{"id":56477,"date":"2019-03-01T13:31:18","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T18:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=56477"},"modified":"2019-03-04T09:04:40","modified_gmt":"2019-03-04T14:04:40","slug":"brock-media-clips-for-friday-march-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/03\/brock-media-clips-for-friday-march-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Media Clips for Friday, March 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s a look at some of the media attention Brock University received recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Declaring snow days \u201cextremely difficult\u201d call: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor of Educational Studies David Hutchison spoke about the effects of snow days on teachers and students in a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news-story\/9196615-declaring-snow-days-extremely-difficult-call\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <b><em>Hamilton Spectator<\/em> article<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ontario should invest in cruelty investigations to protect animals and people:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Articles by Labour Studies Department Chair Kendra Coulter about the difficult conditions faced by current animal cruelty investigators and the need for publicly funded organizations to enforce animal cruelty laws in Ontario appeared on the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2019\/02\/18\/preventing-animal-cruelty-is-physically-emotionally-risky-for-front-line-workers_partner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ipolitics.ca\/2019\/02\/20\/ontario-should-invest-in-cruelty-investigations-to-protect-animals-and-people\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ipolitics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> websites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Murdoch Mysteries author to talk crime writing at Brock:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The upcoming visit of <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Murdoch Mysteries <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">author Maureen Jennings to speak at Brock\u2019s third annual Marilyn Rose Lecture on Tuesday, March 5 was featured in a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/whatson-story\/9200017-murdoch-mysteries-author-to-talk-crime-writing-at-brock\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <b><em>St. Catharines Standard<\/em> article<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Gamers, Wild players unite at inaugural Wild Gaming Tournament Finals:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/wild\/news\/minnesota-wild-gaming-tournament-finals-021819\/c-304963796\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <b>NHL.com article<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> about an esports gaming tournament in Minnesota featured quotes from Sport Management student Gordon Bouchard, who won the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s about hanging on to my past&#8221;: Why this man refuses to give up his landline phone:<\/strong> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Associate Professor of Communication, Pop Culture and Film Scott Henderson discussed the reluctance of some Canadians to get rid of their landline phones in a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/spark\/spark-426-1.5017952\/it-s-about-hanging-on-to-my-past-why-this-man-refuses-to-give-up-his-landline-phone-1.5017343\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <b>CBC Radio story<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you know of an appearance or story about a Brock faculty member, student, athlete or alumni, please drop us a line with a link to the story at <a href=\"mailto:universitycom@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">universitycom@brocku.ca<\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a look at some of the media attention Brock University received 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