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VitalSignsNB midwifery student spotlight: Meet the students characterizing midwifery services in New Brunswick
Shirley Andow and Behdad Beykzadeh
Posted: May 28, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Student Spotlights, Health, Pathways to Professions
What is VitalSignsNB? VitalSignsNB is a student research stream in NB-IRDT’s Pathways to Professions experiential learning program. Led by Dr. Chris Folkins, this stream uses administrative data to explore topics related to health and the healthcare system in New Brunswick with the goal of supporting evidence-informed decision making to promote a healthier future for the province. In...
Read the full postVitalSignsNB diabetes student spotlight: Meet the students exploring chronic disease diagnoses in administrative data
Bailey Howland and Gavin Woodward
Posted: May 9, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Health, Pathways to Professions, Student Spotlights, Education
The VitalSignsNB research stream in NB-IRDT’s Pathways to Professions experiential learning program has focused on a different health-related project each summer since 2021. In 2023, VitalSignsNB expanded to host two new projects at once – one that focused on midwifery services in New Brunswick (featured in an upcoming Student Spotlight) while the other examined diabetes cases in...
Read the full postActionNB student spotlight: Meet the students developing IDEA action plans for the public sector
Olivia Hamilton, Diego Molina, Bea Rivera and Alex Tran
Posted: March 11, 2024 12:00:00 AM ADT
Category: Student Spotlights, Pathways to Professions, Evidence-based Policy
In summer 2023, NB-IRDT welcomed ActionNB – a student research stream led by Future GNB – to its Pathways to Professions experiential learning program. Under the supervision of the Government of New Brunswick’s (GNB) Finance and Treasury Board, the ActionNB team focused on identifying Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA) best practices and developing them into...
Read the full postIDEA.NB Student Spotlight: Meet the Students Promoting More Inclusive Workplaces in NB
Rikkie Guillemette, Jessica Copeland, Kiruthika Krishnasamy, Ruthie Stanley-Blackwell
Posted: February 2, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Pathways to Professions, Evidence-based Policy, Student Spotlights
IDEA.NB is an innovative Future GNB research stream within Pathways to Professions that is focused on fostering Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility (IDEA) within the Government of New Brunswick (GNB). In summer 2023, the IDEA.NB team’s goal was to help address the unique challenges faced by DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusivity) groups in GNB and provide a roadmap for...
Read the full postExploring Health and Environment Interconnections with the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC)
NB-RDC Staff
Posted: January 18, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Health, Datasets
Imagine a puzzle with pieces that show how our health is impacted by the world around us. That's what the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC) is like—it's a big collection of information that helps us understand how we are connected to the environment. CanCHEC combines the long-form census respondents with administrative health data (e.g., mortality, cancer,...
Read the full postBoostNB Student Spotlight: Meet the Students Measuring New Brunswick’s Economic Progress
Leen, Minh Dao, Kiet Phan
Posted: January 15, 2024 12:00:00 AM AST
Category: Economics, Student Spotlights, Pathways to Professions, Training
BoostNB has been a research stream in the Pathways to Professions experiential learning program since 2020, and in 2023 we welcomed three new students to continue the work of analyzing and sharing New Brunswick’s economic progress. The mission of BoostNB is to help boost knowledge of the NB economy and measure its progress towards specific goals and targets inspired by Nova Scotia’s...
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