In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed sports betting and the knock-on effects of recognition for athletes, the likelihood of Canada securing a Eurovision bid, changing attitudes towards those who use drugs, the benefits of kindness for young people and rising food insecurity rates in Niagara. Hilary Pearson being re-elected by Brock\u2019s Senate for a third term as Chancellor of the University was also highlighted in the media.<\/p>\n
Call to Hall can score major windfall for hockey\u2019s best:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Sport Management Michael Naraine spoke to BNN Bloomberg<\/a> about the impact that induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame brings to players post-playing career. He also spoke to CBC Radio One<\/a> about celebrity endorsements in gambling and to News Talk 980 CKNW<\/a> about recent sports betting scandals in professional baseball.<\/p>\n Canada’s federal budget included a line about Eurovision. Here’s what we know:<\/strong> Adjunct Professor of Theatre Praxis Karen Fricker spoke to the The National Post<\/a>, <\/em>Global News<\/a> and CBC Radio One<\/a> about the history of Eurovision and Canada’s potential place in its future.<\/p>\n Harm reduction must come at the societal level:<\/strong> Assistant Professor of Psychology Scott Neufeld spoke to Global News<\/a> about the problematic ways that stigmas about drug users can be embedded into policies and organizational structures.<\/p>\n Brock researcher highlights emotional benefits of kindness:<\/strong> Sandra Bosacki, Director of Brock\u2019s Theory of Mind in Education (ToME) Lab, spoke to the Niagara-on-the-Lake Local<\/a> about the positive benefits of being kind.<\/p>\n Food bank visits in NOTL more than doubled past few years: Brock study:<\/strong> Adjunct Professor of Political Science Joanne Heritz spoke to the St. Catharines Standard<\/a>, The Hamilton Spectator<\/a> <\/em>and Pelham Today<\/a> about the dire need for action on food insecurity and housing issues in Ontario.<\/p>\n Hilary Pearson re-elected for third term as Brock University Chancellor: <\/strong>The Chancellor’s recent re-election by Brock’s Senate was featured on Giant FM<\/a> and the Niagara-on-the-Lake Local<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed sports betting and the knock-on effects of recognition for athletes, the likelihood of Canada securing a Eurovision bid, changing attitudes towards those who use drugs, the benefits of kindness for young people and rising food insecurity rates in Niagara.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":106037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,40,37,6,38],"tags":[14952,6442,656,4541,4104,546,4753,522,2367,9041,8198,3166,46,8568,6981,63,10623,10429,10624,11855],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106012"}],"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=106012"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106050,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106012\/revisions\/106050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}