{"id":108640,"date":"2026-03-27T12:42:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T16:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=108640"},"modified":"2026-03-27T16:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T20:44:10","slug":"in-the-news-police-oversight-ioc-changes-to-womens-sport-and-cktb-roadshow-comes-to-brock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2026\/03\/in-the-news-police-oversight-ioc-changes-to-womens-sport-and-cktb-roadshow-comes-to-brock\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News: Police oversight, IOC changes to women’s sport and CKTB Roadshow comes to Brock"},"content":{"rendered":"

In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the importance of civilian oversight on police actions, a controversial change in Olympic sport eligibility, the benefits of weight training for children, a new deal for Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA)<\/span> players and the potential of a new hockey team coming to Hamilton. Coverage of Brock’s Spring Open House, research and learning opportunities and transformative SPARK initiative as well as research supporting the grape and wine industry and tackling food insecurity in Niagara was also featured in the media.<\/p>\n

CKTB goes live from campus: <\/strong>During Newstalk 610 CKTB\u2019s live broadcast from Brock\u2019s Rankin Family Pavilion on Tuesday, March 24, Provost and Vice-President, Academic Arja Vainio-Mattila and Vice-President, Research Tim Kenyon spoke about Brock’s world-class research and learning opportunities<\/a>; Associate Vice-President, Facilities Management Mary Quintana spoke about Brock’s $100-million SPARK sustainability initiative<\/a>; Chair and Professor of Chemistry Paul Zelisko spoke about Brock’s Engineering program and role in an upcoming robotics competition<\/a>; Director of Student Recruitment Matthew Melynk spoke about Spring Open House<\/a>; Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute Director Debbie Inglis spoke about strengthening Canada\u2019s grape and wine sector through clean plant innovation<\/a>; and Adjunct Professor of Political Science Joanne Heritz\u00a0spoke about food insecurity<\/a>. Her research on the topic was also featured in Niagara this Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Civilian oversight system for policing critical for accountability and transparency:<\/strong> Assistant Professor of Political Science Danielle McNabb spoke to CBC Radio One outlets across the country<\/a> about police misconduct allegations in British Columbia.<\/p>\n

Olympic Committee bans transgender athletes from competing in women’s events: <\/strong>Assistant Professor of Sport Management Taylor McKee spoke to Canada Talks<\/a> and \u200bICI Radio-Canada Premi\u00e8re<\/a> about controversial changes to Olympic women’s sport made by the International Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n

\u2018We\u2019re here to help students realize their full potential\u2019: <\/strong>Director of Student Recruitment Matt Melnyk and Senior Recruitment Officer, Events and Operations Carly Dugo spoke to the St. Catharines Standard<\/em><\/a> about Spring Open House. The event was also featured in an additional piece in the St. Catharines Standard<\/a><\/em> and on both Giant GM<\/a> and Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Weight training can be safe for kids, Brock University research finds: <\/strong>Professor of Kinesiology Bareket Falk spoke to the St. Catharines Standard<\/a><\/em>\u00a0and Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> about her research exploring the impact of resistance training on children’s health.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

New compensation deal close at hand for WNBA players:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Sport Management Michele Donnelly spoke to AM 1150<\/a> about the tentative collective bargaining\u00a0<\/span>agreement reached by the <\/span>WNBA and its players’ union.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hamilton gears up for new professional hockey team in the city:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Sport Management Michael Naraine spoke to CHCH News<\/a> about the potential that an American Hockey League team, the Bridgeport Islanders, will be moving to Hamilton.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the importance of civilian oversight on police actions, a controversial change in Olympic sport eligibility, the benefits of weight training for children, a new deal for Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) players and the potential of a new hockey team coming to Hamilton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":108610,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,55,6,41,38],"tags":[13593,15084,3712,6984,61,855,13029,3746,7437,996,4104,4753,7488,13121,7313,3258,8198,7628,8281,8568,8463,4410,833,10657,5624],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108640"}],"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=108640"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108733,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108640\/revisions\/108733"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}