In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the importance of early anti-bullying intervention, strengthening connections between parents and children, post-secondary funding challenges and a rare mosquito-borne illness. Coverage of Brock’s Move-in Weekend and new University partnerships and agreements was also featured in the media.<\/p>\n
Spotting and stopping bullying:<\/strong> Professor of Child and Youth Studies Tony Volk spoke to the What’s Barrie Talking About<\/a> podcast and Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> about the importance of tackling bullying early. The Burlington Gazette<\/a><\/em>, Pelham Today<\/a> and Niagara-on-the-Lake Local<\/a> also featured Volk’s take on the topic. He also spoke to CBC Radio<\/a> about the importance of having dedicated, uninterrupted interactions between parents and their children.<\/p>\n Ontario college support workers in strike position: <\/strong>Professor of Educational Studies Louis Volante spoke to CBC Toronto<\/a> and CBC News<\/a> about the impacts of funding challenges on Ontario’s post-secondary institutions.<\/p>\n Rare mosquito-borne virus: <\/strong>Professor of Biological Sciences Fiona Hunter spoke to CBC Radio One<\/a> about recent human cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis, a rare but serious virus spread to people by infected mosquitoes.<\/p>\n Welcome Week kicks off as Brock students settle into campus life: <\/strong>Director of Housing Services Cindy Chernish spoke to the St. Catharines Standard<\/a><\/em> about the process of moving approximately 2,800 students into on-campus housing. Coverage of the University’s Move-in Weekend was also highlighted in YourTV Niagara<\/a> and Pelham Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n Brock, Zimbabwe Olympic Committee collaborate to strengthen sports governance:<\/strong> Brock’s new five-year memorandum of understanding to deliver specialized training and research on safe sport practices, governance and human resource management was highlighted in Academica<\/a>. A new exchange agreement between Brock and Dublin City University in Ireland was also featured in Academica.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the importance of early anti-bullying intervention, strengthening connections between parents and children, post-secondary funding challenges and a rare mosquito-borne illness. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":104226,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[40,6,41,38],"tags":[11925,8907,8485,6805,98,348,522,1356,3028,3502],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104194"}],"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=104194"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104239,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104194\/revisions\/104239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104226"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}