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• Brock film series marks Remembrance Day with Fog of War documentary

  Wednesday, November 09, 2016 | By Brock University

  MEDIA ADVISORY: R00240 – 7 November 2016

  Remembrance Day is a time of reflection to honour soldiers who have lost their lives in the line of duty. The Brock University Department of Political Science Politics and Film series marks this day of remembrance through the special screening and public discussion Wednesday, Nov. 9 of The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamera.

  Erroll Morris directed this 2003 Academy Award–winning documentary, which focuses on an interview with one of the main U.S. architects of the Vietnam War. The film attempts to humanize one of the most destructive events in U.S. history through an in-depth personal testimony of what it was like to be involved. It is truly an educational must–see on the nature of war and American politics.

  This special screening Wednesday night will be followed by a discussion and audience Q&A with Brock political scientists Stefan Dolgert and Blayne Haggart.

  “It’s one of the finest meditations on the seductions of realpolitik, the precarious nature of international security and the horrible cost of failing to think ethically about the origin and conduct of war,” says Dolgert.

  The Fog of War is presented in conjunction with the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Film House. Tickets are $9 for general admission and $7 for Film House Members. Tickets can be purchased online at https://firstontariopac.ca/Online/article/FilmHouse or by calling the box office at 905-688-0772. Tickets are also available the day of the show.
     
  What: The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S.McNamara, Directed by Errol Morris, 2003 Oscar Best Documentary winner
  Followed by Q&A and audience discussion
  When: Wednesday, Nov. 9, 8 p.m.
  Where: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Film House, 250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

  * Dan Dakin, Media Relations Officer, Brock University ddakin@brocku.ca, 905-688-5550 x5353 or 905-347-1970

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• Brock gets $16M from Ottawa and Queen’s Park for innovation complex and green energy project

  Wednesday, November 09, 2016 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: R00238 – 3 November 2016

  Brock University today received more than $16 million from the Government of Canada and Government of Ontario for two major projects that will significantly improve Niagara’s capacity to drive innovation into our community and accelerate the University’s capacity to meet its GHG carbon intensity reduction target.

  The news came in a joint announcement at the Brock campus in St. Catharines by the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development, and the Honourable Deb Matthews, Ontario’s Minister of Advanced Education and Skills Development.

  The Brock LINC will be a striking two-storey innovation complex that will provide much-needed space to nurture Niagara’s growing culture of innovation. It will provide students with the space to experience and experiment with entrepreneurship and will add a strategic asset within Niagara’s innovation ecosystem that supports a greater number of research and development partnerships between Brock and Niagara’s businesses and social organizations.

  The LINC’s contemporary design will dramatically change Brock’s iconic Schmon Tower, converting an open-air pedestrian mall into a modern, purpose-built 41,000-square-foot innovation centre that places research, commercialization, entrepreneurship and innovation at the entranceway to the University.

  The federal government’s Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund today committed nearly $8.5 million toward the $19-million Brock LINC.

  Minister Bains and Minister Matthews also announced a $5.2-million federal investment through the Post-Secondary Institutions Strategic Investment Fund and $2.6-million provincial investment in priority upgrades for Brock’s co-generation facility and associated utility distribution system.

  Brock’s co-generation facility provides a reliable and energy-efficient source of electricity, cooling and heating for the University. However, Brock’s energy needs, associated with its growth and increased research activity, exceeds what the facility can supply, both electrically and thermally. At the same time, some of the infrastructure has reached its end-of-life. The investments announced today will ensure the long-term viability and efficiency of Brock’s co-generation facility. They will help Brock meet its own sustainability targets while also putting the University in a better position to contribute to sustainability and climate change goals locally, provincially and nationally.

  Minister Bains said today’s announcements represent the federal government’s determination to enhance and modernize research facilities on Canadian campuses and improve the environmental sustainability of these facilities.

  “This once-in-a-generation investment by the Government of Canada is a historic down payment on the government’s vision to position Canada as a global centre for innovation,” said Bains. “That means making Canada a world leader in turning ideas into solutions, science into technologies, skills into middle-class jobs and start-up companies into global successes.”

  Minister Matthews said investing in Ontario’s students “is an investment in our future.”

  “Our government’s support of new state-of-the-art facilities at Brock University will help equip the young people of the region with the skills they’ll need to be leaders in new industries and build up the economy,” said Matthews.

  Tom Traves, Brock’s Interim President, agreed that today’s announcements represent a huge investment in Canada’s future, and are particularly important to the Niagara region.

  “With the Brock LINC, we will be much more able to help innovators make Canada a world leader on intellectual and economic fronts,” said Traves. “As well, today’s funding lets Brock be part of the effort to help make Canada a leader in lowering the carbon emissions that are damaging the Earth’s environment.”

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

  * Dan Dakin, Media Relations Officer, Brock University ddakin@brocku.ca, 905-688-5550 x5353 or 905-347-1970

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