Letters from the Presidents
ALUMNI NEWS MAGAZINE | Summer 2022
The UNB community continues to demonstrate and deliver extraordinary achievements that change lives. We have many incredible people at, and through, our university who are passionate about helping others less fortunate or especially vulnerable. Indeed, several members of the UNB community continue to deliver positive change within their local communities
and beyond.
Throughout this issue, you will read stories about students and alumni who work every day, giving of themselves to change lives for the better and to make a difference in the world. Marcel LeBrun is one of them.
Marcel left the corporate world to build a tiny home community on the northside of Fredericton as a way to help combat homelessness in the city. To date, Marcel and his team at 12 Neighbours Inc. have built 12 tiny homes, with the goal of building 96. This initiative will have a life-changing impact on the people living in this new community.
Although our campuses have grown over time, the sense of community has always been at their core. Our students are confronting challenges and creating programs and services to support each other.
Consider UNB Saint John psychology honours student Kaydie Surette. Kaydie established Kreating Conversations, a student-led group focusing on normalizing conversations about mental health and mental illness. This is a terrific initiative that is addressing an important issue.
In addition, there are our UNB law students who are working to provide much-needed support across a range of areas of importance for the community. The group includes 40 UNB law student volunteers who are partnering with 13 organizations to tackle 20 pro bono projects in areas such as environmental law and in delivering family law workshops, among other areas.
At UNB, we are most fortunate to have an alumni community who are dedicated and involved, who care about their alma mater’s future, and who pay it forward. I was honoured to have met with some of these amazing alumni at the Proudly UNB awards in-person ceremony in April.
There are many things about UNB that make me proud, but the community that our students, faculty, staff and alumni have created rises to the top. We have a terrific community at UNB and many people are undertaking heroic work each and every day. I salute the many UNB champions who are working to make a difference in the world!
IN MEMORIAM
Remembering two former UNB presidents and the legacies they left behind.
WHAT'S HAPPENING AT UNB
Recognizing the 2022 Spring honorary degree recipients.
