{"id":103728,"date":"2025-08-08T11:10:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=103728"},"modified":"2025-08-15T17:18:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T21:18:21","slug":"in-the-news-canada-post-negotiations-the-pen-centre-sale-and-hockey-culture-conversations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2025\/08\/in-the-news-canada-post-negotiations-the-pen-centre-sale-and-hockey-culture-conversations\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News: Canada Post negotiations, the Pen Centre sale and hockey culture conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the continued negotiations between Canada Post and its employees, the sale of Niagara&#8217;s Pen Centre and hockey culture. The University&#8217;s long-standing partnership with Bridges Niagara, formerly known as the Niagara Folk Arts Multicultural Centre, was also featured in the media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"l-article__title\"><strong>Canada Post workers rejected \u2018final\u2019 contract offers. What happens next?: <\/strong>Professor of Labour Studies Larry Savage spoke to the Canadian Press about what the future holds after Canada Post workers rejected their employer\u2019s latest offer. Coverage of the story was featured in outlets across the country such as <em><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/canada\/canada-post-final-offers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The National Post<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/financialpost.com\/news\/canada-post-workers-reject-final-offers-what-happens-next\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Financial Post<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11318514\/canada-post-offers-rejected-what-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global News<\/a>,\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11318514\/canada-post-offers-rejected-what-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BNN Bloomberg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cp24.com\/news\/canada\/2025\/08\/05\/after-unionized-canada-post-workers-reject-final-offers-what-happens-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CP24<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/canada\/article\/after-unionized-canada-post-workers-reject-final-offers-what-happens-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTV News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/politics\/federal\/after-unionized-canada-post-workers-reject-final-offers-what-happens-next\/article_6c61f52c-3b51-5dea-84e3-7394e1f0905c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Toronto Star<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonsun.com\/business\/2025\/08\/05\/after-unionized-canada-post-workers-reject-final-offers-what-happens-next\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Brandon Sun<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hcamag.com\/ca\/specialization\/industrial-relations\/will-another-canada-post-strike-happen\/545240\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Human Resources Director Canada<\/a> magazine,<\/p>\n<p class=\"headline\"><strong>Pen Centre sale opens the door to a transformative retail future, experts say: <\/strong>Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship Shawna Chen spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/business\/niagara-region\/pen-centre-sale-opens-the-door-to-a-transformative-retail-future-experts-say\/article_8ac81ee9-710a-5268-9a96-cea461fe0650.html#tncms-source=login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The St. Catharines Standard<\/em><\/a> about what the sale of Niagara Pen Centre will mean for members of the broader community.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Continued calls for hockey culture changes:<\/strong> Assistant Professor of Sport Management Taylor McKee spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/mms.tveyes.com\/MediaView\/?c3RhdGlvbj0yNjI2NSZtb2RzaGFyaW5nZW5hYmxlPXRydWUmY3VzdG9tZXJpZGVudGlmaWVyPTU1NjE5JlN0YXJ0RGF0ZVRpbWU9MDglMmYwNCUyZjIwMjUrMjMlM2EyNyUzYTAyJkVuZERhdGVUaW1lPTA4JTJmMDQlMmYyMDI1KzIzJTNhMzclM2EwMiYmbW9kZWRpdG9yZW5hYmxlPWZhbHNlJnBhcnRuZXJpZD0xNjA4NyYmJmV4cGlyYXRpb249MDklMmYwMyUyZjIwMjUrMjMlM2EyNyUzYTAyLjk5MCZpbnN0YW50UGxheT1UcnVlJnNpZ25hdHVyZT0yMmRjMjg4OGY1MWRlYjM3Nzg1MTA1Njg3NzllOGZlMg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada Talks<\/a> about the ongoing conversations around changes to Hockey Canada&#8217;s culture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock University and Bridges Niagara renew partnership to support newcomers:<\/strong> The recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by Brock and Bridges Niagara, which reaffirmed their shared commitment to supporting newcomers and promoting equity and inclusion in the region, was covered in the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/canada\/brock-university-and-bridges-niagara-renew-partnership-to-support-newcomers\/article_14e67cf3-88e4-5e39-baba-e0a19ba18b64.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamilton Spectator<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.therecord.com\/news\/canada\/brock-university-and-bridges-niagara-renew-partnership-to-support-newcomers\/article_e203183c-3a84-5697-8fb8-20d1586e5daa.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waterloo Region Record<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pentictonherald.ca\/spare_news\/article_1bf498c2-9b62-524e-a337-aa41397e1180.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Penticton Herald.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the continued negotiations between Canada Post and its employees, the sale of Niagara&#8217;s Pen Centre and hockey culture. The University&#8217;s long-standing partnership with Bridges Niagara, formerly known as the Niagara Folk Arts Multicultural Centre, was also featured in the media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":103759,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,9794,6,38],"tags":[14780,110,4753,522,2852,594,4358,6458,10657],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103728"}],"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=103728"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":103852,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103728\/revisions\/103852"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}