{"id":106404,"date":"2025-12-05T15:31:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:31:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=106404"},"modified":"2025-12-05T15:45:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T20:45:36","slug":"in-the-news-chilly-extremities-gone-for-a-run-and-metis-nutcracker-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2025\/12\/in-the-news-chilly-extremities-gone-for-a-run-and-metis-nutcracker-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News: Chilly extremities, Gone for a Run and M\u00e9tis Nutcracker magic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the health impacts of cold hands and feet and the harassment faced by women runners. The University&#8217;s mainstage production of the <em>M\u00e9tis Nutcracker,<\/em>\u00a0SPARK initiative and reappointment of Chancellor Hilary Pearson were also featured in the media.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Are My Hands and Feet So Cold? <\/strong>Professor of Kinesiology Stephen Cheung spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/12\/02\/well\/hands-feet-cold.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The New York Times<\/em><\/a> about what having chilly fingers and toes could mean for someone&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Niagara play M\u00e9tis Nutcracker tells parallel stories of colonization and war in Ukraine: <\/strong>Assistant Professor of Dramatic Arts Matthew MacKenzie and third-year Dramatic Arts student Molly Solomon spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/hamilton\/metis-nutcracker-9.7002024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBC News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/life\/niagara-region\/santas-canal-arrival-in-port-colborne-pelham-winterfest-and-m-tis-nutcracker-lead-weekend-events\/article_f45dbe05-e6e9-5066-8a00-b33fbc9bb10c.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The St. Catharines Standard<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pelhamtoday.ca\/local-news\/celebrate-identity-and-diversity-with-metis-nutcracker-11561869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pelham Today<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.notllocal.com\/local-news\/celebrate-identity-and-diversity-with-metis-nutcracker-11562094\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Niagara-on-the-Lake Local<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/nationtalk.ca\/story\/niagara-play-metis-nutcracker-tells-parallel-stories-of-colonization-and-war-in-ukraine-cbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nation Talk<\/a> about their upcoming mainstage production of the <em>M\u00e9tis Nutcracker<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock launches $100M overhaul to\u00a0 modernize campus, cut emissions:<\/strong> Brock University Vice-President, Administration and Services Scott Johnstone and Vice-President, Research Tim Kenyon spoke to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/news\/niagara-region\/brock-u-launches-100m-overhaul-to-modernize-campus-cut-emissions\/article_e946b196-c20b-5040-b084-b1ba31a9c373.html\">St.Catharines Standard<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/ontario\/brock-u-launches-100m-overhaul-to-modernize-campus-cut-emissions\/article_2fdfd4aa-e219-5ce8-b739-2db0b8c8e77a.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Hamilton Spectator<\/a> <\/em>about the University\u2019s transformative new sustainability initiative, SPARK.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018We need to do a lot more outreach\u2019: Pearson brings philanthropy expertise to third term as Brock chancellor:<\/strong> Brock University Chancellor Hilary Pearson spoke to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/news\/niagara-region\/we-need-to-do-a-lot-more-outreach-pearson-brings-philanthropy-expertise-to-third-term\/article_6cb3a181-a47a-523e-acd9-b7202c0e21ec.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Catharines Standard<\/a><\/em> about her plans to continue building a transformative future for Brock after being re-elected for a third term as chancellor.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Short film illustrates the fear of violence faced by many runners: <\/strong>Professor of Kinesiology Cathy van Ingen spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/runningmagazine.ca\/the-scene\/short-film-illustrates-the-fear-of-violence-faced-by-many-runners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Canadian Running<\/em> magazine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/irun.ca\/community\/gender-based-violence-in-running\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iRun magazine<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mms.tveyes.com\/MediaView\/?c3RhdGlvbj0xNDU0NSZtb2RzaGFyaW5nZW5hYmxlPXRydWUmY3VzdG9tZXJpZGVudGlmaWVyPTU1NjE5JlN0YXJ0RGF0ZVRpbWU9MTIlMmYwNSUyZjIwMjUrMDclM2EyNyUzYTAxJkVuZERhdGVUaW1lPTEyJTJmMDUlMmYyMDI1KzA3JTNhMzclM2EwMSYmbW9kZWRpdG9yZW5hYmxlPWZhbHNlJnBhcnRuZXJpZD0xNjA4NyYmJmV4cGlyYXRpb249MDElMmYwNCUyZjIwMjYrMDclM2EyNyUzYTAxLjQ4MCZpbnN0YW50UGxheT1UcnVlJnNpZ25hdHVyZT1iNmFmYzUyNzVkYzcxNTVlYmVmODdjY2JhNTQxNjM5NQ==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pelhamtoday.ca\/local-news\/gone-for-a-run-explores-gender-based-violence-in-public-spaces-11581490\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pelham Today<\/a> about her new film about the abuse women face while running.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the health impacts of cold hands and feet and the harassment faced by women runners. The University&#8217;s mainstage production of the M\u00e9tis Nutcracker,\u00a0SPARK initiative and reappointment of Chancellor Hilary Pearson were also featured in the media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":106462,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,37,6,41],"tags":[4666,6442,656,996,109,7488,30,10145,46,9918,2518,14974,5536,2998,5624],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106404"}],"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=106404"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106465,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106404\/revisions\/106465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}