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About ainnes

Social Media Coordinator, Faculty of Humanities, Brock University

Día de los Muertos celebrations in Niagara

Posted on November 1, 2019 by ainnes

Brock students and Niagara community members are coming together to celebrate Día de los Muertos this year. Here, third-year history student Nathan Harch (left) and Fonthill resident Duncan McNaughton (right), a participant in Associate Professor of History Maria del Carmen Suescun … Continue reading →

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Brock grad returns to share insights on Classics

Posted on October 30, 2019 by ainnes

By Mackenzie Roe The Department of Classics welcomed graduate Maureen Carroll (BA ’75) for a special event on Monday, Oct. 28. Carroll met with current undergraduate and graduate students over lunch before giving a talk to department members on the role … Continue reading →

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Student clubs offer many opportunities to get involved

Posted on October 7, 2019 by ainnes

Today’s post is brought to you by Mackenzie Roe, a third year Interactive Arts and Science student and this semester’s Social Media Intern. Looking to get involved? Brock University offers many clubs under a vast selection of faculties that encourages … Continue reading →

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GAME students getting inside look at future of virtual reality

Posted on September 27, 2019 by ainnes

The future of virtual reality (VR) goes well beyond gaming, and Brock students are primed to be a part of it. “The best way to predict the next generation of VR is to build it,” said Michael Abrash, Chief Scientist … Continue reading →

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Making the most of seminars

Posted on August 28, 2019 by ainnes

Rick Castle (BA ’16, MA ’18 in Classics) has been both a student and a Teaching Assistant (TA) at Brock. During his three years as a TA, Rick has taught about 180 students, most of them in first year courses, … Continue reading →

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Community gardening and the Second World War

Posted on August 26, 2019 by ainnes

By Goran Irandost HIST4P50 #BrockHistoricalGardens  Goran and Kaylin will be providing free tours of their historical gardens on Wednesday, Aug. 28 from 4:15 to 5 pm. Come by and learn more about their plants and gardening process and taste some … Continue reading →

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Experiencing a community garden

Posted on August 26, 2019 by ainnes

By Kaylin Currie HIST4P50 #BrockHistoricalGardens Goran and Kaylin will be providing free tours of their historical gardens on Wednesday, Aug. 28 from 4:15 to 5 pm. Come by and learn more about their plants and gardening process and taste some … Continue reading →

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Public tours to be held at excavation site of historic Shickluna Shipyard

Posted on July 30, 2019 by ainnes

Instructor Kimberly Monk, Adjunct Professor with Brock’s Department of History, shows student Braeden Corr, left, a digital map of the Shickluna shipyard site, where archaeological excavation began July 18. The public is invited to tour the site and meet the … Continue reading →

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Kaylin Currie: Planting a historical garden

Posted on July 22, 2019 by ainnes

By Kaylin Currie HIST4P50 #BrockHistoricalGardens For my garden research project, I have decided to grow a medieval monastic garden. It is based on the ones that Christian monks would grow during the medieval period in Europe. Since the monks would … Continue reading →

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Goran Irandost: Replicating a WW2 Victory garden

Posted on July 22, 2019 by ainnes

By Goran Irandost Hist4p50 #BrockHistoricalGardens  For my historical garden I am attempting to replicate one of the many so-called ‘Victory Gardens’ that were grown in the northern parts of the United States during the Second World War. The United States … Continue reading →

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