{"id":85519,"date":"2023-05-12T12:48:58","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T16:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=85519"},"modified":"2023-05-12T16:19:02","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T20:19:02","slug":"in-the-news-celebrities-in-sports-missile-defence-mental-health-and-indigenous-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/05\/in-the-news-celebrities-in-sports-missile-defence-mental-health-and-indigenous-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"IN THE NEWS: Celebrities in sports, missile defence, mental health and Indigenous advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed celebrities\u2019 efforts to purchase sports franchises, the capabilities of missile defence systems, the provincial government\u2019s commitment to student mental health, and advocacy for Indigenous women and girls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Reynolds, Snoop Dogg, and other celebrities want to buy the NHL\u2019s Ottawa Senators. Here\u2019s why:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Sport Management Michael Naraine spoke about the reasons celebrities are interested in purchasing sports franchises in a Canadian Press story that appeared in <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2023\/05\/11\/ryan-reynolds-snoop-dogg-celebrities-want-buy-nhl-ottawa-senators-why\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Fortune<\/em><\/a> and numerous other media outlets. Naraine also talked to <a href=\"https:\/\/toronto.ctvnews.ca\/costly-world-cup-deal-with-mlse-never-made-known-to-councillors-mayor-report-1.6391571\">CTV<\/a> about a controversial deal that will see Maple Leaf Sports and entertainment help to host the 2026 World Cup<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s how rockets from Gaza test Israel\u2019s Iron Dome:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Operations Research Michael Armstrong was quoted in a <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2023\/05\/10\/iron-dome-gaza-rockets-idf\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Washington Post<\/a><\/em> article that discussed missile defence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Provincial commitment to student mental health and well-being \u2018very exciting\u2019:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Educational Studies Michael Savage spoke to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/nd\/news\/niagara-region\/2023\/05\/08\/provincial-commitment-to-student-mental-health-and-well-being-very-exciting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Toronto Star<\/a> <\/em>about a commitment from the Ontario government to emphasize mental health and well-being in the education system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indigenous advocates call for emergency declaration on missing and murdered women: <\/strong>Brock\u2019s Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement Robyn Bourgeois was quoted in a <a href=\"https:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/indigenous-advocates-call-emergency-declaration-165451119.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yahoo News<\/a> article where she spoke about the need for governments to do more to prevent violence against Indigenous women and girls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed celebrities\u2019 efforts to purchase sports franchises, the capabilities of missile defence systems, the provincial government\u2019s commitment to student mental health, and advocacy for Indigenous women and girls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":85523,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,39,40,7,6,6833,38],"tags":[7488,98,522,594,4395,8568,12278,6056],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85519"}],"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=85519"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85540,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85519\/revisions\/85540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}