Shad Valley is a national summer program designed to bring high school students together in one of the 12 host universities. We’ve been involved with this program for well over a decade.

The labs offered have been challenging university-level exercises, ranging from vertebrate dissections to population genetics using Darwin’s finches as a model.

Nature NB’s High School outreach program looks to educate young and old about biodiversity and the environment that we and wildlife live in.

The project at UNB Biology "Inspiring New Botanists" shows students how interesting botany can be, highlighting some interesting facts, prospective careers and useful skills that botany can offer, hopefully encouraging them to pursue botany-related studies.

Home Educators of New Brunswick (HENB) is a Christian organization which seeks to serve home educating families and local support groups in New Brunswick, regardless of religious affiliation, with programs such as Science Days for NB Homeschoolers.

Science Odyssey Girls Adventure Day is hosted by Worlds UNBound. The adventure day is filled with interactive Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) activities on the University of New Brunswick Fredericton campus.

We are also involved with:

• Career Day at Sunbury School

• Biology Lab for Math Competition

The Biology Department at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton has initiated a new summer internship to promote the participation of an indigenous student in the biological sciences. The internship will be offered to a current Grade 12 student who will be pursuing a Biology undergraduate degree from the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton (Fall 2024).

The internship provides an opportunity to gain valuable research experience (while being paid) and to become familiar with the Department of Biology and the University campus prior to the fall start-up.

For any questions, contact Biology@unb.ca.

The Indigenous Student Summer Internship is generously supported by the Department of Biology at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton and by participating faculty researchers. This internship is designed to accelerate a student’s familiarity with a university setting in general and the biology department in particular.

The deserving student will work in a number of different labs and will therefore be exposed to a variety of biological disciplines and kinds of research activities, prior to starting his/her university degree.

The internship provides a student with eight weeks of salary support during the months of July and August. The successful applicant will be introduced to our research environment by actively participating in a project(s) that best suits his/her interests.

Eligibility

This internship is open to all indigenous graduating grade 12 students who will be initiating a degree in Biology at UNB Fredericton in September of the same year.

Students interested in the internship must apply to the Department of Biology by 4 p.m., April 30, 2024 and provide:

• A resume
• transcript of marks
• a letter outlining his/her key interests and career aspirations in the biological sciences.

Selection of the successful candidate will balance all the previous items equally.

Send your application package to:

Dr. Dion Durnford, Department Chair & Professor
Department of Biology
University of New Brunswick
P.O. Box 4400
Fredericton, N.B.
E3B 5A3

Other requirements

The successful candidate will provide a short report on his/her summer experience summarizing the research activity and how it has helped to prepare him/her for the academic year.