{"id":71347,"date":"2021-03-26T10:41:46","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T14:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=71347"},"modified":"2021-03-26T16:30:11","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T20:30:11","slug":"brock-media-clips-for-friday-march-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2021\/03\/brock-media-clips-for-friday-march-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock media clips for Friday, March 26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a look at some of the media attention Brock University received recently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Provincial investment helps Brock emerge from pandemic as strong community partner:\u00a0<\/strong>Brock University President Gervan Fearon spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/news\/brock-and-niagara-college-to-get-14m-to-help-with-covid-related-expenses-1.14799688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/audio\/brock-university-president-gervan-fearon-provincial-investment-helps-brock-emerge-from-pandemic-as-strong-community-partner-1.14801238\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Tom McConnell Show<\/a> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/local-niagara-falls\/news\/2021\/03\/19\/niagara-s-post-secondary-institutions-get-provincial-pandemic-funds.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The St. Catharines Standard<\/a><\/em> about the $7.9 million the University will receive from the provincial government to offset pandemic-related costs.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Be mindful about meals, says prof from Niagara&#8217;s Brock University:<\/strong> Professor of Kinesiology Wendy Ward spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/local-st-catharines\/life\/2021\/03\/19\/be-mindful-about-meals-says-prof-from-niagara-s-brock-university.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The St. Catharines Standard<\/em><\/a> about how to maintain a healthy diet during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No sign of reopening plan for Canada-U.S. border:<\/strong> Instructor of Canadian Studies Ibrahim Berrada spoke to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/news\/niagara-region\/2021\/03\/21\/no-sign-of-reopening-plan-for-canada-us-border.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The St. Catharines Standard<\/a> <\/em>about what he believes will be required to open the Canadian border with the United States. Berrada also spoke to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hilltimes.com\/2021\/03\/24\/government-efforts-to-fight-covid-19-misinformation-appreciated-but-theres-still-more-to-be-done-mps-experts\/290190\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Hill Times<\/a><\/em> about Canadian government efforts to fight COVID-19 misinformation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Olympic swimmer Brent Hayden taking &#8216;wait and see&#8217; approach to vaccines before Games:<\/strong> Assistant Professor of Sport Management Michael Naraine talked to <a href=\"https:\/\/app.meltwater.com\/newsletters\/analytics\/view\/55631ce0c510787d21dcd576\/distribution\/605dc7f1df89b8f14ec1e177\/document\/fnnrO4x4Y0a2FS_lzzWHkew4WpI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBC<\/a> about the potential use of COVID-19 vaccines from China on athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Games this summer. Naraine also discussed the decision to not allow foreign spectators at the Games in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/audio\/professor-michael-naraine-re-no-foreign-spectators-at-olympics-march-madness-1.14827743?mode=Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pride Week at Brock University goes online:<\/strong> The events of Brock\u2019s annual Pride Week, which are taking place online for the first time, were the subject of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/life\/2021\/03\/24\/pride-week-at-brock-university-goes-online.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>St. Catharines Standard<\/em> article<\/a> and featured quotes from Student Justice Educator Michelle Mudge and Brock Pride Club member Rabia Choudhary.<\/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":[36,54,7,37,6],"tags":[2574,7488,384,5398,8820,8568,3771,10125,1254,1516],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71347"}],"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=71347"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71347\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71356,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71347\/revisions\/71356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}