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First To The BASE: Meet Brady Doucette

Co-Director of CBU’s World Tourism Institute Leads Upcoming Conference

October 31, 2022

Cape Breton University Instructor, Stephanie MacPherson, admits she was a little intimidated and very excited when she was asked to…

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My CBU Story: Kristopher Power

October 31, 2022

After graduating from Cape Breton University with a Bachelor of Arts Community Studies in 2018, Kristopher Power took a year…

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Challenges, Opportunities and Inspirations: Meet Megan Penney

October 27, 2022

Many high school students face uncertainty about their future as graduation nears. For Megan Penney, who had strong interests in…

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From Student to Employee: Meet Shashwat Trivedi

October 24, 2022

Born in Ahmedabad, India, Shashwat Trivedi graduated from Cape Breton University with a Bachelor of Arts in May 2022. At…

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Celebrating Diwali in Her Home Away from Home: Meet Amulya Annappa

October 24, 2022

October 24 marks the celebration of Diwali, India’s biggest and most important holiday of the year. The festival of lights…

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My CBU Story: Naomi Colford

October 19, 2022

For Naomi Colford, growing up in Cape Breton was closely tied to her decision to enrol at Cape Breton University.…

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Press Releases

Championing the Island’s Prosperity: CBU and Destination Cape Breton Renew MOU

November 3, 2022

Cape Breton University (CBU) and Destination Cape Breton Association (DCBA) have undertaken a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the spirit…

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CBU to Host Dr. Gwynne Dyer as he Presents “Planetary Maintenance Engineers”, A Lecture on Today’s Climate Crisis

November 3, 2022

On Friday, November 4, 2022, Cape Breton University will host Dr. Gwynne Dyer as he presents “Planetary Maintenance Engineers,” a lecture on…

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Cape Breton University to Host Subway AUS Men’s Soccer Championship and Basketball Home Openers

November 1, 2022

It’s a great week to be a Capers fan as Cape Breton University hosts the Subway AUS Men’s Soccer Championship…

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Cape Breton University to Celebrate Fall Convocation

October 31, 2022

Cape Breton University will celebrate the success of more than 300 fall graduates on Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at 1:00pm…

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CBU to Bring Healthcare solutions to Nova Scotia – Community Support Essential

October 27, 2022

Cape Breton University is actively working to bring a medical school to Cape Breton Island. As part of the University’s…

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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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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

Phone: 902-563-1419

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

Chair of the Psychology Department and Assistant Professor, Psychology

Department: Psychology

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: 902-563-1672

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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