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Daniel Clarke: Carrying on the Tradition of Champions

Meet the CBUSU 2023-2024

December 4, 2023

  The СÖíÊÓÆµ Students’ Union (CBUSU) is the collective voice of its members at CBU. Students are the…

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СÖíÊÓÆµLibrarian Wins National Award for Research Paper

December 1, 2023

A visit to the СÖíÊÓÆµ Library offers a team ready to help students and faculty with their research…

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Returning to His First Love: Felix Odartey-Wellington Hosts Caper Radio’s #Research@CBU

December 1, 2023

The last time Dr. Felix Odartey-Wellington was on the airwaves was more than 20 years ago, back in his home…

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A Homerun Hire: Meet Garrett Nicholson

November 30, 2023

After eight long years of living away to attend a high school baseball academy and then go on to play…

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A Season of Success for CBU’s Owen Sheppard

November 29, 2023

November has been a month of success and celebration for СÖíÊÓÆµCapers Soccer Player, Owen Sheppard. Coming off the heels…

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СÖíÊÓÆµNight at the Nest: Meet the Eagles Players Who Attend CBU

November 23, 2023

On Friday, November 24, СÖíÊÓÆµwill be taking over the nest as the Cape Breton Eagles face off against the…

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Press Releases

Province of Nova Scotia Announces New Programs to Educate More Teachers at СÖíÊÓÆµ

November 30, 2023

Two new accelerated bachelor of education (B.Ed.) programs at СÖíÊÓÆµ will help get more teachers into Nova Scotia’s…

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СÖíÊÓÆµWelcomes Special Guest Pamela Cross to Speak on Gender-Based Violence

November 29, 2023

СÖíÊÓÆµ is proud to welcome Pamela Cross, renowned feminist lawyer, to campus as she hosts a special session…

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СÖíÊÓÆµ Launches Microcredential Offerings

November 16, 2023

СÖíÊÓÆµ is pleased to announce Microcredentials, a new learning opportunity for those looking to expand their skillset. These…

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Allen Britten Named Honorary Chair of 2023 USPORTS Men’s Soccer Championship

November 9, 2023

СÖíÊÓÆµ is proud to announce the Honorary Chair of the 2023 Protocase USPORTS Men’s Soccer Championship Presented by…

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СÖíÊÓÆµ to Celebrate Fall 2023 Convocation Ceremony

November 1, 2023

СÖíÊÓÆµ will celebrate the success of more than 300 fall graduates on Wednesday, November 1, 2023, at 1:00pm…

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Media Experts

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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Lilla Roy

Assistant Professor, Nursing

Department: Nursing

Phone: 902-563-1963

Expertise:

Epidemiology, quality of life measurement, patient preference and value measurement, choice experiments, health economics, health technology assessment, priority setting in health care

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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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