{"id":88819,"date":"2023-10-20T12:54:06","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T16:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=88819"},"modified":"2023-11-08T08:46:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T13:46:23","slug":"in-the-news-cannabis-industry-challenges-equity-in-sport-and-potential-port-disruptions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/10\/in-the-news-cannabis-industry-challenges-equity-in-sport-and-potential-port-disruptions\/","title":{"rendered":"IN THE NEWS: Cannabis industry challenges, equity in sport and potential port disruptions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed challenges in Canada\u2019s legal cannabis industry, the need for communities to lead when it comes to equity in sport, potential future disruptions at British Columbia\u2019s ports and reports of police-involved sexual assaults.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canadian cannabis market struggles five years after legalization:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Operations Research Michael Armstrong spoke to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-67126243\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> about the factors that have contributed to some of the current challenges in Canada\u2019s legal cannabis industry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Communities must lead on equity in sports:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Recreation and Leisure Studies Kyle Rich spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/wednesday-october-18th-2023\/id1292421958?i=1000631776374\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">City News 570<\/a> about the need for communities to take the lead, ahead of pro sports leagues, when it comes to promoting equity in sports.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Labour minister promises action to prevent repeat of B.C. port strike dispute: <\/strong>Professor of Labour Studies Larry Savage was quoted in a Canadian Press article that appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/bc.ctvnews.ca\/labour-minister-promises-action-to-prevent-repeat-of-b-c-port-strike-dispute-1.6609445\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTV<\/a> and in various other outlets about the federal government\u2019s attempts to prevent additional disruptions at British Columbia\u2019s ports. Savage also spoke to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianpressnews.ca\/business\/unifor-set-to-begin-stellantis-negotiations-after-successful-gm-vote\/article_04e754aa-a357-5a5d-bd76-1d0d729af99f.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canadian Press<\/a> about negotiations between Canadian autoworkers and Stellantis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exposing a police force\u2019s predatory culture:<\/strong> Research from Assistant Professor of Political Science Danielle McNabb about outcomes of reports of police-involved sexual assaults was discussed in an article from <a href=\"https:\/\/thewalrus.ca\/how-a-sexual-assault-case-in-st-johns-exposed-a-police-forces-predatory-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Walrus<\/a> about a sexual assault trial in Newfoundland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed challenges in Canada\u2019s legal cannabis industry, the need for communities to lead when it comes to equity in sport, potential future disruptions at British Columbia\u2019s ports and reports of police-involved sexual assaults.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":88820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,39,7,6,38],"tags":[13029,7488,522,594,5207,4358,4395],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88819"}],"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=88819"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88832,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88819\/revisions\/88832"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/88820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}