{"id":57703,"date":"2019-04-26T11:15:28","date_gmt":"2019-04-26T15:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=57703"},"modified":"2019-04-26T16:18:22","modified_gmt":"2019-04-26T20:18:22","slug":"brock-media-clips-for-friday-april-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2019\/04\/brock-media-clips-for-friday-april-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Media Clips for Friday, April 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a look at some of the media attention Brock University received recently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The scale of climate change can feel scary, so we asked 5 climate scientists to break it down:<\/strong> A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bustle.com\/p\/the-scale-of-climate-change-can-feel-scary-so-we-asked-5-climate-scientists-to-break-it-down-17003173\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bustle article<\/a> about climate change featured quotes from Environmental Sustainability Research Centre Assistant Professor Jessica Blythe, who spoke about the impact of climate change on oceans and coastal communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pot sales fell in most provinces in February; Quebec bucked trend:<\/strong>\u00a0Michael Armstrong, Professor of Finance, Operations and Informations Systems, spoke about a projected surge in monthly marijuana sales figures in a <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/5180769\/pot-sales-february-canada-quebec\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global News article<\/a>, while also talking about lower-than-reported dry cannabis inventories in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.com\/news-story\/9291659-pot-supply-not-the-problem-behind-cannabis-industry-growing-pains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toronto.com article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A first for Brock as it creates a new senior position focused on Indigenous engagement:<\/strong> The naming of Amos Key Jr. as Brock\u2019s first-ever Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement was featured in articles from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tworowtimes.com\/news\/local\/amos-keye-named-indigenous-engagement-official-at-brock-university\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two Row Times<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/news\/a-first-for-brock-as-it-creates-a-new-senior-position-focused-on-indigenous-engagement-1.9096297\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/nationtalk.ca\/story\/brock-welcomes-its-inaugural-vice-provost-indigenous-engagement-brock-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NationTalk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cider makers across Ontario gather at Brock University to enhance their skills:<\/strong> A gathering of cider makers at Brock\u2019s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI) for the Cider and Perry Production Foundation course was featured in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chch.com\/cider-makers-across-ontario-gather-at-brock-university-to-enhance-their-skills\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHCH story<\/a>. The piece also included comments from CCOVI\u2019s Senior Laboratory Demonstrator Steven Trussler.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock celebrates ground breaking for expanded fitness centre:<\/strong> An event to formally begin construction on Brock\u2019s Zone Fitness Centre expansion was featured in articles by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/news\/brock-celebrates-ground-breaking-for-expanded-fitness-centre-1.9103157\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/news-story\/9300749-photos-brock-university-fitness-zone-to-triple-in-size\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Catharines Standard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>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?subject=Brock%20University%20Media%20Clips%20Suggestion\">universitycom@brocku.ca<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a look at some of the media attention Brock University received recently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":57624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39,7,6,6833,41,1,4,38],"tags":[4437,296,2262,522,594,4226,7831,7824],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57703"}],"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\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57703"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57705,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57703\/revisions\/57705"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}