In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the long-standing impacts of the pandemic on learners, a new history course focused on Taylor Swift, the recent rise in Canadian pride, advantages experienced by bullies, what nine months in outer space does to the body, tariffs and a changing world, local grape growers preparing for the growing season and a reflection on the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
Learning deficits persist 5 years after COVID-19 school lockdowns:<\/strong> Professor of Educational Studies Louis Volante spoke to CBC’s The National<\/em><\/a>, CBC’s Your World Tonight<\/em><\/a> and CBC Radio One<\/a> about the lasting effect the pandemic is having on students.<\/p>\n What\u2019s \u2018A Swift History?\u2019 An Ontario professor shares what students will learn in a Taylor Swift history course:<\/strong> Associate Professor of History Elizabeth Vlossak spoke to The Big Story Podcast<\/a>, CityNews<\/a>, CP24<\/a> and\u00a0CTV News<\/a>\u00a0about her new historical theory course focusing on Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n Elbows up: Gordie Howe image posted to St. Catharines building takes aim at U.S. threats to Canada:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Theory and Rhetoric Andrew Pendakis, Assistant Professor of Sport Management Taylor McKee, and Professor of Marketing and Consumer Psychology Antonia Mantonakis spoke to The St. Catharines Standard<\/a><\/em> about the different ways patriotism is manifesting across Canada. McKee also spoke to Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> about the topic, and coverage was also featured in PelhamToday<\/a> and Niagara-on-the-Lake Local.<\/a><\/p>\n Bullies getting ahead:<\/strong> Professor of Child and Youth Studies Tony Volk spoke to CBC Radio One<\/a> about his new research into the potential benefits that bullies receive.<\/p>\n Astronauts face accelerated bone, muscle deterioration:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Kinesiology Val Fajardo spoke to Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> about the impact of space travel on the human body.<\/p>\n Tariffs and a tumultuous world<\/strong>: Associate Professor of Political Science Blayne Haggart spoke to Newstalk 610 CKTB’s Searching For Solutions<\/a> about tariff tensions and new ways of thinking about the changing world.<\/p>\n Grape growers’ attention turns to springtime temperature swings:<\/strong> Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and Cool Climate and Oenology Institute Researcher Jim Willwerth was featured in a piece in Niagara-on-the-Lake Local<\/a> about the upcoming grape growing season.<\/p>\n Nighttime walks and DIY haircuts: Ontarians look back at the first COVID-19 lockdown:<\/strong> Coverage of\u00a0Brock\u2019s pandemic archive<\/a>, featuring first-hand reflections from Development Officer Jocelyn Titone (BBA \u201907), was featured in a\u00a0Canadian Press<\/a> article that ran in outlets across the country such as CBC Radio<\/a>, CP24<\/a>, The Toronto Star<\/em><\/a> and CTV News.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the long-standing impacts of the pandemic on learners, a new history course focused on Taylor Swift, the recent rise in Canadian pride, advantages experienced by bullies, what nine months in outer space does to the body, tariffs and a changing world, local grape growers preparing for the growing season and a reflection on the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":100087,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,39,40,37,6,41,38],"tags":[4038,4018,14351,61,855,8907,8485,6805,2200,506,996,9407,4104,4753,6521,7488,384,348,522,594,12675,5645,1278,3028,10657,3502,6074],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100025"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100025"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100129,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100025\/revisions\/100129"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}