A circus performance on the water. Students learning about the use of French terminology in sport. Videos and photos exploring the careers of female coaches. A university course on how sport is connected to sustainable development strategies in Canada and abroad.<\/p>\n
The Brock-Canada Games Academic Showcase<\/a>, to be held in Brock\u2019s Rankin Family Pavilion (RFP) and Pond Inlet Wednesday, Oct. 5 and Thursday, Oct. 6, will present these and many other teaching, research and community engagement outcomes arising from Brock University\u2019s partnership with the recent Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games.<\/p>\n The showcase will also include the Faculty of Graduate Studies\u2019 Research Caf\u00e9, an annual event where graduate students share their research in a casual and supportive environment. The theme of this year\u2019s caf\u00e9 is the Niagara 2022 Canada Games.<\/p>\n Throughout the free showcase \u2014 held from 9 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. on Wednesday and 9 a.m. to 6:15 p.m. Thursday \u2014 people can stop by and share their experience with the Games in the RFP Atrium featuring an ongoing memories collection activity.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Niagara Canada Games were a unique way for Brock to enhance student experience and academic innovation through a large-scale, campus-community connection,\u201d says Julie Stevens, Professor of Sport Management and Special Advisor to the President \u2014 Canada Games.<\/p>\n In the years leading up to the Games, held Aug. 6 to 21, Stevens oversaw three sub-committees<\/a>: research, curricular and community engagement.<\/p>\n Each committee spearheaded initiatives integrating Canada Games themes into Brock course content, research and community partnerships. Grants from various sections of the University funded a wide variety of projects and activities, details of which are included in the \u201cBrock University & the Canada Games: An Academic Legacy\u201d final report.<\/a><\/p>\n On the morning of Oct. 5, the showcase will feature talks by six faculty members describing how they drew upon the broad Canada Games theme to innovate their courses. The afternoon will focus on how Brock\u2019s core competencies relate to careers in the major sport industry, as well as a student-led panel on Canada Games volunteers.<\/p>\n \u201cStudents have been given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take part in an event that brought people from across the country to Brock\u2019s campus,\u201d says Brock University Interim President and Vice-Chancellor Lynn Wells. \u201cAlong with the two-week window of extraordinary volunteer activity and community outreach from the Brock community, the practical experience the Games delivered to our students in the classroom and in the various venues will set them up for success for years to come.\u201d<\/p>\n Oct. 6 is devoted to research, with 28 faculty, their students or partners giving talks on projects funded by the VPR Canada Games Research Grants program.<\/p>\n The presentations, held throughout the day, are grouped into themes relating to the Canada Games, including technology; youth; community; women and girls; athletes and well-being; the arts; athletes and performance; and athletes and injury.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m very impressed by the rich variety of research, scholarship, creativity and innovation coming from absolutely every discipline,\u201d says Brock Vice-President, Research Tim Kenyon.<\/p>\n \u201cThe research and creative activity arising from this year\u2019s Canada Games is unprecedented in the Games\u2019 history and is contributing a wealth of knowledge and insights in many segments of society beyond the sport community.\u201d<\/p>\n Also included in the morning of Oct. 6 is the launch of the Niagara Community Observatory report, \u201cLeveraging Research for Legacy,\u201d <\/em>which discusses research projects and creative works funded through the VPR Canada Games Research Grants program. The launch will be accompanied by a panel\u00a0discussion\u00a0including Brock faculty and community partners.<\/p>\n Wrapping up the day will be the graduate students\u2019 Research Caf\u00e9 and a closing keynote address by Bruce Kidd, Professor Emeritus of Sport and Public Policy at the University of Toronto, on the topic \u201cLet\u2019s end the dependence upon major games as a strategy of sport development in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cDr. Kidd\u2019s lifetime of direct experience with the Olympics and other major games will give us an intriguing look into that world as he calls for significant public investment in sport participation,\u201d says Stevens. \u201cI encourage the community to attend this and as many of the two days\u2019 presentations as their schedules allow.\u201d<\/p>\n Registration is encouraged, but those wishing to attend all or parts of the showcase can also come at the last minute.<\/p>\n To see the schedule for both days, and to register, visit the event website<\/a>. For details on the Faculty of Graduate Studies\u2019 Research Caf\u00e9, or to register, visit the Research Caf\u00e9: Sport Edition web page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Brock-Canada Games Academic Showcase will be held in Brock\u2019s Rankin Family Pavilion and Pond Inlet Wednesday, Oct. 5 and Thursday, Oct. 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":80800,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,39,9794,7484,40,7,3319,188,55,37,41,1,4,5,38],"tags":[12039,6789,12038,10206,703,7488,98,607,384,348,522,594,3696,8809,295,675,2726,5624,10753],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80799"}],"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\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80801,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80799\/revisions\/80801"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}