{"id":69856,"date":"2020-12-22T11:13:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-22T16:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=69856"},"modified":"2020-12-22T15:32:46","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T20:32:46","slug":"brock-media-clips-for-tuesday-dec-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2020\/12\/brock-media-clips-for-tuesday-dec-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Media Clips for Tuesday, Dec. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a look at some of the media attention Brock University received recently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Researchers investigate how racialized groups are faring during the pandemic:<\/strong> Brock University President Gervan Fearon was quoted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.universityaffairs.ca\/news\/news-article\/researchers-investigate-how-racialized-groups-are-faring-during-the-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">University Affairs article<\/a> that highlights his role as co-investigator in a community-based research project to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on Arab, Black, Indigenous and South Asian communities in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock University students connect with LTC residents:<\/strong> An article from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/news\/brock-university-students-connect-with-ltc-residents-1.14190070\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> discussed a partnership between Brock University Recreation and Leisure students and the Radiant Care Tabor Manor long-term care home in St. Catharines, which saw the students create customized sensory boxes to keep residents entertained during isolation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More than 300 Brock student-athletes recognized for academic achievement:<\/strong> The academic accomplishments of more than 300 Brock student-athletes who achieved an overall average of 80 per cent or higher in their courses was the subject of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/sports\/niagara-region\/2020\/12\/14\/more-than-300-brock-student-athletes-recognized-for-academic-achievement.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>St. Catharines Standard<\/em> article.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>How Vancouver 2030 plan could avoid the pitfalls of Calgary&#8217;s dashed Olympic dream:<\/strong> Assistant Professor of Sport Management Michael Naraine was quoted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.sports.yahoo.com\/news\/vancouver-2030-plan-could-avoid-090000254.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yahoo! Sports article<\/a> about the possibility of Vancouver hosting the 2030 Olympics. Naraine also discussed new developments in the world of sports during an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/audio\/brock-u-professor-michael-naraine-world-of-sports-dec-15th-2020-1.14174227?mode=Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canadian professor creates hilarious lecture videos to boost students\u2019 spirits: <\/strong>A video made by Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Lori MacNeil, which parodied the film\u00a0<em>Love Actually<\/em> and appeared before her final virtual lecture of the term, has now reached more than three million people and appeared in stories from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.ca\/entry\/ontario-professor-lecture-video_ca_5fd67519c5b62f31c1fe3639\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Huffington Post<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/news\/canada\/2020\/12\/12\/students-love-it-actually-brock-professors-video-message-spoofing-a-modern-holiday-classic-movie-goes-viral.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Toronto Star<\/a><\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chch.com\/brock-professor-comes-up-with-a-creative-way-to-engage-her-students\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CHCH<\/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\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":[36,54,6,41,58],"tags":[4437,7488,348,5398,9788,8568],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69856"}],"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=69856"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69865,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69856\/revisions\/69865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}