Articles from:February 2019

  • Renowned China expert to speak at Brock University

    MEDIA RELEASE: 26 February 2019 – R00030

    The past two months have confirmed just how volatile international politics involving China can be.

    As part of its ongoing speaker series, the Brock University Department of Political Science will host American analyst Gordon Chang on Monday, March 4. Chang will deliver a talk titled “China, China, China,” in the Scotiabank Atrium of Brock’s Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex starting at 11 a.m.

    “Gordon Chang is the U.S.’s most perceptive commentator on China,” said Brock University Associate Professor of Political Science Charles Burton, a former counsellor at the Canadian Embassy in Beijing. “Over many years, he has foreshadowed with astonishing predictive accuracy the current unprecedented crisis in relations between China and the West, which is the hugely dominant issue in international relations for our times.”

    Chang is the author of The Coming Collapse of China, in which he lays out the argument that Beijing’s internal weaknesses are driving China’s dangerous behaviours.

    “He is a very important and influential thinker on China’s domestic politics, as well as U.S. policy to China,” Burton said. “Brock is honoured to have him in this rare appearance.”

    The Department of Political Science Speaker Series talks are open to everyone and free to attend. More information is available on the Political Science website.

     

    What: Brock University Department of Political Science Speaker Series

    Who: Gordon Chang, author of The Coming Collapse of China

    When: Monday, March 4, 11 a.m. to noon

    Where: Scotiabank Atrium, Cairns Complex, Brock University

     

    For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

    * Dan Dakin, Manager Communications and Media Relations, Brock University [email protected], 905-688-5550 x5353 or 905-347-1970

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  • Student innovators set to share their business ideas in Monster Pitch

    MEDIA RELEASE: 25 February 2019 – R00029

    Four teams of Brock University students will present their business ideas to an all-star panel of judges Friday, March 1 as the Goodman School of Business Monster Pitch event returns for its eighth year.

    Inspired by the hit TV show Dragons’ Den, Monster Pitch is hosted by student club Brock Innovation Group, in partnership with the Goodman School of Business and Goodman Group Venture Development (formerly BioLinc), and is sponsored by Spark Power Corp.

    The teams will be competing for a $14,000 prize package including cash and startup support services. While the judges deliberate, audience members will also have an opportunity to question the teams and vote for a fan favourite, which will receive an additional cash prize.

    This year’s judging panel includes:

    • Bruce Croxon, co-host of BNN’s The Disruptors and CEO of Round 13
    • Allie Hughes, CEO and founder of marketing agency H&C Inc.
    • Deborah Rosati, corporate director, founder and CEO of Women Get On Board
    • Jason Sparaga, co-founder and co-CEO of Spark Power Corp. and founder of Spara Capital Partners

    The competition starts at 1 p.m. on Friday, March 1 in the recently opened atrium of the Goodman School of Business building at Brock University. Tickets for the event are sold out.

    For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

    * Dan Dakin, Manager Communications and Media Relations, Brock University [email protected], 905-688-5550 x5353 or 905-347-1970

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