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“Media Talk” is a recurring summary of select Brock faculty, staff and student appearances in the media. If you have details of a media appearance to share with The Brock News, please send them to campusnews@brocku.ca<\/em><\/p>\n

Aug. 9:<\/strong> The National Post<\/em> “Grammar 4eva: Has \u2018techspeak’ made time-honoured language skills irrelevant in the Internet age?<\/a>”
\nFeaturing comments by Ruth McQuirter Scott, professor of teacher education in the Faculty of Education, who specializes in word studies and is often referred to as “the spelling guru.”<\/p>\n

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Aug. 10: <\/strong>The Province (Letter to the editor)<\/em> “Water work timely<\/a>” by Steven Renzetti, professor, Economics. Renzetti, a water economist, is leading the “Water Economics, policy and governance network” project<\/a>, which received a Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) valued at more than $2.3-million.<\/p>\n

Aug. 13:<\/strong> Welland Tribune<\/em> “World beaters; Coach wins seven medals at World Dragon Boat Championship”
\nFeaturing comments by Brian Roy, associate professor of Kinesiology and head coach of the Welland-based South Niagara Canoe Club, about competing at the World Dragon Boat Championships in Szeged, Hungary<\/a>. Roy alone won two gold medals, two silvers and two bronze with Canada claiming a total of 50 medals, 30 of them gold.<\/p>\n

Aug. 14:<\/strong> Windsor Star<\/em> “Export a wine to create a buzz?<\/a>”
\nFeaturing comments by Maxim Voronov, associate professor of strategic management, about his wine marketing research.<\/p>\n

Aug. 14:<\/strong> Michigan English Language Teaching (elt blog) <\/em>“MICHIGAN ELT author Thomas Farrell reflects on \u2018Reflecting on Teaching the Four Skills’<\/a>”
\nInterview with Thomas Farrell, professor of Applied Linguistics, about the publication of his latest book, Reflecting on Teaching the Four Skills: 60 Strategies for Professional Development.<\/p>\n

Aug. 14:<\/strong> Huffington Post (Blog)<\/em> “Retail Workers Deserve Our Respect<\/a>” by Kendra Coulter, assistant professor, Labour Studies.<\/p>\n

Aug. 14: <\/strong>77 WABC Radio (New York)<\/em> “The John Batchelor Show<\/a>”
\nInterview with Charles Burton, associate professor, Political Science, about the Bo Xilai and Neil Heywood scandals in China.<\/p>\n

Aug. 18:<\/strong> cbc.ca<\/em> “ETFO not pushing for ban on cell phones in classrooms: Hamilton rep<\/a>”
\nFeaturing comments by Zoe Branigan-Pipe, a teacher with the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board who also lectures at Brock on the role of new technology in the classroom.<\/p>\n

Aug. 21:<\/strong> AM 610 CKTB <\/em>“Tim Denis in the Morning<\/a>”
\nInterview with Pierre Liz\u00e9e, associate professor and chair of the Department of Political Science, about the ongoing crisis in Egypt.<\/p>\n

Aug. 25:<\/strong> Wall Street Journal<\/em> “Circus, Performance Art, What’s the Difference?<\/a>”
\nAug. 30:<\/strong> Newsday (Long Island)<\/em> “Time to pay attention to the circus scene<\/a>”
\nFeaturing comments by Karen Fricker, assistant professor of Dramatic Arts, about contemporary circus techniques evolving in ways that are increasingly connected to the performing arts.<\/p>\n

Aug. 25:<\/strong> Toronto Star (opinion\/commentary)<\/em> “Royal dreams and constitutional nightmares<\/a>” by John Sainsbury, professor, History.<\/p>\n

Aug. 26:<\/strong> Welland Tribune<\/em> “App encourages visiting athletes to support business in host community<\/a>”
\nStory about a mobile app, Sport on the Go, developed by Laura Cousens, associate professor of Sport Management and colleagues in her department, that profiles sport events and provides comprehensive destination information<\/a> to ease the travel burden for event-goers.<\/p>\n

Aug. 28:<\/strong> St. Catharines Standard (community voices)<\/em> “A sad farewell to another summer<\/a>” by Darlene Ciuffetelli Parker, associate professor, Teacher Education, Faculty of Education.<\/p>\n

Sept. 4:<\/strong> St. Catharines Standard<\/em> “Unique Brock course digs into animal labour<\/a>”
\nInterview with Kendra Coulter, assistant professor, Labour Studies, about a new course she is teaching this Fall that examines animals and work.<\/p>\n

Aug. 31: <\/strong>Blog Business World<\/em> “Perception of Wine Taste Due To Celebrity Athlete Endorsement – Interview<\/a>”
\nInterview with Antonia Mantonakis, associate professor of marketing at the Goodman School of Business, about a recent study she and her colleagues conducted, about how consumers perceive the quality and taste of a wine based on the impact of having celebrity athletes, from various sports, endorse a wine.<\/p>\n

Sept. 2: <\/strong>CBC Radio – Superior Morning (Thunder Bay)<\/em> “Retail Rebellion<\/a>”
\n– cbc.ca<\/em> “U.S. minimum wage protests resonate in Thunder Bay<\/a>”
\nInterview with Kendra Coulter, assistant professor, Labour Studies, about service industry workers and job compensation in response to recent walkouts by fast-food workers in the U.S.<\/p>\n

Sept. 6: <\/strong>Toronto Star<\/em> “Lung cancer: Canadians develop app to predict if lesions are malignant<\/a>”
\n– Globe & Mail <\/em>“Scans could speed lung cancer detection<\/a>”
\n– CityNews (Toronto)<\/em> “App helps predict if lung lesions are cancerous or benign<\/a>”
\n– Macleans.ca<\/em> “\u2018App’ helps predict if lung lesions seen on CT are cancerous or benign: study<\/a>”
\n– France 24 \/ International News<\/em> “Risk calculator boosts odds of finding lung cancer<\/a>”
\n– Frontier Post (Pakistan)<\/em> “Risk calculator boosts odds of finding lung cancer<\/a>”
\nVarious news stories featuring comments by Martin Tammemagi, a professor of epidemiology in the Department of Community Health Sciences, about risk calculation software he created <\/a>that can reduce surgical procedures by helping doctors know if nodules showing up on CT lung scans have a high probability of being cancerous.<\/p>\n

Sept. 6: <\/strong>The Telegraph (UK)<\/em> “Having more older brothers increases likelihood of being gay<\/a>”
\n– Daily Mail Online (UK) <\/em>“Men are more likely to be gay if they have older brothers, say scientists<\/a>”
\n– Huffington Post<\/em> “Men With Older Brothers More Likely To Be Gay? Study Expanding To Biological Origin<\/a>”
\nFeaturing comments by Tony Bogaert, professor, Community Health Sciences, about his research on birth order and male sexuality.<\/p>\n

Sept. 6: <\/strong>Hamilton Spectator<\/em> “Province holds back on release of full-day kindergarten study<\/a>”
\nFeaturing comments by Mary-Louise Vanderlee, associate professor in the Faculty of Education’s Department of Graduate and Undergraduate Studies, about her involvement with a provincial study that is looking at the benefits of full-day kindergarten in Ontario.<\/p>\n

For more examples of Brock faculty news appearances, please check out the “Researchers in the news<\/a>” section of Research Services website. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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