Media releases

• Open house invites community to explore Brock LINC

  Friday, May 27, 2022 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 27 May 2022 – R0059

  After a successful academic year, the Brock LINC wants to celebrate — and the community is invited.

  On Wednesday, June 8, the University’s centre for creativity, innovation, research and entrepreneurship is hosting its inaugural open house for students, faculty, staff and community members.

  “We are still so new on campus, and with more in-person events starting up, we thought this was a great opportunity to bring the community into the space to learn about what happens here and what’s available to them,” says Farzana Crocco, Executive Director of the Brock LINC.

  Held from 1 to 4 p.m., the open house will provide visitors insight into all the Brock LINC offers and the work it has underway related to the different facets of innovation, including creativity, research and entrepreneurship.

  Brice Scheschuk, Managing Partner of Globalive and Co-Founder and CFO of Wind Mobile, will be the event’s keynote speaker, delivering a presentation on the practice of mentorship in the entrepreneurial and innovation ecosystem. He will share best practices for mentors and principles of menteeship that can help entrepreneurs upskill their performance.

  “Brice is a well-known mentor, speaker and investor in the Canadian innovation ecosystem. We are incredibly lucky to have someone of his calibre share his expertise at Brock,” says Crocco. “While he talks about mentorship for entrepreneurs, his talk is applicable to anyone involved as a mentor or mentee.”

  Those in attendance will also have the opportunity to meet the entrepreneurs chosen to be part of the LINCubator, Brock’s business incubation program, and to explore activities in the University’s Makerspace, Digital Scholarship Lab and R3 Consumer Wine Lab.

  Mini-workshops in each of the spaces will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. They include:

  • Design and Craft with Cricut, led by the Makerspace. (Limited to 15 people)
  • Data Visualization 101, led by the Digital Scholarship Lab. (Limited to 12 people)
  • How to Develop a VR Simulation, led by XpertVR. (Limited to 20 people)
  • Inventive Thinking Workshop: Jumpstart Your Creativity! led by Creativity and Education. (Limited to 20 people)

  To register for the event, and to sign up for the mini-workshops, visit brocku.ca/linc/brock-linc-open-house

  What: Brock LINC Open House
  When: Wednesday, June 8 from 1 to 4 p.m.
  Where: The Brock LINC inside the Rankin Family Pavilion at Brock University’s main campus
  To register: Visit brocku.ca/linc/brock-linc-open-house

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

  * Doug Hunt, Communications and Media Relations Specialist, Brock University [email protected] or 905-941-6209

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• Online event to dive into impact of inflation on working families

  Thursday, May 26, 2022 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 26 May 2022 – R0058

  Inflation, the impact of rising costs on families and the possible responses of workers, unions and progressive governments will be at the centre of a free public webinar next week.

  “Prices, Profits, Power: A People’s Guide to Inflation,” hosted by Brock University’s Department of Labour Studies and the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies (CAWLS), will take place virtually Monday, May 30 from noon to 1 p.m.

  “There are differing opinions about the causes of current inflation and how governments should respond, but the populist right and Bay Street economists have tended to dominate the narrative,” says Brock Associate Professor Simon Black, who will moderate the panel discussion. “To bring some balance to public discourse, this webinar will allow students, workers and union members to hear from some of the leading progressive political economists in Canada today.”

  The discussion will include the following expert panelists:

  • Adam King, Senior Researcher in Social and Economic Policy at the Canadian Labour Congress and author of Passage Magazine’s weekly labour newsletter, Class Struggle.
  • Angella MacEwen, Senior Economist at CUPE National and Policy Fellow at the Broadbent Institute, who writes a quarterly publication for CUPE members, Economy at Work.
  • Jim Stanford, Economist and Director of the Centre for Future Work and previously an Economist and Director of Policy at Unifor, whose publications include the Economics for Everyone: A Short Guide to the Economics of Capitalism and a regular column in the Toronto Star.

  Everyone is welcome to attend but advance registration is required to access the online event.

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

  * Doug Hunt, Communications and Media Relations Specialist, Brock University [email protected] or 905-941-6209

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