{"id":14115,"date":"2011-12-07T15:47:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T20:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=14115"},"modified":"2011-12-07T15:47:34","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T20:47:34","slug":"media-talk-%e2%80%94%c2%a0dec-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2011\/12\/media-talk-%e2%80%94%c2%a0dec-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Talk \u2014\u00a0Dec. 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Gyllian Raby<\/strong>, associate professor of Dramatic Arts, was quoted in the article &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.niagarathisweek.com\/what%27s%20on\/article\/1258010--making-a-commotion\" target=\"_blank\">Making a Commotion<\/a>&#8221; in <em>Niagara This Week<\/em> on Dec. 6. The article is about the Commotion theatre project involving local high school students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Royette Tavernier<\/strong>, PhD student in Psychology, was quoted in the blog entry &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodtherapy.org\/blog\/adolescent-turning-point-provide-positive-benefits-126111\/\" target=\"_blank\">Adolescents\u2019 Turning Points Turn Out To Provide Positive Benefits<\/a>&#8221; at goodtherapy.org on Dec. 6.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Charles Burton<\/strong>, associate professor of Political Science, was interviewed about espionage in Canada for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rcinet.ca\/chinese\/column\/Canadian_politics\/10-42_2011-12-02-\/\" target=\"_blank\">CBC Radio Canada International Mandarin Service broadcast<\/a> on Dec. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Brock&#8217;s annual Nuit Blanche event was profiled in the <em>Niagara This Week<\/em> article &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.niagarathisweek.com\/what%27s%20on\/article\/1256240--a-night-at-the-university\" target=\"_blank\">A night at the university<\/a>&#8221; on Dec. 2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Zopito Marini<\/strong>, professor of Child and Youth Studies, was quoted in the article &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.niagarafallsreview.ca\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3390565\" target=\"_blank\">Getting tough on bullies<\/a>&#8221; in the <em>Niagara Falls Review<\/em> on Dec. 2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rebecca MacPherson<\/strong>, a PhD candidate at the Centre for Muscle Metabolism and Biophysics, was quoted in the <em>Huffington Post<\/em> article &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/2011\/11\/30\/once-a-week-workout_n_1105813.html\" target=\"_blank\">Does Once-A-Week MedX Workout Really Work?: Test Drive<\/a>&#8221; on Nov. 30.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tom Arkell<\/strong>, director of community and ancillary services, was included in the <em>St. Catharines Standard<\/em> column &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3384871\" target=\"_blank\">Feeling the heat in a Santa parade<\/a>&#8221; on Nov. 27. In the article, reporter Don Fraser goes in a Santa Claus parade dressed as the Brock Badger.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mariek Schmidt<\/strong>, assistant professor of Earth Sciences, was included in several articles related to her research with the Mars Rover. This includes &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/technology\/story\/2011\/11\/20\/f-gellert-mars-rover-curiosity-apxs-canada.html\" target=\"_blank\">Mars-bound rock analyzer a &#8216;new step&#8217; for Canada in space<\/a>&#8221; on cbc.ca on Nov. 25 and &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/technology\/science\/curiosity-set-for-ambitious-mission-to-mars-the-red-planet\/article2248372\/?utm_medium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&amp;utm_source=World&amp;utm_content=2248372\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Curiosity&#8217; set for ambitious mission to Mars, the Red Planet<\/a>&#8221; in the Globe and Mail on Nov. 24.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14116\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14116\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14116\" title=\"Antonia Mantonakis\" src=\"http:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/antonia-mantonakis.jpg\" alt=\"Antonia Mantonakis\" width=\"296\" height=\"167\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14116\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Antonia Mantonakis<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Alun Hughes<\/strong>, professor of Geography, was quoted in the <em>St. Catharines Standard<\/em> article &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3376785\" target=\"_blank\">Plenty of truth to the Laura Secord story, says prof<\/a>&#8221; on Nov. 20.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Antonia Mantonakis<\/strong>, associate professor of marketing, was quoted in the article &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vancouversun.com\/entertainment\/Musical+mixology+Drink+website+matches+tunes+tastebuds\/5738027\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Musical mixology: Drink website matches tunes to tastebuds<\/a>&#8221; in the <em>Vancouver Sun<\/em> on Nov. 19. The article appeared in other newspapers, including the <em>Nanaimo Daily News<\/em> and the <em>Victoria Times-Colonist<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kevin Gosine<\/strong>, assistant professor of Child and Youth Studies, was quoted in the article &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/toronto\/africentric-high-school-is-approved-but-it-still-needs-a-home\/article2240491\/?from=sec434\" target=\"_blank\">Africentric high school is approved, but it still needs a home<\/a>&#8221; in the <em>Globe and Mail<\/em> on Nov. 17.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Larry Savage<\/strong>, associate professor of Political Science and Labour Studies, was quoted in the article &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/article\/1088165--hepburn-why-ontario-tories-lust-after-flaherty\" target=\"_blank\">Hepburn: Why Ontario Tories lust after Flaherty<\/a>&#8221; in the <em>Toronto Star<\/em> on Nov. 16.<\/p>\n<p><strong>James Mandigo<\/strong>, associate professor of Kinesiology and co-director of the Centre for Healthy Development, published the opinion piece &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespec.com\/opinion\/columns\/article\/626086--new-curriculum-would-teach-respect\" target=\"_blank\">New curriculum would teach respect<\/a>&#8221; in the <em>Hamilton Spectator<\/em> on Nov. 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some recent media appearances by Brock faculty and staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14115"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14115"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14118,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14115\/revisions\/14118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}