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• Grade 4 students to quench thirst for financial literacy at Brock, FirstOntario lemonade event

  Tuesday, June 07, 2022 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 6 June 2022 – R0064

  Grade 4 students in Niagara now know not only what to do when life gives you lemons, but also how to make money in the process.

  The young entrepreneurs will have their lemonade stands set up and their sales pitches ready when Goodman Lemonade returns to Brock University’s main campus Wednesday, June 8.

  Sponsored by FirstOntario Credit Union, the event will see Brock’s Goodman Group welcome Grade 4 students from James Morden Public School in Niagara Falls and St. Patrick Catholic Elementary School in Port Colborne to sell their refreshing drinks to the campus and wider Niagara community.

  Their lemonade stands, which they’ve designed and built to market and solicit customers, will be set up in Brock’s Jubilee Court from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The public is invited to attend and support the budding business owners.

  FirstOntario’s support of the Goodman Lemonade program, which has been teaching Niagara elementary students the basics of running a for-profit business since 2017, is part of a four-year partnership with Brock to help students of all ages build financial literacy skills through the development of innovative, student-centred programming. In addition to its support of other Brock financial literacy programming, FirstOntario’s support will help operate and grow the Goodman Lemonade program.

  “We knew our partnership with Brock would give us a great opportunity to connect with students to help build their financial literacy skills,” said FirstOntario’s Joanne Battaglia, Vice President, Marketing, Communications and Community Partnerships. “Supporting the Goodman Lemonade program is one of the ways we can share what we do best to benefit our communities.”

  Goodman Lemonade, in line with the Ontario Grade 4 curriculum, introduced this year’s students to concepts in entrepreneurship, business and financial literacy. Following a presentation from the Goodman Group and FirstOntario in April, the two participating Grade 4 classes were divided into 12 teams. The groups will compete this week to see who can make the most profit from $50 in seed money, provided by the Goodman School of Business.

  Although this is FirstOntario’s second year as a Goodman Lemonade sponsor, this marks the first year the groups have been able to come together in person due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  Sonia Dupte, Brock’s Executive Director, Development and Campaigns, said that FirstOntario’s partnership speaks to many of the University’s strategic priorities.

  “By investing in financial literacy programming at Brock, FirstOntario not only provides experiential education for current and prospective students, but also ultimately enhances the life and vitality of our community,” she said. “Brock is pleased to support the next generation of learners with the help of important community partners like FirstOntario.”

  What: Goodman Lemonade event
  Who: Grade 4 students from James Morden Public School in Niagara Falls and St. Patrick Catholic Elementary School in Port Colborne, in partnership with Goodman Group and FirstOntario Credit Union
  When: Wednesday, June 8 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  Where: Jubilee Court, Brock University

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

  * Doug Hunt, Communications and Media Relations Specialist, Brock University dhunt2@brocku.ca or 905-941-6209

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• Champion of Brock athletics, rights advocates to be honoured at Spring Convocation

  Thursday, June 02, 2022 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 2 June 2022 – R0063

  For more than half a century, the name Bob Davis has been intrinsically linked with Brock University athletics.

  Initially hired in 1968 as Assistant Professor in Brock’s budding Physical Education Department, Davis, who would go on to become Athletics Director, spent more than three decades building one of the strongest varsity programs in the country, growing athletics from a handful of teams to 32 and spearheading the transformation of Brock’s moniker from the Generals to Badgers in the early 1970s.

  His impact on Brock’s athletic landscape has continued well beyond his 2001 retirement — one year before the University renamed Bob Davis Gymnasium in his honour.

  Davis will be recognized for his dedication and service to the University during Brock’s 111th Convocation, when he will be among three honorary doctorate recipients. He will receive his degree during the ceremony held Wednesday, June 15 at 2:30 p.m.

  With nine ceremonies taking place from June 13 to 17, Spring Convocation will also see honorary degrees bestowed upon Deena Ladd and David Lepofsky, who’ve spent their careers championing for workers’ and disability rights, respectively.

  For the past 29 years, Ladd, of Toronto, has strived to improve wages and working conditions in sectors dominated with low pay, violations of rights, and precarious and temporary work.

  She has worked to support and develop grassroots training, education and organizing with groups such as the Fight for $15 and Fairness Campaign, Decent Work and Health Network as well as the Migrant Workers Alliance for Change.

  Ladd, who will receive her honorary doctorate during the 10 a.m. ceremony Tuesday, June 14, is one of the founders and Executive Director of the Toronto Workers’ Action Centre, which aims to improve wages and working conditions for low-waged workers, women and racialized and immigrant workers in precarious jobs that face discrimination, violations of rights and no benefits in the workplace.

  A visiting Professor of Disability Rights and Legal Education at the Osgoode Hall Law School and past adjunct member of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, Lepofsky led the Ontarians with Disabilities Act Committee for 10 years, fighting for the Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2001 and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act 2005. In 2009, he became Chair of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act Alliance.

  He is a member and past chair of the Toronto District School Board’s Special Education Advisory Committee and a member of the Kindergarten-Grade 12 Education Standards Development Committee appointed by the Ontario Government to recommend reforms to tear down barriers impeding students with disabilities.

  Lepofsky, who will receive his honorary degree Tuesday, June 14 at 2:30 p.m., practised law in Toronto with the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General until 2015, including more than a decade as General Counsel.

  He was named to the Order of Canada (1995), the Order of Ontario (2007) and the Terry Fox Hall of Fame (2003), and has received many awards for his work in law and fighting for disability rights.

  About 3,500 graduands from seven Faculties will cross the stage during Brock’s first in-person Convocation in two years.

  For a full schedule and more information, visit brocku.ca/convocation

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