{"id":69412,"date":"2020-11-27T10:44:35","date_gmt":"2020-11-27T15:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=69412"},"modified":"2020-11-27T14:02:22","modified_gmt":"2020-11-27T19:02:22","slug":"brock-media-clips-for-friday-nov-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2020\/11\/brock-media-clips-for-friday-nov-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Media Clips for Friday, Nov. 27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a look at some of the media attention Brock University received recently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Universal child care would generate up to $29 billion a year in tax revenues, new report says:\u00a0<\/strong>Kate Bezanson, Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of Social Sciences, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/gta\/2020\/11\/25\/universal-child-care-would-generate-up-to-29-billion-in-tax-revenues-new-report-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">spoke to the <em>Toronto Star<\/em><\/a> about how the pandemic has underscored the importance of child care to economic stability. Bezanson was also quoted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/2020\/11\/21\/covid-19-has-exposed-existing-inequalities-in-the-federal-parental-benefit-system-deployed-under-ei.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">second <em>Toronto Star<\/em> article<\/a>, where she spoke about needed changes to the parental leave and child care models in Ontario.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock University researchers, Biolyse Pharma working to enhance effectiveness of quercetin:\u00a0<\/strong>Brock Chemistry Professor Travis Dudding was quoted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/news\/niagara-region\/2020\/11\/25\/brock-university-researchers-byolyse-pharma-working-to-enhance-effectiveness-of-promising-covid-19-drug.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The<\/em> <em>St. Catharines Standard<\/em><\/a> and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newswire.com\/news\/niagara-pharma-firm-and-university-collaborate-on-landmark-covid-21264787\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newswire<\/a> about his work with a local pharmaceutical company to research a natural dietary supplement that might offer another level of protection against the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock, Niagara Health make list of top employers:\u00a0<\/strong>Brock University&#8217;s recent designation as one of Hamilton-Niagara&#8217;s Top Employers was highlighted in articles by <a href=\"https:\/\/markets.businessinsider.com\/news\/stocks\/community-leadership-and-commitment-to-employees-during-the-pandemic-hamilton-niagara-s-top-employers-for-2021-are-announced-1029841933\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Market Insider<\/a>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/business\/2020\/11\/26\/brock-niagara-health-make-list-of-top-employers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The St. Catharines Standard<\/a><\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/news\/niagara-businesses-and-organizations-hailed-at-top-employers-1.14035277\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock receives almost $1M in funding for cannabis-related research: <\/strong>News two Brock University researchers, Assistant Professor of Health Sciences Antony Chum and Assistant Professor of Child and Youth Studies Matthew Kwan, have received nearly $1 million for their respective projects was featured in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thoroldnews.com\/local-news\/brock-receives-almost-1m-in-funding-for-cannabis-related-research-3130133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article by <em>Thorold News<\/em><\/a>, as well as a segment on CHCH&#8217;s Morning Live.<\/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":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,54,7,6,41,38],"tags":[9116,48,45,7437,8485,1696,2524,9759,1512,4566,9755,33,3580],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69412"}],"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\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69412"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69416,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69412\/revisions\/69416"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}