As the only official bilingual province in Canada, New Brunswick has the highest obesity rate in the country - 38% compared to the Canadian average of 27% [1], making it an ideal location to study topics such as food literacy, diet, sex, ethnicity, and analyze their potential relationships.

In 2022, two project streams were created as part of the Pathways to Professions (P2P) experiential learning program to conduct research on New Brunswick-relevant tourism topics and recruitment over a 13-week summer period.

Pathways to Professions (P2P) is a 13-week experiential education program run by the New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data and Training (NB-IRDT) in partnership with the Government of New Brunswick’s Future GNB program. P2P provides university students with the opportunity to participate in New Brunswick-relevant research. 

New Brunswick has a diverse population and multiple social issues – two teams of students spent their summer taking on research projects that could help make a difference.