Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour , May 7, 2015 - Fredericton
Student entrepreneurship pilot project launched
A three-year pilot project designed to help international students who wish to start businesses in New Brunswick was launched today. The Student Entrepreneurship Pilot Project will help graduates from the J. Herbert Smith Centre for Technology and Entrepreneurship at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) apply for permanent residence in Canada through the New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program. From left: Prof. Dhirendra Shukla; Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minister Francine Landry; David Burns, vice-president of research, UNB; Prof. John A. Kershaw, acting-dean of graduate studies.