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2016-2017 Annual Report
Nicole Barrieau
(right) senior research
advisor at the Faculty of Graduate
Studies and Research, received an
award in Vancouver at the annual
conference of the Canadian Association
of Research Administrators. The Unsung
Hero Award was presented to her for
the volunteer interpretation work she
performs within the association.
Samira Belyazid
, Professor of
Linguistics at the Edmundston campus,
published the article
Les Musulmans au
Canada : entre défis du « vivre ensem-
ble » et l’aspiration à « la convivencia »
[
Muslims in Canada: The challenges of
living together and aspiring to “la convi-
vencia”
], in Religious Policies, at Nanzan
University in Nagoya, Japan.
Professors
Julie Guillemot
,
Mélanie
Aubé
,
Omer Chouinard
and
Sebastian
Weissenberger
received the Best
Papers Award for their article
The
Participative Action Research Approach
to Climate Change Adaptation in
Atlantic Canadian Coastal Communities
,
which was selected for its scientific
and methodological relevance at the
prestigious
North American Symposium
on Climate Change Adaptation
.
Fernand de Varennes
, Dean of the
Faculty of Law, received the Knight’s
Cross of the Order of Merit of the
Republic of Poland for his exceptional
commitment to the Polish minority
of Lithuania.
Le Centre international d’apprentissage
du français
at the Shippagan campus
received the 2016 Lieutenant-Governor’s
Dialogue Award, presented to those
who champion the principles of harmo-
ny and respect
between the province’s Anglophone
and Francophone communities.
Nicolas Lecomte
, a professor in the
Department of Biology and Canada
Research Chair in Polar and Boreal
Ecology, and
Marie-André Giroux
,
a professor in the Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry and
holder of the K.-C. Irving Research
Chair in Environmental Sciences and
Sustainable Development, published an
article entitled
Une histoire de partage
de soins parentaux
in the prestigious
Nature
journal.
Isabelle Wallace
(left) recipient of a
bachelor’s degree in nursing science,
was named Personality of the Year at
the Edmundston campus, an honour
awarded to a student graduating from
the campus who has made a significant
difference in student life. The graduate
from the Madawaska Maliseet First
Nation also won the Edmundston
Campus General Student Association’s
Involvement Prize.
Guy Robinson
(left) a professor in the
Department of Public Administration,
was awarded the 2016 Vincent David
Sunderland Award, given to volunteers
or staff in recognition of exceptional
performance and outstanding contri-
bution to the development of the John
Howard Society of New Brunswick and
to realizing its operational values.
Professors from the Faculty of Education
Sciences,
Angela AuCoin
,
Jean Labelle
,
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