Media releases

• Brock Badgers to host Don’t Hide in the Den mental health awareness event Thursday

  Wednesday, October 19, 2016 | By Brock University

  MEDIA ADVISORY: R00221 – 19 October 2016

  More than 600 elementary school students from across Niagara will be at Brock University for Don’t Hide in the Den-Badgers Speak Out, a mental health awareness event Thursday.

  The outreach event is an initiative by the Brock men’s basketball program to help educate Niagara youths in Grades 6-8 about the importance of mental health awareness.
   
  The event starts at 10:25 a.m. with both head coach Charles Kissi and former men’s team player Matt Marshall addressing the crowd and presenting a cheque for more than $1,000 to Pathstone Mental Health.

  Speaking Thursday will be all-star Badgers forward Dani Elgadi, as well as Matthew Beard, a Grade 12 student from E.L Crossley secondary school. Both speakers will address the issue of mental health and the importance of creating awareness in youth to combat the stigma and encourage support. 

  Also talking to the students will be Brock Department of Child and Youth Studies Professor John McNamara, who will be talking about what defines mental health.

  Kissi said it’s important to teach kids that there are people around that they can talk to about their mental health struggles.

  “I don’t think mental health is a new problem, but it’s something we’re beginning to understand better. We’re starting to identify it in our young people more and more.
  “This is about giving them some strategies, some coping mechanisms and some alternatives to the feeling that they’re helpless in many cases.”

  The elementary school students will have lunch and then watch the Badgers host Redeemer College in a pre-season men’s basketball game in the Bob Davis Gymnasium at noon.

  This marks the second year in a row the men’s team has hosted students in a social issues-themed event. Last year’s Badgers vs. Bullying event was filled to capacity with hundreds of students taking part.

  “That was one of the more fun games we played in terms of how energetic and loud the gym was,” Kissi said. “It helps to show our guys the impact that sport can have on young people and helps them understand that sport can be a vehicle for so many other things.”

  What: Don’t Hide in the Den-Badgers Speak Out
  When: Thursday, Oct. 20 – 10:25 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  Where: Bob Davis Gymnasium, Brock University
  Who: 600 elementary school children from across Niagara

  For more information or to arrange interviews:

  * Dan Dakin, Media Relations Officer, Brock University ddakin@brocku.ca, 905-688-5550 x5353 or 289-241-8288

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• Goodman School of Business honours business leader Martine Irman

  Wednesday, October 19, 2016 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: R00220 – 18 October 2016

  The Goodman School of Business has selected an outstanding leader in the Canadian investment industry as its 2016 Distinguished Leader.

  The business school honours prominent Canadian business leaders each year and connects the recipients with current Brock University students through the annual Distinguished Leader Lecture Series.

  This year’s recipient, Martine Irman, Vice Chair, TD Securities and Senior Vice President, TD Bank Group is passionate about giving back to her community.

  A graduate of Western University, she has also completed The Wharton Business School Advanced Management Executive Program and the Rotman School of Management Institute of Corporate Directors and holds an ICD.D certification.

  Irman’s integrity and leadership in the advancement of women both within TD and in the capital markets is inspiring. She co-chairs TD Securities’ Women in Leadership Business Committee and was a founding member of TD’s Expanding Leadership Opportunities for Women Committee, on which she has played a critical role for more than a decade. In the investment community, Irman is a member of the Women in Capital Markets Advisory Council.

  Irman is a true champion of diversity, a tremendous mentor to both men and women in the capital markets and strongly represents TD’s inclusive culture.
  In 2003, her leadership and excellence was recognized by Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 and honoured by Women in Capital Markets with an award for leadership in 2013.

  Known in the investment community as a fervent and committed supporter of community engagement, Irman currently serves YMCA of Greater Toronto as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors and Women Gaining Ground for United Way Toronto as Co-Founder and inaugural Co-Chair.

  On Wednesday, Oct. 26, Irman will spend a day on the Brock University campus speaking with an exclusive audience of Goodman student leaders and will deliver the annual Distinguished Leader Lecture to students, faculty and members of the Brock community at 9:30 a.m. in Pond Inlet. Goodman students can register for this event by visiting CareerZone.

  Past recipients of the award include Rossana Magnotta of Magnotta Winery, Len Pennachetti of Cave Spring Cellars, Ned Goodman of Dundee Corporation, Donald Ziraldo of Ziraldo Estate Winery, Galen Weston of Loblaw Companies Limited, Michael McCain of Maple Leaf Foods, John McCall MacBain of McCall MacBain Foundation and Paul House, formerly of Tim Hortons.

  NOTE: Media are invited to Martine Irman’s Distinguished Leader Lecture being held at Pond Inlet Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 9:30 a.m.

  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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