In the fall of 2013,
Jean Morency
, a department of French studies professor,
was named a member of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) in recognition of
his contribution to arts and culture. Considered Canada’s national academy,
the RSC’s primary objective is to promote learning and research in the arts
and sciences.
Antoine Handfield
,
Andy Couturier
and
David Ouellette
, bachelor of
computer applications students, placed 2
nd
in the Atlantic Provinces Annual
Programming Competition. Held at the University of Prince Edward Island
in October 2013, a total of 21 teams from nine Atlantic Province universities
took part.
David Landry
and
Réjean Martin
, bachelor of business administration
students, were presented with the 2013 Regional Young Entrepreneur of the
Year Award at the Southeast Regional Entrepreneurship Gala. In 2011, David
and Réjean founded The Beach Boys Shuttle Service. Operated in partnership
with Centre-ville Shediac Downtown Inc. and the Town of Shediac, this
service offers transportation to local camp sites and motels.
Professor and dean
Paul-A. Chiasson
was elected as fellow by the Canadian
Society for Civil Engineering at its 2013 annual conference.
Karine McLaren
is the recipient of the 2013 Michel-Bastarache award
presented each year to the student submitting the best research project at the
Faculty of law.
Julie Caissie
, a Faculty of education doctoral student, was awarded a
bursary from the Baxter and Alma Ricard Foundation to attend The Newborn
Behavioral Observations system Training Workshops. Training will be held at
the Boston Children’s Hospital, associated with the Harvard Medical School.
Roger Roy
, professor and school of forestry interim director, was recently
honoured by the Association of Registered Professional Foresters of New
Brunswick (ARPFNB). He received the New Brunswick Professional Forester
Achievement Award.
Law students
Tu-Quynh Trinh
, from Montreal, and
Pierre Blais
, from
Edmonton, Alberta, are the winners of the 2014 Pierre-Amand-Landry
trophy awarded during the moot court competition held at the university’s
Faculty of law.
In March 2014, music professor
Michel Deschênes
received the New
Brunswick Youth Orchestra (NBYO) Lieutenant Governor’s Award.
Law students performed very well at the National Sopinka Cup Trial
Advocacy Competition, held in Ottawa in March. Third-year law student
Alexis Couture
won the prize for best advocate.
Gérard J. Poitras
, PhD Eng., associate professor of engineering at the
Moncton campus, has received the Excellence in Education Award. This
award recognizes exemplary contributions to education in the fields of
engineering and earth sciences in New Brunswick universities.
Anthony Doiron
, a graduate from the information-communications program,
was the recipient of the Atlantic Journalism Awards Bell Aliant Journalism
Excellence Award.
Donald J. Savoie
, holder of the Canada Research Chair in Public
Administration and Governance at the university’s school of public
administration, received an honorary degree in law from Acadia University.
Richard Saillant
, director general, Canadian Institute for Research on Public
Policy and Public Administration, has published a book entitled “Over the
Cliff?: Acting Now to Avoid New Brunswick’s Bankruptcy”.
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