Media releases

  • Brock students set to make Monster Pitch to entrepreneurs

    MEDIA RELEASE: 3 January 2018 – R00001

    Four Brock University student teams will present their business ideas to an all-star panel of judges Monday, Jan. 8 as the Goodman School of Business Monster Pitch returns to the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.

    The student teams from multiple Brock faculties will be competing for a prize package worth more than $12,500 in cash and startup support services.

    This year’s judging panel includes: David Chilton, author of The Wealthy Barber series; Bruce Croxon, co-host of BNN’s The Disruptors and CEO of Round13; Deborah Rosati, corporate director and co-founder of Women Get On Board; and Jason Sparaga, co-founder and co-CEO of Spark Power Corp. and founder of Spara Capital Partners.

    Inspired by the hit TV show Dragons’ Den, Monster Pitch is hosted by the Brock Innovation Group student club. It’s supported by the Goodman School of Business and BioLinc and is sponsored by Spark Power Corp.

    The seventh-annual Monster Pitch event will also include a talk by Steeped Tea founder Tonia Jahshan, who successfully pitched her business plan on Dragons’ Den in 2012 and a keynote address by Welland native Anthony Lacavera, founder and chairman of Globalive Capital and founder of Wind Mobile, Canada’s fourth-largest wireless carrier, which is now known as Freedom Mobile.

    The competition starts at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 8 at the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.

    The event is now sold out, but media are invited to attend.

    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

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  • For Polar Bear swims or just surviving the cold, top expert ‘Dr. Freeze’ is available for interviews

    MEDIA ADVISORY: R00238 – 29 December 2017

    Even as most of Canada endures a bitter cold snap, Jan. 1 will mean ‘Polar Bear swims’ in many communities, as brave revelers ring in 2018 by taking a dip in icy lakes or rivers.

    Journalists can get some colourful health and science facts into their coverage by interviewing Stephen Cheung — a.k.a. “Dr. Freeze” — the renowned Brock University kinesiologist and Canada Research Chair.

    Cheung’s cutting-edge research on human physiology and performance in extreme environments has been used to inform the development of everything from survival suits for offshore oil workers to Olympic athletic wear.

    Cheung is available this weekend for phone interviews. He can be reached at (289) 968-5139 or scheung@brocku.ca

    Or for assistance contact Brock Media Relations staff Dan Dakin (905) 347-1970 ddakin@brocku.ca or Kevin Cavanagh (905) 321-4310 kcavanagh@brocku.ca

    Background:

    https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2017/10/dr-freeze-receives-award-for-distinguished-research-and-creative-activity/

    https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2017/07/brock-researcher-company-to-develop-smart-personal-cooling-system-for-miners/

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