The University of New Brunswick is looking to double the number of students in its Faculty of Computer Science by 2026, spurred partly by the information technology labour shortage and partly by its goal of improving tech sector opportunities for minority groups.
Dean Luigi Benedicenti said in an interview that to support an expanded student body, the computer science faculty plans to also double the number of professors it employs, as well as hiring more research chairs. He added the university believes its hiring plan is feasible because the labour shortage is less acute in academia than