{"id":65738,"date":"2020-05-08T08:28:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-08T12:28:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=65738"},"modified":"2020-05-08T13:06:37","modified_gmt":"2020-05-08T17:06:37","slug":"brock-media-clips-for-friday-may-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2020\/05\/brock-media-clips-for-friday-may-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Media Clips for Friday, May 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a look at some of the media attention Brock University received recently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why Canada\u2019s post-COVID-19 economic recovery will only be as good as our child care:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Sociology Kate Bezanson spoke about the need for short- and long-term changes to be made in the Canadian child-care sector in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2020\/05\/06\/ottawa-urged-to-spend-on-child-care-to-help-economy-emerge-from-pandemic.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Toronto Star<\/em> article<\/a> available to subscribers and the <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/childcare-at-the-core-with-kate-bezanson\/id1504326698?i=1000473604657\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Uncommons podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canadian sports leagues ask for help:<\/strong> Assistant Professor of Sport Management Michael Naraine talked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/video?clipId=1951209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CTV News<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/audio\/professor-michael-naraine-dept-of-sport-management-brock-u-1.12333720?mode=Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> about financial support needed by Canadian sports leagues to maintain their operations in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do not blame COVID-19 for binge watching:<\/strong> Assistant Professor of Communication, Popular Culture and Film Liz Clarke spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kHqeb6cSufg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YourTV Niagara<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/audio\/covid-19-do-not-blame-covid-19-for-binge-watching-according-to-brock-professor-1.12344983?mode=Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> about the rising trend of binge-watching television shows and the way the habit has affected the algorithms video-on-demand sites use to generate content.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Non-profit leadership program moves online:<\/strong> Director of the Goodman Group Abdul Rahimi was interviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourtv.tv\/node\/259291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YourTV Niagara<\/a> about the steps taken to bring the Non-Profit Leadership Certificate program online for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Niagara\u2019s grape growers are facing a unique challenge this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic:<\/strong> Senior Scientist at Brock\u2019s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI) Jim Willwerth talked to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/audio\/covid-19-niagara-s-grape-growers-are-facing-a-unique-set-of-challenges-this-year-due-to-the-covid-19-pandemic-1.12351779?mode=Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thegrower.org\/news\/ccovi-hosts-vineyard-management-webinar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Grower<\/a> about a recent online seminar he hosted that discussed safely and cost-effectively completing vineyard work while maintaining physical distancing protocols. CCOVI was also featured in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L3jIpYhiR5k&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CHCH story<\/a> about the Corkscrewed TV show, which features interviews with many of the institute\u2019s scientists.<\/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 <\/em><a href=\"mailto:universitycom@brocku.ca?subject=Brock%20University%20Media%20Clips%20Suggestion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>universitycom@brocku.ca<\/em><\/a><\/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":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,39,7,6,38],"tags":[5726,61,855,7488,522,7594,594,1278,4566,8958,8568],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65738"}],"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=65738"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65743,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65738\/revisions\/65743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}