Media releases

• Indigenous Plus gift announcement to take place at Brock Aug. 7

  Wednesday, July 31, 2024 | By Brock University

  MEDIA ADVISORY: July 31, 2024 – R0092

  Media are invited to join Brock leaders and community representatives next week for a gift announcement related to the University’s Indigenous Plus program.

  The announcement will take place Wednesday, Aug. 7, from noon to 2 p.m. in Brock’s Market Hall. Interview opportunities will follow.

  Media parking may be arranged by contacting Maryanne St. Denis, Brock’s Manager, Content and Communications, at mstdenis@brocku.ca

  What: Indigenous Plus gift announcement

  Where: Market Hall, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, Ont.

  When: Wednesday, Aug. 7, from noon to 2 p.m.

   

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

  * Maryanne St. Denis, Manager, Content and Communications, Brock University mstdenis@brocku.ca or 905-246-0256 

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• Brock experts available to comment on Paris 2024 Olympics

  Monday, July 29, 2024 | By Brock University

  EXPERT ADVISORY: July 29, 2024 – R0091

  With the Paris 2024 Olympics now underway, Brock University experts are available to comment on a broad range of related topics.

  Michael Carter, Professor of Greek and Roman History

  • Social and cultural significance of gladiatorial contests and ancient athletics in the Greek and Roman Worlds
  • Logistics involved with the production of ancient spectacles, including financing, organization, participants/victims, and the multi-sensorial nature of the arena games

  Nicole Chimera, Associate Professor of Kinesiology

  • Intervention strategies to reduce risk of injury in sport and physical activity

  Keri Cronin, Professor of History of Art and Visual Culture

  • Arts and culture at the Paris 2024 Olympics, including the Olympic Art Visions program and Olympic-themed cultural events happening at Paris museums and galleries
  • History of 20th century artists competing for medals at the Games

  Michele Donnelly, Associate Professor of Sport Management

  • Gender equality
  • Women and the Olympic Games
  • Olympic sport programme
  • Action sports (For example, BMX, skateboarding, surfing)

  Todd Green, Associate Professor of Marketing

  • Corporate social responsibility/irresponsibility and ethics
  • Green marketing

  David Hutchison, Professor of Educational Studies and Digital Humanities

  • Olympics and K-12 education
  • Using the Olympics as a summer learning opportunity

  Nota Klentrou, Professor of Kinesiology (and organizing committee member at Athens 2004 Olympics)

  • Human performance
  • Implications of sports training and nutrition on health growth and development
  • How the interaction of exercise training and dietary choices during childhood and adolescence affect lifelong bone health

  Taylor McKee, Assistant Professor of Sport Management

  • History of Canadian sport
  • Sport media
  • Violence in sport
  • National and international sport organizational governance
  • Sport policy
  • Spectacle and mega event planning

  Toby Mündel, Professor of Kinesiology and Canada Research Chair in Extreme Human Environments

  • How heat and dehydration affect athletes (and related mitigation strategies)
  • How nicotine raises the risk of developing heat exhaustion while undergoing intense physical activity, especially while in a hot environment
  • Female physiology and the role estrogen and progesterone play in regulating the body’s temperature
  • Physiology of female athletes

  Michael Naraine, Associate Professor of Sport Management

  • Professional sport
  • Sport marketing
  • Sport gambling
  • Sport sponsorship

  Kyle Rich, Associate Professor of Sport Management

  • Sport policy and sport development in Canada
  • Regional and demographic differences in sport participation
  • Political tensions in how mass participation and elite sport development are supported, leading to different outcomes for communities (social, cultural, health and economic)

  Ian Ritchie, Associate Professor of Kinesiology

  • History of the development of anti-doping policies in international, high-performance sport, especially in the Olympic Games
  • Development of anti-doping policies within Canadian sport
  • History of the Olympic Games

  Olan Scott, Associate Professor of Sport Management

  • Sport and social media
  • Olympic studies
  • Portrayal of nationalism
  • Gender and ethnicity at major sporting events by broadcasters and media

  Philip Sullivan, Professor of Kinesiology

  • Mental health in sports, including the mental health literacy of coaches, support staff and officials, and applied sport psychology/mental skills consultation
  • Sports psychologists working with athletes to create an optimal mental and emotional state for performance
  • Confidence, mental toughness, choking under pressure, sleep and well-being

  Barry Wright, Dean, Goodman School of Business

  • Organization of national multisport games
  • Business of sport
  • Legacy of the Canada Summer Games

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

  * Sarah Ackles, Communications Specialist, Brock University, sackles@brocku.ca or 289-241-5483

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