Members of the Brock community recently gathered with scholars from across North America to discuss social media, beauty ideals and visual and cultural identities in adolescents during a research symposium organized by Fiona Blaikie, Professor in the Department of Educational Studies. The event was held Feb. 1 on Brock's main campus. Pictured from left: Jessica Grendzienski, Blaikie’s Research Assistant; Fiona Blaikie, Professor in the Faculty of Education at Brock University; Michael Owen, Dean of the Faculty of Education at Brock University; Olga Ivashkevich, Associate Professor, School of Art and Design at the University of South Carolina; Nicholas Printup, a media and communications student at Brock University and member of the Beaver Clan, Six Nations of the Grand River, and the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation; Michael O’Sullivan Associate Dean, Graduate Student Services, Research and International and Associate Professor; Michelle Bae-Dimitriadis, Assistant Professor in the School of Visual Arts, Pennsylvania State University; Dónal O’Donoghue, Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia; Jennifer Rowsell, Professor and Canada Research Chair in Multiliteracies in the Faculty of Education at Brock University; Dolana Mogadime, Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Brock University and Joint Ph.D. Graduate Program Director; Kevin Gosine, Associate Professor of Sociology at Brock University; Shauna Pomerantz, Associate Professor in the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Brock University; and Olga Ivashkevich, Associate Professor, School of Art and Design at the University of South Carolina