Articles from:September 2020

• New members welcome to Decolonial Reading Circle

  Wednesday, September 23, 2020 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 23 September 2020 – R0145

  Members of the Brock University and Niagara communities are invited to an information session on the Decolonial Reading Circle (DRC), a discussion group to examine issues related to the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 7 p.m.

  As proceedings get underway this week to certify a class-action lawsuit against the Government of Canada and the RCMP for a lack of progress in the cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG), and as the government’s plan to respond to the Inquiry’s final report remains on hold due to COVID-19, the launch of the DCR couldn’t be more timely.

  “This lawsuit is a call for justice,” says Robyn Bourgeois, Associate Professor in Brock’s Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies. “The National Inquiry into MMIWG issued 231 such calls a year ago and the Government of Canada has yet to respond.”

  Bourgeois is the driving force behind the DRC at Brock, which she formed last fall to allow members to engage with the Inquiry’s final report.

  “We need to make sure this report doesn’t sit on a shelf,” says Bourgeois. “The lives of Indigenous women and girls are worth more than this.”

  This year, the DRC will include two circles — one to address the final report of the Inquiry and a second circle, hosted in conjunction with the Centre for Pedagogical Innovation, to examine decolonial readings by Indigenous writers.

  Meetings will take place from October to March and will be held online, a move Bourgeois hopes will improve the accessibility of the DRC.

  “Last year, the pandemic actually circumvented what I feel was the most important of the DRC — a final session where we started working through the calls for justice and developing an action plan for Brock,” says Bourgeois.

  Reaching this step will be a priority this year, as will discussions about how the decolonization of Canada relates to the anti-racist activism that has grown so urgent in 2020.

  “I hope that the DRC can become a space where we talk about the events of this spring and help people better understand why Indigenous and Black folks have had enough and are demanding meaningful change,” says Bourgeois. “The DRC is a great way for folks to explore decolonization through an Indigenous lens and a safer/braver space where hard discussions can be had.”

  Those interested in attending the information session can contact  [email protected] for details.

   

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

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

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• Goodman MBA ranks first in Canada for class and faculty diversity

  Wednesday, September 23, 2020 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELESE: 23 September 2020 – R0144

  Brock University’s Goodman School of Business has been ranked among the top MBA programs in the world.

  In its first year participating in the QS Global MBA Rankings, the School ranked 12 out of 20 Canadian business schools, including a distinction of being ranked first in Canada for the Class and Faculty Diversity indicator group, which measures student and faculty gender balance, the percentage of international faculty members within the business school and the number of nationalities represented by students in the MBA program.

  “This is an outstanding result, especially for our first time at being ranked,” said Andrew Gaudes, Dean for the Goodman School of Business. “Diversity among faculty, staff and students is part of the School’s priorities to build Goodman together through brand, relationships and the workplace. We are proud to offer a diverse and inclusive environment to learn and work, and that our efforts have been recognized.”

  The QS Global MBA Rankings rank the world’s top full-time MBA programs. In addition to class and faculty diversity, core metrics used by global higher and business education analyst QS Quacquarelli Symonds in their 2021 rankings include employability, entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes, return on investment, and thought leadership.

  In total, 258 business schools from more than 40 countries participated in the annual world rankings.

  “Indeed, we have room to grow across the ranking indicators and learned a lot in entering our School for ranking,” Gaudes said. “With this being the first time in the rankings, we had expectations of discovering our strengths and weaknesses. We look forward to considering how we can use QS’s analysis to better our programs and experience for current and future Goodman students.”

  QS Quacquarelli Symonds is the world’s leading provider of services, analytics and insight to the global higher education sector, whose mission is to enable motivated people anywhere in the world to fulfil their potential through educational achievement, international mobility and career development. The QS World University Rankings portfolio, inaugurated in 2004, has grown to become the world’s most popular source of comparative data about university performance.

  Andrew Gaudes, Dean of the Goodman School of Business at Brock University, is available for media interviews.

   

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews: 

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

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