{"id":89100,"date":"2023-11-03T11:41:51","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=89100"},"modified":"2023-11-08T13:11:24","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T18:11:24","slug":"in-the-news-dangers-in-hockey-alcohol-in-parks-and-the-indigenous-horror-genre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2023\/11\/in-the-news-dangers-in-hockey-alcohol-in-parks-and-the-indigenous-horror-genre\/","title":{"rendered":"IN THE NEWS: Dangers in hockey, alcohol in parks and the Indigenous horror genre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts and senior leaders discussed the risk of injury from skate blades in hockey, the history of alcohol restrictions, the Indigenous horror genre, gender and expression in video games, negotiations between employers and Canada\u2019s largest private sector union, a symposium about the circular economy and the opening of the University\u2019s Black Student Success Centre.<\/p>\n<p><strong>After death of player Adam Johnson, how dangerous is ice hockey<\/strong>?: Associate Professor of Kinesiology Nicole Chimera spoke to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-67264536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a> about the risks of injuries caused by skate blades in ice hockey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ottawa mulling alcohol consumption in parks, but it could take more than a year: <\/strong>Professor of Health Sciences Dan Malleck spoke to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\/alcohol-drinking-consumption-parks-ottawa-toronto-1.7006525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBC<\/a> about the history of legal restrictions on alcohol consumption in an article about a proposal to allow alcohol consumption in Ottawa city parks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why horror is a good genre for Indigenous storytelling:<\/strong> Brock\u2019s Decolonial Reading Circle and its year-long exploration of the genre of Indigenous horror were discussed in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/radio\/sunday\/why-horror-is-a-good-genre-for-indigenous-storytelling-1.7013249\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBC<\/a> article that also included a quote from the University\u2019s Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement Robyn Bourgeois.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How queerness became calamity in Tears of the Kingdom: <\/strong>Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities Sarah Stang spoke to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.polygon.com\/23922313\/legend-of-zelda-tears-kingdom-totk-queer-gender-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polygon<\/a> about gender and expression in the\u00a0<em>The Legend of<\/em>\u00a0<em>Zelda\u00a0<\/em>video game series.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Unifor now has tentative deals for St. Lawrence Seaway and Stellantis workers. Its next target? Loblaws: <\/strong>Professor of Laobur Studies Larry Savage spoke to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestar.com\/business\/unifor-now-has-tentative-deals-for-st-lawrence-seaway-and-stellantis-workers-its-next-target\/article_a5b5429e-3a2e-50d8-bb19-a93a75f8f43f.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Toronto Star<\/a><\/em> about upcoming negotiations for Canada\u2019s largest private sector union Unifor. Savage also spoke to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-unifor-workers-at-stellantis-on-strike-after-deal-deadline-passes\/?login=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Globe and Mail<\/a><\/em> about a deal between the union and auto manufacturer Stellantis.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Symposium to focus on creating circular economy:<\/strong> Professor of Accounting Kareen Brown spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/audio\/professor-kareen-brown-brock-university-goodman-symposium-to-focus-on-creating-circular-economy-in-niagara-and-ontario-1.20460289?mode=Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> about a symposium hosted by Brock\u2019s Goodman School of Business that will discuss creating a circular economy in Niagara and Ontario.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brock University opens the doors to new Black Student Success Centre: <\/strong>Brock\u2019s Associate Vice-President, Students Brad Clarke spoke to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/news\/brock-university-opens-the-doors-to-new-black-student-success-centre\/article_ead27985-a6a9-5a13-b26e-169e55d3b950.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Catharines Standard<\/a><\/em> about the opening of the University\u2019s Black Student Success Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts and senior leaders discussed the risk of injury from skate blades in hockey, the history of alcohol restrictions, the Indigenous horror genre, gender and expression in video games, negotiations between employers and Canada\u2019s largest private sector union, a symposium about the circular economy and the opening of the University\u2019s Black Student Success Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":89102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,39,7,37,6,38],"tags":[4540,3212,7488,384,522,594,10502,4358,9391,6056,11827],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89100"}],"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=89100"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89115,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89100\/revisions\/89115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}