
<p >Serial entrepreneur Matt Symes (BA'04/BEd'04) is an expert on helping leaders confront change and develop sound strategies to navigate through uncertain times. As founding partner and CEO of Symplicity Designs...


A podcast for UNB alumni, by UNB alumni. Sharing interesting and surprising stories of people you may not have known attended the University of New Brunswick. Discussions on lessons learned, insights gained and hot takes on current topics.
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Signup to Generate a PitchA podcast for UNB alumni, by UNB alumni. Sharing interesting and surprising stories of people you may not have known attended the University of New Brunswick. Discussions on lessons learned, insights gained and hot takes on current topics.
UNBeknownst is hosted by UNB Associated Alumni. The show has published 50 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Matt Symes on confronting change, and why every business must embrace A" (4 June 2025, 33 minutes), "Mike LeBlanc on innovative tech for good" (22 May 2025, 40 minutes), and "Aimée Foreman on the silver economy, care economy and addressing the needs for aging well" (25 April 2025, 48 minutes).
UNBeknownst publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 36 minutes across 50 episodes.
Booking probability for UNBeknownst is 22%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. UNBeknownst requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. UNBeknownst's contact route on record: verified email.
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UNB Associated Alumni hosts UNBeknownst, a business podcast with 50 episodes published.
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<p >Serial entrepreneur Matt Symes (BA'04/BEd'04) is an expert on helping leaders confront change and develop sound strategies to navigate through uncertain times. As founding partner and CEO of Symplicity Designs...

Episode #49
<p >Mike LeBlanc has been building and growing tech and tech consulting companies in New Brunswick over the last 25 years, including Blue Spurs, which he sold to Deloitte Canada in 2019 to help the company advance its...

Episode #48
<p >Aimée Foreman (MBA'01) is founder and CEO of Silvermark, an advisory firm that specializes in working with aging care leaders in private business, not-for-profits, and all levels of government to define challenges...

<p >Andrew MacLean (BA'07) writes the weekly Atlantic Canadian newspaper column Backyard History and hosts the podcast and TV show of the same name. He has also written 3 books about the forgotten stories of Atlantic...

<p >Paralympic cyclist Alexandre Hayward (BScEng'23) had a big year in 2024: he opened the season with gold in the C3 time trial and bronze in the road race at World Cup in Australia and added a time trial bronze at a...

<p >Randy Hatfield (BA'78, LLB'88) is the executive director of the Human Development Council, an organization dedicated to identifying and addressing social issues in New Brunswick through research, information...

<p >Kelsey Hogan (BPhil'16) is an ultramarathon trail runner and mental performance consultant who has recently returned from Europe after completing the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc — a 171-kilometre race that crosses...

<p >Kjeld Mizpah "KJ" Conyers-Steede (BA'18) is director of strategy and partnerships for Inspiring Communities, a nonprofit working to build collaborative relationships for social change in Atlantic Canada. </p> <p >A...

<p >Josh LeBrun (BBA'17) is Executive Director of 12 Neighbours, the tiny-home affordable housing community in Fredericton which has seen success – and global admiration – over the past couple of years. Now complete at...

<p >Shilo Boucher (BBA'00), is President and CEO of the YMCA of Southwest New Brunswick, one of the largest employers and community service organizations in the province. Shilo attended UNB on the Saint John campus...

<p >In this special episode as the finale to Season 3, we turn the tables on UNBeknownst host Katie Davey (BA'17). In her day job, Katie is a public policy expert and social innovator, currently serving as the...

<p >Nicole LeBlanc (BBA'00) is a partner with Woven Capital in Tokyo, focusing on investments in mobility, energy, and sustainability that support and accelerate Toyota's mission to build the safest mobility in the...

Episode #38
<p >Dr. Jennifer Woodland (MA'09, PhD'15) is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology at UNB's Saint John campus and an Integrated Health Initiative researcher who teaches within the Bachelor of Health...

<p >Mi'gmaq entrepreneur Victoria LaBillois (BA'91, MBA'04) is the owner of Wejipeg Excavation Inc. and co-owner of Wejuseg Construction Inc, and oversaw the completion of a major wind park in Gaspesie, Quebec, where...

<p >Social and technology entrepreneur Tosin Ajibola (MEng'20) moved from Nigeria to Canada to earn a Master of Engineering degree in Technology Management and Entrepreneurship from UNB. Out of that hands-on program, he...

Episode #35
<p >H. Wade MacLauchlan (LLB'81) is a well-known Canadian legal expert, academic, university administrator, politician and community leader. As premier of Prince Edward Island from 2015-19, he led an expansion and...

<p >Mohamed Bagha (BAMHT'05, MIDST'13) is the managing director of the Saint John Newcomers Centre and chair of the Saint John Region Chamber of Commerce. Originally from Kenya, he arrived in Saint John in the early...

<p >Barbara Wasson (BScCS'82) is the director for SLATE - The Science of Learning and Technology, the Norwegian national centre for learning analytics. She is one of the founders of Kaleidoscope, a European Network of...

<p>Sara Taaffe is a senior project manager with the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership in London, England. After graduating with a leadership degree from UNB's Renaissance College, Sara began applying her...

Episode #31
<p >Mike Corey (BSc'08) is a biology graduate turned travel host who never turns down an adventure. His curiosity has sent him searching out cultures, creatures, and locations that most people avoid – with the aim of...
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