{"id":39183,"date":"2016-05-27T10:22:30","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T14:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=39183"},"modified":"2016-05-27T14:57:53","modified_gmt":"2016-05-27T18:57:53","slug":"brock-in-the-news-may-21-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2016\/05\/brock-in-the-news-may-21-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock in the News \u2013 May 21-27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Brock-led research finds disparity between Canada, Quebec maternity leave<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brock\u2019s top story of the week is Professor Lindsey McKay\u2019s research on the Liberal government\u2019s new parental leave plan. McKay\u2019s research shows that the new plan increases the divide between rich and poor, as many mothers are excluded from the parental benefits. Her research received widespread pick up from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ExchangeCBC\/status\/735801507350609921\" target=\"_blank\"><em>CBC The Exchange<\/em><\/a><em>, CBC Radio,<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/2016\/05\/21\/new-research-raises-questions-about-liberal-plans-to-change-parental-leave_n_10080722.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Huffington Post<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibftoday.ca\/new-research-raises-questions-about-liberal-plans-to-change-parental-leave-cp\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Indigenous Business &amp; Finance Today<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/vancouversun.com\/news\/national\/parental-leave-changes-will-further-rich-poor-divide-report\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Vancouver Sun<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/2715489\/new-research-raises-questions-about-liberal-plans-to-change-parental-leave\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Global News<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/lethbridgenewsnow.com\/article\/516382\/new-research-raises-questions-about-liberal-plans-change-parental-leave\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Lethbridge News Now<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cjad.com\/NationalCP\/Article.aspx?id=513766\" target=\"_blank\"><em>CJAD 800 AM<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>President\u2019s golf tournament raises $65,000<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the last 14 years, the annual President\u2019s golf tournament has raised more than $1 million towards scholarships and bursaries for Brock\u2019s student-athletes, funding nearly 900 students. This year, $65,000 was raised to continue Brock\u2019s support of current and future Badger athletes: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.niagarathisweek.com\/sports-story\/6564689-golf-tournament-raises-65-000-for-student-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Niagara this Week<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you need a long weekend? Experts say you actually do<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The May 2-4 weekend marks the beginning of summer for many, but for Brock researcher Dr. Deborah McPhee of the Goodman School of Business, the long weekend is more about the work-life balance, explaining to <a href=\"http:\/\/vancouver.24hrs.ca\/2016\/05\/21\/do-you-need-a-long-weekend-experts-say-you-actually-do\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Vancouver Today<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2016\/05\/21\/do-you-need-a-long-weekend-experts-say-you-actually-do\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Toronto Star<\/em><\/a>, and <em>CFRB 1010 Toronto <\/em>that it\u2019s really about rejuvenation and stress relief.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock professor calls Tragically Hip\u2019s concert plans historic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Gord Downie shocked Canadians and music fans alike with the announcement of his cancer diagnosis earlier this week, though the lead singer of Tragically Hip will continue on their farewell tour this summer. Professor Scott Henderson talked with local radio stations <a href=\"http:\/\/www.610cktb.com\/news\/2016\/05\/24\/brock-prof-says-the-tragically-hips-farewell-tour-will-likely-come-to-niagara\" target=\"_blank\"><em>610 CKTB<\/em><\/a><em>, Giant FM 91.7 Niagara, <\/em>and<em> CHML 900<\/em> to talk about their extraordinary final tour.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t amalgamate, cooperate<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Political science Professor Zachary Spicer pens an op-ed in the <a href=\"http:\/\/vancouversun.com\/opinion\/opinion-dont-amalgamate-cooperate\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Vancouver Sun<\/em><\/a> discussing White Rock\u2019s proposal to amalgamate with Surrey, following the city\u2019s issues with water capacity. In his recently released book, Spicer explains the urban-rural divide and what it means for the cities that merge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Raptors Redemption? The Hangout NBA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Following three losses in Cleveland against the Cavaliers, the Toronto Raptors came back to two wins at home this week. Tonight the teams head into game 6 in Toronto, which has many sport experts, including Brock men\u2019s basketball coach Charles Kissi, wondering how far the Raptors will push themselves towards redemption: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qld8RjpufO4&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\"><em>NBA TV Canada<\/em><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock in the News \u2013 May 21-27<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":39184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3319,4052,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39183"}],"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\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39183"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39192,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39183\/revisions\/39192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}