with over 39,000 in New Brunswick. File:Lord Beaverbrook 1947b.jpg, Lord Beaverbrook, Anglo-Canadian press baron & member of the British War Cabinet File:Bliss Carman cph.3b15835.jpg,
Bliss Carman William Bliss Carman (April 15, 1861 – June 8, 1929) was a Canadian poet who lived most of his life in the United States, where he achieved international fame. He was acclaimed as Canada's poet laureate during his later years. In Canada, Car ...
, poet File:Oswald Smith Crocket.jpg,
Oswald Smith Crocket Oswald Smith Crocket (April 13, 1868 – March 2, 1945) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. Born in Chatham, New Brunswick, the son of William Crocket and Marion Caldwell, he received a Bache ...
, Puisne Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada File:Wade MacLauchlan in DC (cropped).jpg,
Wade MacLauchlan H. Wade MacLauchlan CM OPEI (born 10 December 1954), is a Canadian legal academic, university administrator, politician and community leader. He served as the fifth president of the University of Prince Edward Island from 1999 to 2011, becomin ...
, former
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File:Frank McKenna2.jpg, Frank McKenna, former Ambassador & Premier of New Brunswick File:Anne Murray.jpg, Anne Murray, singer File:Charles G. D. Roberts cph.3a43709.jpg, Sir Charles G.D. Roberts, author


Media

The university presses, ''The Baron'' and ''
The Brunswickan ''The Brunswickan'' is the official student newspaper of the Fredericton campus of the University of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada. It has a circulation of 4,000 and issues are published on the first Wednesday each month, traditionally run ...
'', are members of Canadian University Press. Publishing since 1867, ''The Brunswickan'' is the oldest official student publication in Canada."Who We Are"
. ''The Brunswickan''. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
UNB is also home to several notable magazines and journals, such as '' The Fiddlehead'' and '' Studies in Canadian Literature''.


Radio

* 107.3FM CFMH-FM ( Saint John) * 97.9FM
CHSR-FM CHSR-FM is a campus-licensed radio station in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. The station has an effective radiated power of 250 watts. The broadcast signal is also streamed live on the internet. Most of its members are students at the Unive ...
( Fredericton)


Newspapers

* ''The Baron'' (Saint John campus) * ''
The Brunswickan ''The Brunswickan'' is the official student newspaper of the Fredericton campus of the University of New Brunswick, New Brunswick, Canada. It has a circulation of 4,000 and issues are published on the first Wednesday each month, traditionally run ...
'' (Fredericton campus) * ''The Pillar'' (Engineering Newspaper) (Fredericton Campus)


Magazines and journals

* '' The Fiddlehead'' * '' Studies in Canadian Literature'' * ''
Acadiensis ''Acadiensis: Journal of the History of the Atlantic Region'' (fr: ''Acadiensis: Revue d'histoire de la région Atlantique'') is a semi-annual peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history of Atlantic Canada. The current editors-in-chief are ...
''


See also

* List of oldest universities in continuous operation * Higher education in New Brunswick *
List of universities and colleges in New Brunswick This is a list of universities and colleges in New Brunswick, Canada: Public chartered universities * Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick *Mount Allison University * St. Thomas University *Université de Moncton *University of New Brunswick Private ...
*
List of historic places in New Brunswick This is a list of lists of historic places in the province of New Brunswick by county or city, from the Canadian Register of Historic Places, which includes federal, provincial, and municipal designations. *Moncton * St. Andrews * Albert County *C ...
*
Maritime College of Forest Technology The Maritime College of Forest Technology (French: Collège de Technologie forestière des Maritimes) is a Canadian post-secondary college with campuses located in Fredericton, New Brunswick (English instruction) and Bathurst, New Brunswick (Fre ...
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Atlantic University Sport Atlantic University Sport (AUS; french: Sport universitaire de l'Atlantique) is a regional membership association for universities in Atlantic Canada which assists in co-ordinating competition between their university level athletic programs and pr ...
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U Sports U Sports (stylized as U SPORTS) is the national sport governing body of university sport in Canada, comprising the majority of degree-granting universities in the country. Its equivalent body for organized sports at colleges in Canada is the C ...
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Canadian government scientific research organizations Expenditures by federal and provincial organizations on scientific research and development accounted for about 10% of all such spending in Canada in 2006. These organizations are active in natural and social science research, engineering research, ...
* Canadian university scientific research organizations *
Canadian industrial research and development organizations Expenditures by Canadian corporations on research and development accounted for about 50% of all spending on scientific research and development in Canada in 2007. In the corporate sector research and development tends to focus on the creation or ...


Further reading

* Bailey, Alfred G., ed. ''The University of New Brunswick: Memorial Volume''. Fredericton: University of New Brunswick, 1950. * McGahan, Peter. ''The Quiet Campus: A History of the University of New Brunswick in Saint John, 1959–1969.'' Fredericton: New Ireland Press, 1998. * Montague, Susan. ''A Pictorial History of the University of New Brunswick''. Fredericton: University of New Brunswick, 1992.


References


External links


Arts Building, UNB, National Historic Site of CanadaWilliam Brydone Jack Observatory, UNB, National Historic Site of Canada
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