{"id":80081,"date":"2022-08-29T10:25:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T14:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=80081"},"modified":"2022-08-29T16:29:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T20:29:47","slug":"variety-of-discounts-available-to-brock-employees-alumni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2022\/08\/variety-of-discounts-available-to-brock-employees-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"Variety of discounts available to Brock employees, alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Being a member of the Brock University community has its perks.<\/p>\n<p>Brock employees and alumni are reminded of a variety of discounts and benefits available to them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Employee discounts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Employees with access to the University\u2019s Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) LifeWorks can take advantage of exclusive discounts and special offers. Examples include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Accommodations \u2014 Booking.com, Choice Hotels, Wyndham Hotels<\/li>\n<li>Attractions \u2014 Canada\u2019s Wonderland, Great Wolf Lodge, Ontario Science Centre, Ripley\u2019s Aquarium, Royal Ontario Museum, Safari Niagara, Universal Studios, Walt Disney World<\/li>\n<li>Car rental and parking \u2014 Avis, Budget, EVO Car Share, Park\u2019N Fly, ParkSleepFly<\/li>\n<li>Health and wellness \u2014 Calm, Chefs Plate, Curves, DNALabs, Hello Fresh, Jamieson Vitamins, Noom, Orangetheory Fitness<\/li>\n<li>Insurance and finance \u2014 Aviva, Consolidated Credit, KOHO Financial, Petsecure, TurboTax, Wealthsimple<\/li>\n<li>Retailers \u2014 1-800 Flowers, Bouclair, Endy, Fossil, Kate Spade, Keurig, OtterBox, Reitmans, RW&amp;CO, SoftMoc, The Body Shop, The Brick<\/li>\n<li>Sports teams \u2014 Toronto Argonauts, Toronto FC<\/li>\n<li>Technology and electronics \u2014 Acer, Apple, Bell, Brother, Dell, HP, Lenovo, McAfee, Rogers, Sony<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A full listing of nearly 200 offers can be found by logging into the <a href=\"https:\/\/brockuniversity.lifeworks.com\/offers\/colleague\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">LifeWorks website<\/a> and clicking on \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/brockuniversity.lifeworks.com\/offers\/colleague\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Exclusive Offers<\/a>&#8216; or downloading and logging into the LifeWorks mobile app via <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.wam.android&amp;hl=en_CA&amp;gl=US\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Play<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/ca\/app\/lifeworks\/id662088737\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">App Store<\/a> and clicking on \u2018Perks.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>As part of the University\u2019s COVID-19 response plan, all Brock University employees, regardless of their eligibility, will have access to LifeWorks until the end of this month. Beginning Thursday, Sept. 1, the EFAP will return to being a part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.sharepoint.com\/Health-Safety-and-Wellness-Toolbox\/SitePages\/Brock-benefit-and-community-resources.aspx#employee-and-family-assistance-program?CT=1658428029814&amp;OR=OWA-NT&amp;CID=d17f79af-4646-b423-31e5-121a3ff45b21\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">resources offered through Brock benefit plans<\/a>, which are available to eligible employees in certain employee groups.<\/p>\n<p>Questions about EFAP, including accessing the LifeWorks website or mobile app and its perks and exclusive offers, can be emailed to <a href=\"mailto:employeehealth@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">employeehealth@brocku.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alumni discounts <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brock graduates are entitled to several discounts, services and benefits available through alumni affinity partners, campus partners and other organizational relationships.<\/p>\n<p>Alumni can receive competitive rates on insurance plans, high-interest savings, mortgage options and organized travel through <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/alumni\/services-benefits\/#affinity-partners\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brock\u2019s affinity partners<\/a> TD Insurance Meloche Monnex, Manulife Insurance, MBNA Mastercard, Manulife Bank and Contiki Tours.<\/p>\n<p>Additional <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/alumni\/services-benefits\/#perks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">discounts available to alumni<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Accommodations \u2014 Choice Hotels, Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites<\/li>\n<li>Attractions and entertainment \u2014 Art Gallery of Hamilton, Great Wolf Lodge, Niagara Vintage Wine Tours, Safari Niagara, Stratford Festival, Wonderland<\/li>\n<li>Professional Development \u2014 Goodman Group<\/li>\n<li>Retailers \u2014 Brock Campus Store, Henry\u2019s, St. Catharines Volkswagen<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Alumni are also eligible for <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/alumni\/services-benefits\/#campus-perks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on-campus perks<\/a>, such as a discounted membership to the Walker Sports Complex and access to Brock Career Education and the Brock Library.<\/p>\n<p>A full listing of services and benefits is available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/alumni\/services-benefits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alumni website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Occasionally, Brock\u2019s Alumni Office receives limited time offers that are not listed on the website and are communicated to alumni solely through email or social media. For example, earlier this month Brock alumni received an email with a discounted ticket offer to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.ca\/e\/brock-alumni-at-the-toronto-zoo-tickets-391843483407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Zoo and virtual launch event<\/a>. Alumni are encouraged to <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/alumni\/update-contact-info\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">update their contact information via an online form<\/a> to receive exclusive alumni discounts and offers, and stay informed of alumni events and news.<\/p>\n<p>Questions about Brock Alumni affinity partnerships, discounts and benefits can be emailed to <a href=\"mailto:alumni@brocku.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alumni@brocku.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a member of the Brock University community has its perks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":80082,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[119,54,7],"tags":[11921,3333,11920,8572,3393,1985],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80081"}],"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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80083,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80081\/revisions\/80083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}