{"id":94189,"date":"2024-06-27T14:00:48","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T18:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=94189"},"modified":"2024-06-27T14:00:48","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T18:00:48","slug":"in-the-news-extreme-heats-affect-on-schoolchildren-alcohol-in-city-parks-and-the-affordability-of-student-housing-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2024\/06\/in-the-news-extreme-heats-affect-on-schoolchildren-alcohol-in-city-parks-and-the-affordability-of-student-housing-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"IN THE NEWS: Extreme heat&#8217;s affect on schoolchildren, alcohol in city parks and the affordability of student housing in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the health impacts of extreme heat on children in the classroom, a pilot program to allow alcohol consumption in Kitchener&#8217;s public parks, the affordability of off-campus housing and the appointment of Brock&#8217;s new women&#8217;s basketball coach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Extreme heat is a global killer \u2014 and worse for our health than previously thought, new research shows: <\/strong>Professor of Kinesiology Toby M\u00fcndel spoke to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/health\/heat-second-opinion-1.7241714#:~:text=Scientists%20say%20high%20heat%20exposure,worsen%20some%20mental%20health%20conditions.&amp;text=Breathing%20in%20high%20heat%20can,conditions%2C%20like%20asthma%20or%20COPD.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBC News<\/a> about the need for more research into the way the female body handles extreme heat. He also spoke to CBC\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/listen\/live-radio\/1-1424-just-asking\/clip\/16076922-surviving-heat-wave\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Asking with Saroja Coelho<\/a>, where he answered the public&#8217;s questions about dealing with extreme heat, including how to keep children safe both in the classroom and at home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kitchener council defers decision to allow alcohol in city parks: <\/strong>Professor of Health Sciences Dan Malleck was featured in an interview on <a href=\"https:\/\/kitchener.ctvnews.ca\/kitchener-council-defers-decision-to-allow-alcohol-in-city-parks-1.6938919\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTV News<\/a> about a pilot program that would allow alcohol consumption in city parks in Kitchener.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How off-campus student housing stacks up against city-wide rentals across Canada:<\/strong> An article in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/investing\/personal-finance\/household-finances\/article-how-off-campus-student-housing-stacks-up-against-city-wide-rentals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Globe and Mail<\/a> <\/em>highlighted that rental properties near Brock University were among the most affordable off-campus housing options for incoming students across Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>National and collegiate success drives new women\u2019s basketball coach: <\/strong>Shae Dheensaw\u2019s appointment as the new head coach of Brock\u2019s women\u2019s basketball team was featured in an article on <a href=\"https:\/\/bvmsports.com\/2024\/06\/24\/national-and-collegiate-success-drives-new-womens-basketball-coach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BVM Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent media appearances, Brock experts discussed the health impacts of extreme heat on children in the classroom, a pilot program to allow alcohol consumption in Kitchener&#8217;s public parks, the affordability of off-campus housing and the appointment of Brock&#8217;s new women&#8217;s basketball coach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":94192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36,7,6,58],"tags":[28,256,4437,3212,996,7488,13681,12851],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94189"}],"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\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94189"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94204,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94189\/revisions\/94204"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}