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====Architecture==== [[File:Commons unbsj 002.JPG|thumb|right|267px|Hans W. Klohn Commons (Library), Saint John]] Construction on the Hans W. Klohn Commons began on April 1, 2010, and the building officially opened on September 7, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title=A smarter, greener library |url=https://www.unb.ca/excellence/commons.html |publisher=University of New Brunswick |access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-date=October 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028122734/https://www.unb.ca/excellence/commons.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This building is one of the most environmentally friendly buildings in [[Atlantic Canada]].<ref name="A smarter, greener library">[https://www.unb.ca/excellence/commons.html "A smarter, greener library"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328041739/https://www.unb.ca/excellence/commons.html |date=March 28, 2018 }}. ''UNB Excellence''. Retrieved March 3, 2012.</ref> The building features an electric elevator that produces power for the commons. The building is part of the Tucker Park enhancement project, which includes the refurbishment of the Canada Games Stadium, the Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick facility, and the New Brunswick Community College's Allied Health building. The Commons houses the library, Writing Centre, Math and Science Help Centre, an IT help desk, and the Commons Cafe.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hans W. Klohn Commons |url=https://lib.unb.ca/about/hans-w-klohn-commons |website=UNB Libraries |publisher=University of New Brunswick |access-date=January 31, 2022 |archive-date=September 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923171527/https://lib.unb.ca/about/hans-w-klohn-commons |url-status=live }}</ref> UNBSJ's third residence building, named the Barry and Flora Beckett Residence, opened in Winter 2021 and is a geothermally-heated building, offering 104 beds.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Campbell |first1=Heather |title=New residence honors trailblazing couple |website=blogs.unb.ca |url=https://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2020/07/new-residence-honours-trailblazing-couple.php |access-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-date=September 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923171527/https://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2020/07/new-residence-honours-trailblazing-couple.php |url-status=live }}</ref> The naming of the residence building honors the Becketts;<ref>{{Cite web|date=July 29, 2020|title=Barry and Flora Beckett Residence|url=https://blogs.unb.ca/impact-of-giving/2020/07/beckett-residence.php|access-date=June 8, 2021|archive-date=September 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210927105454/https://blogs.unb.ca/impact-of-giving/2020/07/beckett-residence.php|url-status=live}}</ref> two prominent figures in the campus' history. Dr. Barry Beckett was once a chemistry professor during UNB Saint John's earlier days as a campus in Uptown Saint John,<ref>{{Cite web|last=University of New Brunswick|date=n.d.|title=Emeritus {{!}} Barry Beckett {{!}} UNB|url=https://www.unb.ca/faculty/emeritus/honorees/saintjohn/beckett.html|access-date=June 8, 2021|archive-date=October 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012170845/https://www.unb.ca/faculty/emeritus/honorees/saintjohn/beckett.html|url-status=live}}</ref> while Flora Beckett taught mathematics and served as the director at the Math Help Centre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-346174-flora-beckett.html|title=Flora Beckett: obituary and death notice on InMemoriam|website=www.inmemoriam.ca|access-date=June 8, 2021|archive-date=June 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608010752/http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-346174-flora-beckett.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In light of the announcement regarding the Integrated Health Initiative (IHI),<ref>{{Cite web|title=Integrated Health Initiative {{!}} UNB|url=https://www.unb.ca/integrated-health/|access-date=July 8, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185141/https://www.unb.ca/integrated-health/|url-status=live}}</ref> plans were made to reconstruct the Ward Chipman Library, which had been unused ever since being replaced by the Hans W. Klohn Commons, into a Health and Social Innovation Centre.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Gallardo|first=Keila|date=April 9, 2021|title=UNB-SRC endorses Health and Social Innovation Centre|work=The Baron|url=https://thebaron.ca/2021/04/09/unb-src-endorses-health-and-social-innovation-centre/|access-date=July 8, 2021|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184830/https://thebaron.ca/2021/04/09/unb-src-endorses-health-and-social-innovation-centre/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=UNB launches innovative program aimed at provincial health care reform|url=https://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2020/08/unb-launches-innovative-program-aimed-at-provincial-health-care-reform.php|access-date=July 8, 2021|website=blogs.unb.ca|language=en|archive-date=July 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185721/https://blogs.unb.ca/newsroom/2020/08/unb-launches-innovative-program-aimed-at-provincial-health-care-reform.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Herrington |first1=Mallory |title=Health Innovative Centre to replace Ward Chipman Library {{!}} The Baron |url=https://thebaron.ca/2023/01/24/health-innovative-centre-to-replace-ward-chapman-library/ |access-date=13 September 2023 |work=The Baron |date=24 January 2023 |language=en-CA |archive-date=September 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923171528/https://thebaron.ca/2023/01/24/health-innovative-centre-to-replace-ward-chapman-library/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Although it was initially planned to be renovated,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Landry |first1=Mike |title=UNBSJ readying old Ward Chipman library for demolition |url=https://tj.news/greater-saint-john/101822806 |access-date=13 September 2023 |work=[[Telegraph-Journal]] |language=en |archive-date=March 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220325040807/https://tj.news/greater-saint-john/101822806 |url-status=live }}</ref> the former library was demolished in 2023 to be replaced by the Health and Social Innovation Centre.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Perry |first1=Brad |title=Work begins on UNB's Health and Social Innovation Centre |url=https://www.country94.ca/2023/08/09/work-begins-on-unbs-health-and-social-innovation-centre/ |access-date=13 September 2023 |work=Country 94 |language=en |archive-date=September 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923171239/https://www.country94.ca/2023/08/09/work-begins-on-unbs-health-and-social-innovation-centre/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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