Ken Chan, Brock University’s Vice-President, Administration, along with Carol Merriam, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, have been named to the Board of Directors for the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre in downtown St. Catharines effective immediately.

Opened in 2015, the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre is a 95,000-square-foot academic and cultural complex comprised of four state-of-the-art performance venues. Located next to Brock’s Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts, the performing arts centre is an important part of the academic experience for Brock students.