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Experiential Learning at the World Women's Curling Championship

Here for Your First Steps – Meet WOW Leaders Chika Gervase Iwuji and Fred Eduam

April 25, 2024

Week of Welcome (WOW) is CBU’s official welcome to the Caper family. At the start of every new semester, school…

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CBU Hosts First Esports Tournament

April 25, 2024

On Thursday, April 4, CBU hosted its first Esports tournament. Esports, short for electronic sports, is defined as organized multiplayer…

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A Dream Worth Waiting For: Meet Breagh Hartlin

April 25, 2024

Since she was young, Breagh Hartlin knew a sedentary 9-to-5 job wasn’t in her future. “I’ve always had a desire…

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A Partnership Built for Success: Meet Ahmed Elsharkawey

April 23, 2024

As a child growing up near the Great Pyramids of Egypt, Ahmed Elsharkawey always had a passion for learning. “I…

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Sustainability and Working Together – Meet Adam Brown

April 19, 2024

Adam Brown grew up exploring the many shorelines and forests of Cape Breton Island before taking his scientific curiosity to…

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Students Awarded for Healthcare Innovation in Student Pitch Competition

April 16, 2024

CBU’s Centre for Health, Wellness and Extended Learning, in partnership with Nova Scotia Health, recently hosted a student pitch event…

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Press Releases

Cape Breton University Recognizes Research and Teaching Excellence

April 25, 2024

Cape Breton University recently presented its annual research and teaching awards for 2023, honouring faculty achievements across five categories. The…

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CBU to Confer Honorary Degrees on Four Deserving Individuals and Choir this Spring as part of the 50th Anniversary Celebration

April 25, 2024

Cape Breton University announced today that it will confer honorary degrees on four Cape Bretoners and one group as part…

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Cape Breton University Celebrates Earth Day 2024

April 22, 2024

This April 22, Cape Breton University is proud to recognize and celebrate Earth Day, an annual initiative that brings attention…

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CBU Introduces Anniversary Scholar Awards to Celebrate 50 Years of Academic Excellence

April 8, 2024

Cape Breton University is marking 50 years with a spotlight on academic research as part of its golden anniversary, as…

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Province Funds Cape Breton University Proposal for Atlantic Canada’s First Municipal Light Rail

April 5, 2024

An innovative proposal to bring Atlantic Canada’s first light-rail line to Cape Breton will receive funding from the Province to…

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Xu Zhang

Canada Research Chair (Tier ll) in Healthy Environments and Communities

Department: Chemistry

Phone: 902-563-1608

Expertise:

Nanomaterials and nanotechnology for environmental and health applications with focus on water treatment, cancer diagnostics and treatment

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Teena Campbell

Manager of Varsity Athletics and Communications

Department: Athletics and Recreation


Expertise:

Expertise: Physical education and sport/physical activity instruction. Interests: Coaching, promoting Active for Life activities in community and schools, sports and physical fitness

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Suzanne MacLeod

Registrar's Office Representative

Department: Registrar's Office

Phone: 902-563-1649

Expertise:

Areas of expertise: Grade Entry, Registrations and Add/Drops, Room Bookings, Government Reporting, Convocation, day-to-day interaction with students, staff/faculty and the general public

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Stephanie MacQuarrie

Associate Dean of Science and Technology, Full Professor of Orga

Department: Chemistry

Phone: 902-563-1302

Expertise:

Biochar, Materials Chemistry, Biomass Conversion, Isolation of High Value Products from Biomass, Catalysis, Functional Materials.

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Rebecca Jones

Assistant Professor

Department: Nursing

Phone: 902-574-1654

Office: A 231-G

Expertise:

Emergency/Critical Care Nursing, Forensic/Sexual Assault Nursing, Geriatric/Long Term Care Nursing, Palliative Care Nursing

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Michelle Jetha

Associate Professor, Psychology

Department: Psychology

Phone: 902-563-2814

Expertise:

Adolescent Brain Development, Adolescent Psychology, Child Development, Developmental Psychopathology (internalizing/externalizing behaviors), Schizophrenia, Emotion, Attention

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Matthew Keough

Enterprise Applications Systems Analyst

Department: IT Services


Expertise:

Skilled in designing user interface, developing websites, Photoshop design, debugging, web applications, and hardware. Technical skills include Hardware Diagnostics, Visual Basic, Java, JavaScript, C#, Objective-C, PHP, SQL, CSS, XML, XHTML, and HTML. Network management with hardware maintenance.

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Martin Mkandawire

Professor, Chemistry

Department: Chemistry

Phone: 902-563-1430

Expertise:

My research activities have been around mine water remediation and management with a goal to develop cost-effective strategies; and my research interests are, intra alia, in biophotonics and photochemistry of bio-compounds, development of devices with improved energetics using bio-inspire designs and bio-mimicked processes like improving energy conversion efficiency using bio-inspired design and architecture of devices in organic solar cell

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Leslie Wardley

Associate Professor of Marketing & SSHRC Exchange University Research Chair in Social Determinants of Health

Department: Organizational Management

Phone: 902-563-1176

Expertise:

Dr. Wardley�s research includes qualitative and quantitative scientific exploration of targeted consumers through identification of their preferences, motivations, and buying behaviours. Through these insights organizations are able to predict and possibly amend behaviour.

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Janice Tulk

Senior Research & Policy Advisor, Strategic Initiatives

Department: Office of the President

Phone: 902-563-1932

Expertise:

Mi’kmaw music, history, culture, and ways of knowing; Indigenous tourism development and economic reconciliation; industrial soundscapes and expressive culture; material culture, maker and DIY culture, and fibre arts in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

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Heather Schmidt

CTL Teaching Chair in Allyship & Decolonization; Assistant Profe

Department: School of Science and Technology, Psychology Department

Phone: 902-563-1217

Expertise:

As a Community Psychologist, I use participatory action research, and other collaborative, decolonializing approaches to facilitate empowerment, inclusion and social justice for historically-marginalized communities such as L�nu / Indigenous peoples, LGBTQ+ post-secondary students, and individuals with mental health challenges.

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Emily MacLeod

Assistant Professor, Nursing

Department: Nursing

Phone: 902-563-1438

Expertise:

Sexual violence, sexual consent, access to and use of health services, determinants of health, health promotion

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Dennis York

Instructor, ICA

Department: Education


Expertise:

Evaluation of blended and online programs, learning engineering, engagement strategies and community building in digital learning environments, and the role of social media in facilitating online teaching and learning in postsecondary education.

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Carolin Kreber

Professor in Education

Department: Education

Phone: 902-574-7585

Expertise:

Teaching and Learning in higher education; Transformative education; Higher Education and Society; internationalization of the curriculum; community-engaged learning and research; the scholarship of teaching and learning

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Bernard Farenkia

Professor, French and Linguistics

Department: Communication and Languages

Phone: 902-563-1870

Expertise:

Second / foreign language acquisition and Pedagogy, Interlanguage Pragmatics, Sociolinguistics, Language contact, Cross-cultural Pragmatics / Intercultural communication, Postcolonial linguistics, Variational Pragmatics, varieties of French, Translation, Linguistic politeness / Interpersonal communication, Academic discourse.

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