{"id":74012,"date":"2021-09-10T10:35:50","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T14:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=74012"},"modified":"2021-09-10T13:37:05","modified_gmt":"2021-09-10T17:37:05","slug":"brock-media-clips-for-friday-sept-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2021\/09\/brock-media-clips-for-friday-sept-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock media clips for Friday, Sept. 10"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a look at some of the media attention Brock University received recently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tories leading in two key seats, but polls are close:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Political Science Livianna Tossutti spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/ipolitics.ca\/2021\/09\/03\/tories-leading-in-two-key-seats-but-polls-are-close\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iPolitics<\/a> and the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/news\/federal-election\/analysis\/2021\/09\/08\/bellwether-niagara-falls-riding-has-history-of-following-national-trends.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Catharines Standard<\/a><\/em> about the upcoming federal election and historical trends within the electoral ridings in St. Catharines and Niagara Falls. Tossutti also spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chch.com\/federal-election-campaign-takes-a-dark-turn-as-angry-mobs-hound-justin-trudeau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CHCH<\/a> about the level of hostility being faced by some candidates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock students return to campus:<\/strong> Brock University Interim President Lynn Wells spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/audio\/lynn-wells-interim-president-brock-university-sept-07-2021-1.16016710?mode=Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> about the staggered return of students to the University\u2019s on-campus residences. Wells also spoke about the University\u2019s vaccination declaration system in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/news\/niagara-region\/2021\/09\/02\/more-than-20000-brock-university-and-niagara-college-students-and-staff-upload-vaccine-info.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>St. Catharines Standard<\/em> article.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Trying to organize the union vote: federal parties go after northern Ontario&#8217;s workers:<\/strong> Professor of Labour Studies Larry Savage spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/sudbury\/union-voters-northern-ontario-1.6162179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBC<\/a> about union members who will be voting in the upcoming federal election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Families would save the most with $10\/day child-care plan<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of Social Sciences Kate Bezanson spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/ipolitics.ca\/2021\/08\/27\/families-would-save-the-most-with-10-day-child-care-plan-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iPolitics<\/a> about the different plans for child care proposed by political parties in advance of the upcoming federal election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are the major parties promising Indigenous people this election? Here\u2019s a look at the platforms:<\/strong> Assistant Professor of Political Science Liam Midzain-Gobin spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aptnnews.ca\/national-news\/what-are-the-major-parties-promising-indigenous-people-this-election-heres-a-look-at-the-platforms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">APTN<\/a> about campaign promises made by political parties ahead of the federal election and how they are may be perceived by Indigenous Peoples in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>More guidance needed for theatre\u2019s road to recovery:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Dramatic Arts Karen Fricker talked to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/entertainment\/stage\/2021\/08\/27\/more-guidance-needed-for-theatres-road-to-recovery-brock-professor.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the St. Catharines Standard<\/a><\/em> about the need for additional clarification from the provincial government when determining guidelines for the return of live theatre this fall.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussing the Olympics and Paralympics:<\/strong> Assistant Professor of Sport Management Taylor McKee talked to nine CBC radio stations across the country about the Paralympics, the International Olympic Committee and issues facing Olympic host cities.<\/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":46164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,54,7,37,6,38],"tags":[7488,384,522,3166,4566,4358,9486,3426,8809,2518,10657],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74012"}],"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=74012"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74020,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74012\/revisions\/74020"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}