IN THE NEWS: Sports analytics, minoritized voices in theatre and automaker labour negotiations

In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the Blue Jays’ use of sports analytics, funding that will support minoritized voices in theatre, ongoing negotiations between automakers and their employees, soccer referees wearing body cameras and the impact of marine harms on coastal communities.

Blue Jays fans question analytics after loss to Minnesota Twins: Assistant Professor of Sport Management Taylor McKee spoke to CHCH about the Toronto Blue Jays’ use of sports analytics in their recent playoff game.

Brock, UW project placing spotlight on minoritized voices in theatre: Jennifer Roberts-Smith, Professor of Dramatic Arts (DART) at Brock, and DART student Hayley King spoke to the St. Catharines Standard about the University receiving $2.5 million for a research project, co-led with the University of Waterloo, that places the spotlight on minoritized voices in theatre.

Unifor says it’s facing resistance as GM contract deadline nears: Professor of Labour Studies Larry Savage spoke to the Globe and Mail and the Canadian Press about the challenges that may arise when Canadian autoworkers negotiate with General Motors and Stellantis.

Ontario Soccer body cam pilot project aims to reduce abuse, maltreatment of referees: Associate Professor of Sport Management Shannon Kerwin spoke to the St. Catharines Standard about research that has soccer referees in Ontario wearing body cameras.

Coastal communities often bear disproportionate coastal and marine harms, but people are beginning to fight back: Jessica Blythe, Associate Professor in Brock’s Environmental Sustainability Research Centre, spoke to Cambridge University’s The Naked Scientists podcast about coastal communities being excluded from marine decision making while bearing a disproportionate distribution of marine harms.


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