As you know, the University of Moncton was established in 1963 to meet professional workforce needs in various regions of New Brunswick. Then, in the 1970s and 1980s, research gradually took hold there. Now, we can say that we truly have a university that has a dual mission of education and research.
However, research took a bit longer to establish itself on our campuses in the north of the province. Due to the limited number of professors on these campuses, education accounts for the vast majority of their workload.
The federal funds we request help lighten the teaching load to allow professors time to dedicate to their research. Thus, at the Shippagan campus, we now have a research hub in artificial intelligence, while the Edmundston campus has a critical mass of research in history, linguistics and Acadian studies. This helps enrich education and increase the attractiveness of these campuses.