{"id":77427,"date":"2022-04-01T11:24:03","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T15:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=77427"},"modified":"2022-04-01T15:32:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T19:32:46","slug":"brock-media-clips-for-friday-april-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/04\/brock-media-clips-for-friday-april-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Brock Media Clips for Friday, April 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a look at some of the media attention Brock University received recently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ontario makes deal with Ottawa for subsidized child care:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of Social Sciences Kate Bezanson spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/audio\/professor-kate-bezanson-re-child-care-1.17454449?mode=Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipolitics.ca\/news\/ontario-makes-deal-with-ottawa-for-subsidized-child-care\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> iPOLITICS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ici.radio-canada.ca\/nouvelle\/1872418\/garderies-prix-ontario-diminution-frais-garde-enfants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Radio-Canada<\/a> about the announcement of a deal to create government subsidized child care in Ontario.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inflation, housing costs more important to Ontario voters than COVID: poll: <\/strong>Associate Professor of Political Science Livianna Tossutti spoke to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/politics\/inflation-housing-costs-more-important-to-ontario-voters-than-covid-poll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The National Post<\/a><\/em> about the issues she believes will be important to voters in the upcoming provincial election. Tossutti was also quoted in a <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/news\/niagara-region\/2022\/03\/25\/local-races-for-provincial-election-in-june-still-shaping-up.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Catharines Standard<\/a><\/em> article about trends that will impact the campaigns of local candidates.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the education system has been forever changed by COVID-19: <\/strong>Professor of Education Louis Volante spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chch.com\/your-road-ahead-how-the-education-system-has-changed-as-a-result-of-the-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CHCH<\/a> about the need for the education system to balance academic considerations with other things that impact students, such as mental and physical health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canadian marijuana producers watch closely as Democrats aim to rewrite U.S. cannabis laws: <\/strong>Associate Professor of Operations Management Michael Armstrong was quoted in a Canadian Press article in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/canada\/article-canadian-marijuana-producers-watch-closely-as-democrats-aim-to-rewrite\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Globe and Mail<\/a><\/em>\u00a0about potential threats and opportunities that will be experienced by Canadian cannabis producers if the product is legalized in the United States.\u00a0A study from Armstrong, which analyzed cannabis sales during the pandemic, was featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnnbloomberg.ca\/cannabis-canada-weekly-market-expected-to-double-by-2027-pot-stocks-up-on-u-s-legalization-hopes-1.1743189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BNN Bloomberg<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/cannabisretailer.ca\/2022\/pandemic-had-no-effect-on-cannabis-sales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cannabis Retailer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock University visual arts students pair up with 13th Street Gallery: <\/strong>A month-long display of art from students in Brock\u2019s Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine and Performing Arts at 13th Street Winery and Gallery was discussed in a <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/entertainment\/art\/2022\/03\/30\/brock-university-visual-arts-students-pair-up-with-13th-street-gallery.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">St. Catharines Standard<\/a><\/em> article and featured a quote from Associate Professor of Visual Arts Amy Friend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Badgers going for gold in hockey, hoops:<\/strong> The post-season efforts of several Brock Badgers teams were discussed in articles from <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/sports\/niagara-region\/2022\/03\/28\/badgers-going-for-gold-in-hockey-hoops.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The St. Catharines Standard<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/charlatan.ca\/2022\/03\/get-to-know-the-mens-basketball-championship-final-eight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Charlatan<\/a><\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/news\/championship-weekend-for-brock-athletics-1.17428419\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpsportsniagara.com\/ryerson-comeback-stuns-badger-women-brock-men-triumph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BP Sports Niagara<\/a>, while features on individual Brock players appeared in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/app.meltwater.com\/newsletters\/analytics\/view\/55631ce0c510787d21dcd576\/distribution\/6245c99642b67f0013729e08\/document\/JCJFvf591ewMTl6jogBVgSwnxB4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Stratford Beacon Herald<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/app.meltwater.com\/newsletters\/analytics\/view\/55631ce0c510787d21dcd576\/distribution\/6245c99642b67f0013729e08\/document\/7djfFyAPL_KPraf5Y4fV3Gs6ZIk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chatham Daily News<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.therecord.com\/sports\/basketball\/2022\/03\/24\/cambridge-hoops-star-tajinder-lall-an-mvp-for-brock.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Record<\/a><\/em>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/stittsvillecentral.ca\/julianna-parks-continues-her-hockey-dream-with-brock-university-badgers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stittsville Central<\/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":77429,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,39,40,7,37,6,38],"tags":[2941,4437,98,384,522,594,4566,3426,3028,4395,2518,111],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77427"}],"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=77427"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77427\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77432,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77427\/revisions\/77432"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}