In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed challenges with teacher staffing levels, why play is so important for children, the need for a national artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, the benefits of online pet therapy videos for mental health and the evolving trade negotiations between Canada and the U.S. An update on Brock’s new Burlington campus was also featured in the media.<\/p>\n
Burnout, fear and violence: Why more teachers are leaving the classroom: <\/strong>David Hutchison, Professor in the Departments of Educational Studies and Digital Humanities, and Brock Teacher Education <\/span>students spoke to CBC’s The National<\/a><\/em>, Your World Tonight<\/a>, CBC News<\/a>\u00a0and CBC News Explore<\/a> about a nationwide shortage of teachers and the future of the profession. Hutchison also spoke to 630 CHED<\/a> and Newstalk 770 CHQR<\/a> about the topic.<\/p>\n Reaping the rewards of outdoor summer play: <\/strong>Professor of Health Sciences Brent Faught spoke to CBC Radio One<\/a> about the benefits of exercise for children.<\/p>\n Calls for nationwide AI literacy strategy:<\/strong> Assistant Professor of Digital Pedagogies and Technology Literacies Mohammed Estaiteyeh spoke to City News 570<\/a> about implementing a strategy to increase AI literacy.<\/p>\n Watching Cute Dog Videos Is Actually Good for You, According to Science: <\/strong>Professor of Child and Youth Studies Christine Tardif-Williams’ new research on online pet therapy videos for mental health was featured on PetHelpful.<\/a><\/p>\n Carney to continue negotiations as Trump says he’s ending trade talks over digital tax: <\/strong>Associate Professor of Political Science Stefan Dolgert spoke to CHCH News<\/a> about the ongoing trade negotiations between the U.S. and Canada.<\/p>\n Former Burlington high school set to reopen as multi-use community centre: <\/strong>An update on the future space set to house Brock teacher education classes and other programming was featured in The Burlington Post<\/em><\/a> and The Hamilton Spectator.<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed challenges with teacher staffing levels, why play is so important for children, the need for a national artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, the benefits of online pet therapy videos for mental health and the evolving trade negotiations between Canada and the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":103020,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,40,6,38],"tags":[8496,3803,8485,6805,4104,124,98,522,13128,3427],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103013"}],"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=103013"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103064,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103013\/revisions\/103064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}