{"id":90510,"date":"2024-01-26T11:07:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T16:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=90510"},"modified":"2024-01-26T16:07:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T21:07:55","slug":"in-the-news-brock-named-a-top-employer-legal-sports-gambling-and-recapping-pow-wow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2024\/01\/in-the-news-brock-named-a-top-employer-legal-sports-gambling-and-recapping-pow-wow\/","title":{"rendered":"IN THE NEWS: Brock named a top employer, legal sports gambling and recapping Pow Wow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock was named third on the <em>Forbes<\/em> list of Canada\u2019s Best Employers, while experts from the University discussed online gambling, a Pow Wow, changing cannabis sales trends and the Nunavut land return.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meet Canada\u2019s Best Employers 2024:<\/strong> Brock was named third in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/rachelpeachman\/2024\/01\/23\/meet-canadas-best-employers-2024\/?sh=33971e222d0b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Forbes<\/em> list<\/a> of Canada\u2019s Best Employers, with the article highlighting the University\u2019s commitment to employee wellness. The ranking was also discussed in an article from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/business\/here-are-canada-s-best-employers-according-to-forbes-1.6741560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTV.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>The big gamble:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Sport Management Michael Naraine spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CMCzarex0zI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBC&#8217;s <em>Marketplace<\/em><\/a> about legal sports betting in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pow wow welcomes gathering of nations at Brock University:<\/strong> A Pow Wow hosted by Brock University\u2019s Hadiya\u2019dag\u00e9nhahs First Nations, M\u00e9tis and Inuit Student Centre on Friday, Jan. 19 was discussed in articles from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chch.com\/brock-university-holds-pow-wow-to-bring-the-community-together\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHCH<\/a> and the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stcatharinesstandard.ca\/life\/gathering-of-nations-as-brock-university-hosts-powwow\/article_b694cb42-b41a-5dbc-8607-317d0c5c0ad7.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Catharines Standard<\/a><\/em>, each of which featured quotes from Event Co-ordinator Willow Shawanoo-Kechego.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peak pot? Cannabis sales growth is going up in smoke:<\/strong> Associate Professor of Operations Research Michael Armstrong spoke to the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/business\/article-peak-pot-cannabis-sales-growth-is-going-up-in-smoke\/\">Globe and Mail<\/a><\/em> about changing trends in legal cannabis sales in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussing the Nunavut land return:<\/strong> Assistant Professor of Political Science Liam Midzain-Gobin discussed the significance of the Nunavut land return in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/0Zklg17ULH0P9MFsjiIScS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CHML 900<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock was named third on the Forbes list of Canada\u2019s Best Employers, while experts from the University discussed online gambling, a Pow Wow, changing cannabis sales trends and the Nunavut land return.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":90511,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,39,7,6,6833,38],"tags":[7488,522,594,12622,12778,4226,9486,11999,4395,12942],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90510"}],"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=90510"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90518,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90510\/revisions\/90518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90511"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}