Media releases

• Brock to partner with Niagara Folk Arts

  Thursday, August 08, 2019 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 8 August 2019 – R00125

  Brock University is set to formalize a partnership aimed at helping newcomers to Niagara through research, outreach and support services.

  The University will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Niagara Folk Arts Multicultural Centre in St. Catharines on Tuesday, Aug. 13.

  First launched in 1970 as the Folk Arts Council of St. Catharines, Niagara Folk Arts Multicultural Centre is a charitable not-for-profit organization with a mandate to support and assist the ethno-cultural and newcomer community in Niagara through a broad range of programs and services.

  The MOU will solidify a partnership between the two organizations, which have collaborated together on numerous projects over the years. Both Brock and Niagara Folk Arts aim to address localized newcomer challenges as well as larger issues of equity, diversity and inclusion through a mix of academic and community-based approaches.

   

  What: Collaboration announcement and MOU signing

  When: Tuesday, Aug. 13, 11 a.m.

  Where: Robertson Hall, Niagara Folk Arts Multicultural Centre, 85 Church Street, St. Catharines

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews:

  * Dan Dakin, Manager Communications and Media Relations, Brock University [email protected], 905-688-5550 x5353 or 905-347-1970

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• New Canadians from around the world will get their citizenship at Brock ceremony

  Friday, August 02, 2019 | By Brock University

  MEDIA RELEASE: 2 August 2019 – R00124

  Community members are invited to attend as 25 people, each having taken their own unique journey, become Canadian citizens during a ceremony at Brock University’s main campus next week.

  Hosted by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, the event takes place at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 7 in the Goodman School of Business Atrium.

  The citizenship candidates, who come from eight different countries, will celebrate alongside their families, supporters and local dignitaries. Brock Professor Emerita Dorothy Griffiths, who is also a Brock alumna (BA ’73), will preside over the ceremony.

  After the Oath of Citizenship is completed, a reception for the new Canadians and their guests will be held in the atrium.

  What: Canadian citizenship ceremony

  When: Wednesday, Aug. 7, 10 a.m.

  Where: Goodman School of Business Atrium, Brock University

  For more information or for assistance arranging interviews: 

  * Maryanne Firth, Writer/Editor, Brock University [email protected], 905-688-5550 x4420 or 289-241-8288

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