{"id":39290,"date":"2016-06-03T13:43:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T17:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=39290"},"modified":"2016-06-03T13:43:59","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T17:43:59","slug":"brock-in-the-news-may-28-june3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2016\/06\/brock-in-the-news-may-28-june3\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock in the News \u2013 May 28-June3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Brock to welcome the world as Canada wins bid for global wine summit<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The 10<sup>th<\/sup> International Cool Climate Wine Symposium coming to Canada was the top story of the week, gaining widespread attention locally and nationally from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.htzfm.com\/news\/2016\/05\/30\/brock-to-host-international-wine-summit\" target=\"_blank\"><em>97.7 HTZ-FM<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrinksbusiness.com\/2016\/05\/iccws-marks-uk-wine-industrys-coming-of-age\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Drinks Business<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.harpers.co.uk\/news\/iccws-moving-to-canada-after-uk-event\/536911.article?utm_source=RSS_Feed&amp;utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=rss\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Harpers<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cantechletter.com\/2016\/05\/canada-host-famed-wine-summit-obsessed-climate-change\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Cantech Letter<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chch.com\/canada-wins-bid-global-wine-summit\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>CHCH News<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1057ezrock.com\/news\/2016\/05\/30\/brock-to-host-international-wine-summit\" target=\"_blank\"><em>105.7 EZ Rock<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.610cktb.com\/news\/2016\/05\/30\/brock-to-host-international-wine-summit\" target=\"_blank\"><em>610 CKTB<\/em><\/a> <em>and Jewel FM 92<\/em>. The symposium will take place in July 2020 with Brock University being the host site for the conference.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aristotle\u2019s tomb has NOT been found: Archaeologists doubt claims that philosopher\u2019s final resting place was discovered in Greece<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, a well-known archaeologist claimed to know where Aristotle\u2019s tomb is located, with many other archaeologists doubting the validity of his findings, including Brock professor Angus Smith, who commented on the story on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-3619777\/Aristotle-s-tomb-NOT-Archaeologists-doubt-claims-philosopher-s-final-resting-place-discovered-Greec.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Daily Mail UK<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.livescience.com\/54923-archaeologists-doubt-aristotle-tomb-discovery.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Live Science<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trade with China never comes free<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Political Science professor Charles Burton pens an op-ed in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/opinion\/trade-with-china-never-comes-free\/article30239251\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Globe and Mail<\/em><\/a> discussing Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi\u2019s surprise visit to Canada this past Wednesday. That same day, Yi\u2019s response to a human rights question caused a stir in the media, with local radio station <em>610 CKTB <\/em>bringing Burton on the show to discuss the incident.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why even small businesses can benefit from a basic website<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A business\u2019 online presence has proven to be a factor in influencing customers to buy their products, as professor Antonia Mantonakis\u2019 research finds. She was recently featured in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com\/stories\/001\/?ID=30618\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Central Valley Business Times<\/em><\/a> podcast, explaining the growth of online shopping and how businesses can benefit from it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The science of sports fanaticism; Experts weigh in on how our undying love for our teams really affects us<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sports fandom and dedication to a team has experts such as Sport Management professor Craig Hyatt discussing the relationship between the fans and their teams. Hyatt explains to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawasun.com\/2016\/05\/27\/dont-burn-your-jersey-the-science-of-sports-fandom\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Ottawa Sun<\/em><\/a> that undying loyalty just isn\u2019t cutting it anymore, and fans are all too quick to abandon their team.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Making the argument for recognition for historic Canadian women<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brock University professor Lissa Paul has been studying the lack of information available on notable Canadian women. She wrote an opinion piece on the topic for the <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/life\/facts-and-arguments\/the-walls-of-my-home-bear-the-elusive-past-of-women-long-forgotten\/article30245890\/\" target=\"_blank\">Globe and Mail<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock in the News for May 28-June3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":35628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3319,6,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39290"}],"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=39290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39291,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39290\/revisions\/39291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}