{"id":68831,"date":"2020-10-23T10:20:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T14:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=68831"},"modified":"2020-10-23T16:22:20","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T20:22:20","slug":"brock-media-clips-for-friday-oct-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2020\/10\/brock-media-clips-for-friday-oct-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Media Clips for Friday, Oct. 23"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a look at some of the media attention Brock University received recently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock University moving its satellite campus to Burlington: <\/strong>Brock University\u2019s announcement that it will relocate its current Hamilton campus to a more accessible location in Burlington was featured on <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/7407910\/brock-university-hamilton-burlington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Global News<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chch.com\/brock-university-moving-its-satellite-campus-to-burlington\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CHCH<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.meltwater.com\/newsletters\/analytics\/view\/55631ce0c510787d21dcd576\/distribution\/5f92f5b78bb3b6f627b3ba6c\/document\/qQPC82kW038kzA5O_f7U_rsAlTY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBC<\/a>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespec.com\/news\/hamilton-region\/2020\/10\/21\/brock-university-moves-hamilton-campus-to-burlington.html?rf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hamilton Spectator<\/a> <\/em>and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/news\/brock-university-moving-hamilton-campus-to-burlington-1.13757522\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New mentorship program for Black students draws corporate support:<\/strong> Brock University\u2019s participation in the Onyx Initiative, a non-profit providing mentorship and training to Black college and university students was included in an article in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-bell-td-partner-with-post-secondary-institutions-on-mentorship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Globe and Mail<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock University appoints Acting Vice-Provost of Indigenous Engagement:<\/strong> The appointment of Associate Professor of Women\u2019s and Gender Studies Robyn Bourgeois as Brock University\u2019s Acting Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement was the subject of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/news\/niagara-region\/2020\/10\/21\/brock-university-appoints-acting-vice-provost-of-indigenous-engagement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>St. Catharines Standard<\/em> article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Universities say cancelled exams in high schools won&#8217;t hamper post-secondary plans:<\/strong> Professor of Education Louis Volante discussed the possibility of cancelling exams for all post-secondary students in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in a Canadian Press article that appeared in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/pmn\/news-pmn\/canada-news-pmn\/universities-say-cancelled-exams-in-high-schools-wont-hamper-post-secondary-plans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The National Post<\/a><\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/toronto\/high-school-exams-university-admissions-1.5768029\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A spin class became a superspreader event. Why are fitness instructors excluded from workers\u2019 compensation if they fall ill on the job?:<\/strong> Professor of Labour Studies Larry Savage spoke to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2020\/10\/16\/a-spin-class-became-a-superspreader-event-why-are-fitness-instructors-excluded-from-workers-compensation-if-they-fall-ill-on-the-job.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Star<\/a> <\/em>about the negative consequences of gyms and fitness studios being exempt from mandatory workers\u2019 compensation coverage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Niagara will need thousands more rental units by 2041:<\/strong> Articles from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/news\/niagara-will-need-thousands-more-rental-units-by-2041-1.13778519\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/app.meltwater.com\/newsletters\/analytics\/view\/55631ce0c510787d21dcd576\/distribution\/5f92f5b78bb3b6f627b3ba6c\/document\/MJ7l4Xi70Jt-H7Cfl5p5KDLOOMM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBC<\/a> focused on a report, authored by Assistant Professor of Political Science Joanne Heritz, which said Niagara will need 20,000 additional affordable housing units by 2041 to meet demand.<\/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\u00a0<\/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":[54,40,7,6,38],"tags":[98,522,8198,4358,3028,6056],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68831"}],"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=68831"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68842,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68831\/revisions\/68842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}