Media releases

  • March madness for Brock Badgers in basketball, hockey and curling

    MEDIA RELEASE: 5 March 2018 – R00047

    Three weekends. Three national championships. Three opportunities for athletic glory.

    In case the Brock Badgers’ recent national championships by the men’s and women’s wrestling teams weren’t enough, in the next 23 days the Badgers have three more shots at winning national titles.

    Last month, the Brock men’s and women’s curling teams both advanced to the USPORTS National Championships being held March 24 to 28 in Leduc, Alta.

    Then last weekend, the men’s hockey team and men’s basketball team punched tickets to their respective national finals.

    Saturday night, the hockey team won the third and deciding game of the OUA West Final against the York Lions, and as a result, will host the OUA Queen’s Cup championship game against McGill this Saturday, March 10 at 7:15 p.m. Regardless of the outcome of that game, the Badgers have already secured a berth in the national finals in Fredericton March 15 to 18. It’s an impressive accomplishment for the team led by coach Marty Williamson, who is in his first year behind the bench after being with the Niagara IceDogs. Brock has never won an OUA men’s hockey championship, and this marks just their second appearance at the nationals.

    Also last weekend, the Badgers men’s basketball team earned a wild-card entry to the USPORTS National Championships taking place Thursday, March 8 to Sunday, March 11 in Halifax. Like the hockey team, the last time Brock went to the Nationals was in the 2007-08 season, when the underdog seventh-seed Badgers won their second-ever national title.

    Coincidently, Brock again goes into the USPORTS Final 8 with the No. 7 seed, and will open the tournament Thursday at 1 p.m. EST in the quarter-final against the No. 2 seed Calgary Dinos. The semifinals are scheduled for Saturday with the consolation final, bronze-medal game and championship game set for Sunday.

    Living up to its claim as having the Best Fans in Canada, Brock will be sending a fan bus to Halifax for students, staff and alumni. The Badgers-wrapped highway bus typically used by the school’s varsity teams will leave Brock Wednesday morning and arrive in time for Thursday’s game. The cost is $50 including the bus trip and tickets to all Brock games. Accommodations and meals are not included. Space is limited. For more information, email alaprise@brocku.ca

    For those who can’t make the road trip, a free viewing party for the quarter-final game will be held in Brock’s Market Hall Thursday at 1 p.m. Information on viewing parties for other men’s basketball and hockey national championship games will be posted as they become available. Streaming of the OUA Queen’s Cup hockey championship game is available Saturday night at OUA.TV National championship streams will be available through the USPORTS website.

    Note to media: Story and photo packages will be made available before 6 p.m. each day from Wednesday, March 8 to Sunday, March 11 for men’s basketball and again from Wednesday, March 14 to Sunday, March 18 for men’s hockey. For any additional media requests including photos, video or phone interviews please contact Dan Dakin.

    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

    Brock University Marketing and Communications has a full-service studio where we can provide high definition video and broadcast-quality audio.

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  • Public invited to explore Indigenous art and meaning at Rodman Hall

    MEDIA RELEASE: 05 March 2018 – R00046

    We are all vessels. Our bodies are carriers of knowledge. Our ways of life are ways of knowing.

    Rodman Hall Art Centre invites the public to explore Indigenous ways of knowing through art during a special community event Wednesday, March 7.

    Held in conjunction with local Indigenous organizations, the day includes a free workshop, live music, exhibit tours and a public talk by Tim Johnson, Artistic Producer of Celebration of Nations and Co-chair of Landscape of Nations: The Six Nations and Native Allies Commemorative Memorial.

    Johnson, who will speak about the meaning and message of Indigenous art, is a former associate director for museum programs at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian. He has produced a long list of critically acclaimed exhibits, influential programs, and award-winning books, films and lectures.

    Elizabeth Chitty, Rodman Hall’s Interim Grants and Programming Officer, says the art centre regularly shows the work of Indigenous contemporary artists.

    “We recognize the important role of a contemporary art museum in addressing Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action concerning language, museums, education and commemoration,” she says.

    That includes working with the next generation of Indigenous artists.

    Local students from Soaring Eagles Indigenous Elementary and Secondary Schools have been exploring the idea of vessels and what it means to be a carrier of knowledge. Their work, created in response to current Rodman exhibition, Always Vessels, will be featured at Rodman in a show called We Are All Vessels, opening March 7 at 1 p.m.

    Visitors are invited to participate in a free drop-in workshop and to experience both exhibitions.

    “Indigenous artists have a critical role in telling their stories and showing the way forward,” Chitty says. “All of us benefit from seeing their work.”

    The full schedule of events is available on the Rodman Hall website.

    We Are All Vessels is presented in partnership with the Niagara Regional Native Centre, Soaring Eagles Indigenous Elementary and Secondary Schools, Niagara Catholic District School Board, District School Board of Niagara, Kakekalanicks/Celebration of Nations and Ignite The Spirit of Education, with support from Associate Professor Peter Vietgen, Faculty of Education, Brock University.

    What: We Are All Vessels opening reception and community day

    When: Wednesday, March 7 from 1 to 7 p.m.

    Where: Rodman Hall Art Centre

    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

    Brock University Marketing and Communications has a full-service studio where we can provide high definition video and broadcast-quality audio.

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