{"id":70551,"date":"2021-02-12T09:42:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T14:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=70551"},"modified":"2021-02-12T14:51:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T19:51:29","slug":"brock-media-clips-for-friday-feb-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2021\/02\/brock-media-clips-for-friday-feb-12\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock media clips for Friday, Feb. 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a look at some of the media attention Brock University received recently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Red dresses hang in the trees at Niagara\u2019s post-secondary institutions to symbolize missing and murdered Indigenous women:<\/strong> Acting Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement Robyn Bourgeois discussed Brock\u2019s participation in the REDress Project, which sees empty red dresses hung to signify the loss of thousands of Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit, lesbian, gay, trans, bisexual, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual (2SLGTBQQIA) people, in articles from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academica.ca\/top-ten\/brock-niagara-partner-host-redress-project\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Academica<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/news\/brock-university-and-niagara-college-join-redress-project-to-call-attention-to-mmiwg-1.14535372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/news\/niagara-region\/2021\/02\/09\/red-dresses-hang-in-the-trees-at-niagaras-post-secondary-institutions-to-symbolize-missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The St. Catharines Standard<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock to install 20 electric vehicle chargers on campus<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>The announcement that Brock has received funding to install 20 new electric vehicle chargers on campus was the subject of articles from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/news\/brock-university-to-install-20-electric-vehicle-chargers-1.14554779\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academica.ca\/top-ten\/brock-install-20-electric-vehicle-chargers-campus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Academica<\/a>, and included quotes from Senior Associate Vice-President of Infrastructure and Operations Scott Johnstone.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Could Canada benefit from American cannabis laws?:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Operations Research Michael Armstrong spoke to CBC radio stations across the country, including <a href=\"https:\/\/mms.tveyes.com\/mediaview\/?U3RhdGlvbj0xMzg4MCZTdGFydERhdGVUaW1lPTAyJTJGMDglMkYyMDIxJTIwMDYlM0EyMiUzQTEwJkVuZERhdGVUaW1lPTAyJTJGMDglMkYyMDIxJTIwMDYlM0EzMiUzQTEwJlBsYXlTdGFydFJlZ2V4PSU1Q2Jicm9jayUyMHVuaXZlcnNpdHklNUNiJlBsYXlTdGFydFJlZ2V4UHJlcm9sbD0xNSZEdXJhdGlvbj0yOTc2NjMmUGFydG5lcklEPTczMTMmRXhwaXJhdGlvbj0wMiUyRjEyJTJGMjAyMSUyMDE5JTNBMjklM0EwNiZIaWdobGlnaHRSZWdleD0lNUNiYnJvY2slMjB1bml2ZXJzaXR5JTVDYiZNb2RFZGl0b3JFbmFibGU9dHJ1ZSZNb2RFZGl0b3JEZXN0aW5hdGlvbnM9NCZzaWduYXR1cmU9N2FjNjRhYmU3MmNiNmZkY2QxNmFjNjE3MmQzZTlkMDI=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ottawa<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mms.tveyes.com\/mediaview\/?U3RhdGlvbj0xMzg4NSZTdGFydERhdGVUaW1lPTAyJTJGMDglMkYyMDIxJTIwMDYlM0EyMiUzQTMxJkVuZERhdGVUaW1lPTAyJTJGMDglMkYyMDIxJTIwMDYlM0EzMiUzQTMxJlBsYXlTdGFydFJlZ2V4PSU1Q2Jicm9jayUyMHVuaXZlcnNpdHklNUNiJlBsYXlTdGFydFJlZ2V4UHJlcm9sbD0xNSZEdXJhdGlvbj0yOTk1NjAmUGFydG5lcklEPTczMTMmRXhwaXJhdGlvbj0wMiUyRjEyJTJGMjAyMSUyMDE5JTNBMjglM0E1OCZIaWdobGlnaHRSZWdleD0lNUNiYnJvY2slMjB1bml2ZXJzaXR5JTVDYiZNb2RFZGl0b3JFbmFibGU9dHJ1ZSZNb2RFZGl0b3JEZXN0aW5hdGlvbnM9NCZzaWduYXR1cmU9MGU2YzdjNmE0ZDIxNDc4MWFlMTljZDdlZGVjMzE2Nzc=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Winnipeg<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/mms.tveyes.com\/mediaview\/?U3RhdGlvbj0xNDMyNSZTdGFydERhdGVUaW1lPTAyJTJGMDglMkYyMDIxJTIwMDYlM0E1MiUzQTA1JkVuZERhdGVUaW1lPTAyJTJGMDglMkYyMDIxJTIwMDclM0EwMiUzQTA1JlBsYXlTdGFydFJlZ2V4PSU1Q2Jicm9jayUyMHVuaXZlcnNpdHklNUNiJlBsYXlTdGFydFJlZ2V4UHJlcm9sbD0xNSZEdXJhdGlvbj0yOTgzNjMmUGFydG5lcklEPTczMTMmRXhwaXJhdGlvbj0wMiUyRjEyJTJGMjAyMSUyMDE5JTNBMjglM0E0OCZIaWdobGlnaHRSZWdleD0lNUNiYnJvY2slMjB1bml2ZXJzaXR5JTVDYiZNb2RFZGl0b3JFbmFibGU9dHJ1ZSZNb2RFZGl0b3JEZXN0aW5hdGlvbnM9NCZzaWduYXR1cmU9NTRmODdiYmQ0N2Y2MWQ2ZTY1Njg4YmNhMWYxMjEwZjk=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Saskatchewan<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mms.tveyes.com\/mediaview\/?U3RhdGlvbj0xNDI3NSZTdGFydERhdGVUaW1lPTAyJTJGMDglMkYyMDIxJTIwMDYlM0ExMiUzQTU2JkVuZERhdGVUaW1lPTAyJTJGMDglMkYyMDIxJTIwMDYlM0EyMiUzQTU2JlBsYXlTdGFydFJlZ2V4PSU1Q2Jicm9jayUyMHVuaXZlcnNpdHklNUNiJlBsYXlTdGFydFJlZ2V4UHJlcm9sbD0xNSZEdXJhdGlvbj0yOTk3NjImUGFydG5lcklEPTczMTMmRXhwaXJhdGlvbj0wMiUyRjEyJTJGMjAyMSUyMDE5JTNBNDElM0EyOSZIaWdobGlnaHRSZWdleD0lNUNiYnJvY2slMjB1bml2ZXJzaXR5JTVDYiZNb2RFZGl0b3JFbmFibGU9dHJ1ZSZNb2RFZGl0b3JEZXN0aW5hdGlvbnM9NCZzaWduYXR1cmU9NzVmNWE5ZDFjYjkxNDFmNTgxMjRkMTEwZmEwOGU0NTI=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edmonton<\/a>, about potential positive and negative outcomes that could result from changes to American recreational cannabis laws.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Too much money at stake for Tokyo Games to be cancelled, says Olympic expert:<\/strong> Assistant Professor of Sport Management Michael Naraine spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/app.meltwater.com\/newsletters\/analytics\/view\/55631ce0c510787d21dcd576\/distribution\/602687f985b11ca4aa463768\/document\/HPgPGXSZhVFawP8pukKUZUhh0Bw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBC<\/a> about the financial influences that he believes will prevent the cancellation of the Olympics this summer. Naraine also spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/audio\/professor-michael-naraine-re-super-bowl-ratings-assistant-professor-in-the-department-of-sport-management-at-brock-university-1.14545987?mode=Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> about the Super Bowl.<\/p>\n<p><strong>COVID-19 has Brock University rowers competing from basements, garages, even different time zone:<\/strong> The efforts of Brock rowers, who competed remotely on rowing machines in their homes at the Canadian Indoor Rowing Championships, were featured in articles from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/sports\/niagara-region\/2021\/02\/09\/covid-19-has-brock-rowers-competing-from-basements-garages-even-different-time-zone.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The St. Catharines Standard<\/a><\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpsportsniagara.com\/brock-rowers-shine-at-canadian-erg-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BP Sports Niagara<\/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<a href=\"mailto:universitycom@brocku.ca?subject=Brock%20University%20Media%20Clips%20Suggestion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">universitycom@brocku.ca<\/a><\/em><\/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":[36,54,39,6],"tags":[4437,7488,594,4395,8568,7546,6056,5536],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70551"}],"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=70551"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70560,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70551\/revisions\/70560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}