{"id":90024,"date":"2024-01-05T15:19:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T20:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=90024"},"modified":"2024-01-05T15:19:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T20:19:30","slug":"in-the-news-cold-plunges-criminal-records-and-calls-for-a-ban-on-cigarette-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2024\/01\/in-the-news-cold-plunges-criminal-records-and-calls-for-a-ban-on-cigarette-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"IN THE NEWS: Cold plunges, criminal records and calls for a ban on cigarette sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts and students discussed cold plunges, the complications people face when having criminal records suspended, a potential ban on the sale of cigarettes and an upcoming competition for Master of Business Administration students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cold plunges are all the rage. But what does the science say?:<\/strong> Professor of Kinesiology and Senior Research Fellow Stephen Cheung spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/cold-plunges-1.7072906?cmp=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBC<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/dcs.megaphone.fm\/CORU7310356683.mp3?key=33d20da26d923af094be545e8647f6bc&amp;request_event_id=04f4db4f-acd9-4d46-aafa-0e24f43dd580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">630 CHED in Edmonton<\/a> about the risks and potential benefits of taking part in a cold-water plunge.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stigma of criminal record &#8216;is massive,&#8217; say advocates who want to reform pardon process:<\/strong> Assistant Professor of Critical Criminology Samantha McAleese spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/nova-scotia\/advocates-say-canada-pardon-process-needs-work-1.7063138?cmp=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBC<\/a> about the complications people face when attempting to have their criminal records suspended.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tobacco-free generation? The calls for lifetime ban on cigarette sales in Canada:<\/strong> Professor of Health Sciences Dan Malleck spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/10194704\/tobacco-free-generation-the-calls-for-lifetime-ban-on-cigarette-sales-in-canada#:~:text=Health%20experts%20in%20Canada%20are,smoke%2Dfree%20generation%20of%20Canadians.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Global National<\/a> about the potential repercussions that would occur if a ban on cigarettes was implemented in Canada. Malleck was also quoted in an article from the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/galleries\/article-12894587\/Harvard-says-drinking-alcohol-healthy-heart-moderation.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Mail<\/a><\/em>, which discussed the impact alcohol can have on people\u2019s health.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Canada&#8217;s future business leaders competing in Niagara:<\/strong> Second-year Master of Business Administration (MBA) student Hitesh Inder spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheartradio.ca\/610cktb\/audio\/hitesh-inder-mba-student-at-brock-s-goodman-school-of-business-organizing-committee-of-the-mba-games-1.21203729?mode=Article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newstalk 610 CKTB<\/a> and the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/business\/canadas-future-business-leaders-competing-in-niagara\/article_4529c511-77d2-5f7a-9473-0edf9a43a870.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Catharines Standard<\/a><\/em> about Brock\u2019s Goodman School of Business hosting this year\u2019s MBA Games, which will welcome more than 200 competitors from business schools across the country to Niagara this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts and students discussed cold plunges, the complications people face when having criminal records suspended, a potential ban on the sale of cigarettes and an upcoming competition for Master of Business Administration students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":90025,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,39,7,55,37,6,38],"tags":[3212,7488,12849,384,522,594,13165,12906,2998],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90024"}],"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=90024"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90024\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90031,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90024\/revisions\/90031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}