Media releases

• Burgundy partnership yields new opportunities for Brock MBA students

  Tuesday, July 09, 2019 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 9 July 2019 – R00110

  Graduate students at Brock University’s Goodman School of Business now have expanded program choices with the launch of a new partnership with France’s Burgundy School of Business.

  The double/dual degree program allows students to earn two degrees in about the same amount of time and cost as Goodman’s traditional Master of Business Administration (MBA) program.

  “This partnership offers our students more program options with another world-leading business school that includes the opportunity for a work internship,” says Goodman Dean Andrew Gaudes.

  Students starting at Goodman will earn an MBA from Brock and a Master of Science (MSc) from Burgundy’s Dijon campus. Students will spend one year at each school and all classes are in English.

  Students who begin the program in Burgundy will complete a one-year Master in Management (MIM) program, which will provide the foundational business courses, before they enter the second year of Goodman’s MBA program.

  At Burgundy, Goodman students can specialize in wine management, international business development, corporate finance and investment banking, global marketing and negotiation, arts and cultural management, digital leadership, and data science and organizational behaviour.

  Stephan Bourcieu, Dean and General Director at the Burgundy School of Business, says he is excited about the new double/dual degree agreement with Goodman, pointing out that both schools are AACSB-accredited.

  “This strengthens the relationship that Brock and the Burgundy School of Business have had for 18 years in the field of student and faculty exchanges and research.

  “I look forward to offering Burgundy School of Business students the opportunity to spend one year at Brock University on their MBA, and to welcoming Brock MBA students on a range of MSc degrees at the Burgundy School of Business.”

  With the addition of the Burgundy MSc in wine management partnership, ranked among the best in the world, Goodman is now able to offer wine education at the undergraduate, graduate and professional development level, says Gaudes.

  “Being located in the heart of Niagara’s wine country, it’s incumbent upon us to offer the depth of business education in the grape and wine industry that our partnership with Burgundy can provide.

  “Not only do we have a long-standing relationship with the Burgundy School of Business, but quite literally, our roots in the grape and wine industry come from the Burgundy region,” he says.

  At the undergraduate level, Goodman students are able to spend the winter semester at the Burgundy School of Business and receive a certificate in Wine Business and Tourism. To fill professional development needs, Goodman also launched a certificate in Wine Business Management this summer.

  Goodman’s International Exchanges and Partnerships Manager Meredith Heaney says the new double/dual program deepens the School’s relationship with Burgundy, one of its oldest exchange partners.

  “To build on such a long-term relationship and be able to offer our graduate students access to highly specialized programs is just amazing,” she says.

  This is Goodman’s third double/dual degree at the graduate level. The school has similar opportunities for undergraduate students at partner schools in Ireland, France and Germany.

  To learn more about the program, visit: brocku.ca/goodman/programs/mba

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

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

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• Brock’s CCOVI partners with industry to produce certified clean grapevines

  Wednesday, June 19, 2019 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 19 June 2019 – R00109

  Brock University’s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI) has partnered with the grape and wine industry to produce certified, clean grapevines.

  The Government of Canada recently committed $2.3 million in funding over the next three years to support the Canadian Grapevine Certification Network (CGCN) as it develops certified vines for grape growers. As part of the project, CCOVI will be the national testing provider.

  “This funding will give nurseries a jump start to providing domestically certified clean plant material to the grower community across Canada and allow the industry to be less reliant on imported material,” said CCOVI Director Debbie Inglis. “Nurseries will have the opportunity for lower-cost virus testing by cost sharing with the CGCN. We’re looking forward to working closely with the industry to make sure growers are starting out with clean plants to assist the long-term viability of the Canadian grape and wine sectors.”

  CCOVI will catalogue and assess vines used for plant propagation from nurseries and grape growers across Canada. This will ensure that only vines testing negative for targeted viruses are used to generate new plants receiving the CGCN certification, which will help keep Canada’s vineyards virus-free.

  “Canada’s vineyards have become an important part of our national economy,” said Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti as he announced the government’s commitment to the project. “With this funding, the Canadian Grapevine Certification Network will help ensure that growers have access to high-quality, locally-sourced grapevine stock to keep their fields healthy and prosperous.”

  CGCN Vice Chair and grape grower Bill Schenck said announcement is the next step in the creation of a clean plant network for grapevines in Canada.

  “We have been working closely with researchers at CCOVI and this funding will expand what we can do as far as testing our grapevines,” he said. “This will allow us to work more closely with nurseries as we try to clean up vines in the ground and help growers plant healthy vineyards.”

  The CGCN is also leading national research initiatives for grape and wine, receiving funding through Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) and industry partners of more than $11 million last year to establish the Canadian Grape and Wine Science Cluster. The cluster is a collaborative project which includes researchers at Brock and other universities across the country as well as AAFC scientists, grape growers and industry partners in Ontario, B.C., Quebec and Nova Scotia.

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

  * Britt Dixon, Communications Officer, Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute, Brock University bdixon@brocku.ca, 905-688-5550 x4471

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

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