A GoFundMe campaign has been launched<\/a> by a family friend, and in the first 24 hours it raised nearly $30,000.<\/p>\nAfter completing her bachelor\u2019s degree at Brock in 2016 in Studies in Arts and Culture, Chambers graduated at Spring Convocation in June with a Master of Arts in Studies in Comparative Literatures and Arts.<\/p>\n
A trained opera singer, Chambers has been an example of student success in the Faculty of Humanities and, specifically, at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith her opera-trained voice and her master\u2019s-level scholarship, Carla was a soaring spirit of trans-disciplinary and creative inquiry and performance during her time at the MIWSFPA,\u201d said Director David Vivian. \u201cShe launched new initiatives of community engagement for her colleague students and faculty.\u201d<\/p>\n
David Fancy, who was Chambers\u2019 thesis supervisor for her recently completed master\u2019s said, \u201cthe community is reeling at the very difficult news of the loss of one of Carla\u2019s children, and of her grave injuries and those of the rest of her family.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs an artist and scholar, Carla\u2019s extensive qualities of insight, persistence, passion and generosity will certainly help sustain her during this exceptionally difficult time. All our thoughts are with Carla and her family now,\u201d said Fancy.<\/p>\n
Catherine Parayre, Director of the Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture\u00a0\u200band of the graduate program in Studies in Comparative Literatures and Arts\u00a0said Chambers is known for her \u201centhusiasm, her commitment and the brilliance she brought to both programs.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur thoughts are with her and her family. We grieve the cruel loss of her child and hope with all our hearts that she, her companion and her two other children will recover,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Anyone interested in donating to the family can find the GoFundMe campaign at gofundme.com\/f\/k7uj84-support <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A recent Brock University master\u2019s graduate was moving her family from Vancouver to St. Catharines this week when tragedy struck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":59555,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[119,7484,3319,37,1,4],"tags":[8152,187,384,46],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59554"}],"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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59556,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59554\/revisions\/59556"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}