Building a better New Brunswick
The University of New Brunswick has helped transform the lives of hundreds of thousands of people from across the province, the country and the world for more than 225 years.
The entire university community – our students, alumni, faculty, researchers and staff – continues to play an important role around the globe.
The UNB community makes a difference every single day in many different ways.
Its impact ranges from the work of our Institute of Biomedical Engineering in developing new technologies to the work of our Canadian Rivers Institute in protecting and rehabilitating rivers and waterways and much, much more.
UNB’s impact can be seen not only in the classroom or the lab, but also in the community where we have students, faculty and staff working to help local schools with literacy and other educational programs.
And of course, there are the many student volunteer activities, such as Shinerama or the annual Neville Bed Push, that raise funds and support local, national and international charities.
All of this is why so many are proudly UNB and why I’m so proud to be the president of New Brunswick’s provincial university.
As a university community, we understand how important UNB is to our entire province and that’s why we’ve developed a strategic plan to help build a better university and a better New Brunswick.
Smart NB
To build a better New Brunswick, we need to have a Smart New Brunswick.
- A Smart New Brunswick is one that has the highest numeracy and literacy rates in the country.
- A Smart New Brunswick is one that has the highest proportion of people with trades certificates, with community or design college diplomas or with a university degree in the country.
- A Smart New Brunswick is one that has the highest proportion of engaged citizens who care about creating opportunities for themselves and for others.
All of these Smart New Brunswick characteristics can be measured. And what you can measure, you can improve. Through programs and investment we can improve these areas and we can build Smart New Brunswick.
At UNB, as a community of passionate minds, we’re excited to help create a Smart New Brunswick.
Innovation
A better, smarter New Brunswick is an innovative New Brunswick.
And higher learning is the driver for innovation.
UNB is a place where ideas come to fruition and are shared. We create and transmit the knowledge that drives innovation and creates enduring economic and social wealth. Over the past 10 years alone, UNB has received more than 30 patents and has another 154 patent applications on more than 60 different technologies.
Our university has also assisted in the creation of more than 17 spin-off companies and firms that have collectively attracted more than $60 million in venture capital investments.
UNB is committed to innovation and I’m excited by the potential of our newest organization – the Pond-Deshpande Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship – to help us achieve our goals of building a better university and a better, more innovative province.
