In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the increase of Niagara’s human trafficking rates, a new program launching in Ontario’s cannabis and liquor stores, low-alcohol wine research, advancing climate activism through art and the response to a proposed new parking lot in Thorold. New partnerships between the University and organizations in China were also featured in the media.<\/p>\n
Niagara police see spike in human trafficking victims being identified, as number of investigations grows: <\/strong>Robyn Bourgeois, Associate Professor of Women\u2019s and Gender Studies and Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement, spoke to CBC News<\/a> and CBC Radio<\/a> about the 700 per cent increase in human trafficking victims identified in the Niagara region in 2024.<\/p>\n Teens to test Ontario establishments by attempting to buy cannabis and alcohol:<\/strong> Professor and Chair of Health Sciences Dan Malleck spoke to CBC Radio<\/a> about the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario’s new “youth compliance monitor” program to identify retailers who allow minors to purchase age-restricted products.<\/p>\n Brock University uncorks low-alcohol wine opportunities with new grape variety research: <\/strong>Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI) graduate student Holly Eaton and CCOVI Senior Scientist of Oenology Jennifer Kelly’s research on two new-to-Niagara grape varieties was featured in Wine Business Monthly<\/a><\/em> and GiantFM<\/a>.<\/p>\n Art for climate change action:<\/strong> Julia Baird, Director of Brock’s Environmental <\/span>Sustainability Research Centre<\/span>, spoke to Searching for Solutions<\/a> about her role in the upcoming Art in Action<\/a> event and how art can be used to springboard conversations on climate change.<\/p>\n Bringing Brock to the world:<\/strong> The recent establishment of Brock’s academic exchange agreement with Beijing Foreign Studies University and a partnership between the Goodman School of Business and the Huazhong University of Science and Technology was featured in\u00a0Academica<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the increase of Niagara’s human trafficking rates, a new program launching in Ontario’s cannabis and liquor stores, low-alcohol wine research, advancing climate activism through art and the response to a proposed new parking lot in Thorold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":106616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,6,41,38],"tags":[61,153,855,3212,1696,11955,2262,7488,2852,594,14982,4226,4469,4316,4799,8958,42,6056],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106498"}],"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=106498"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106635,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106498\/revisions\/106635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}