Articles by author: Milica Petkovic

  • Congratulations to Nick Printup

    Thursday, June 17, 2021 | By

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    The Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film congratulates Nick Printup, one of four winners of the National Share Your Roots Virtual Reality Competition hosted by Uber, the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business and ORIGIN.

    Printup, a Media and Communication Studies graduate, pitched an idea for a virtual reality video to create a cultural learning experience about the origin of Lacrosse. He was selected as a semi-finalist (1 of 15 from across Canada) at which point the competition called for people to vote for the semi-finalists online to aid the judges in making their decisions.

    Having been selected as one of four recipients, he will be awarded a video production of I approximately $35,000 to turn his idea into a (virtual) reality. Printup hopes to begin filming by the end of the summer within the Niagara Region.

    Congratulations Nick!

    Read Nick’s bio here.

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  • March 12 – Connect Networking Event

    Monday, March 01, 2021 | By

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    The annual Connect Networking Event is happening virtually this year on Friday, March 12 from 4:30-5:30pm on Microsoft Teams. Guest speakers will participate in a facilitated Q&A panel discussion about small businesses in Niagara adapting to the restrictions and economic challenges influenced by the pandemic.

    Make sure to register by March 5th to receive the Teams event link.

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  • Nov. 19: 20th Annual Terry O’Malley Lecture

    Monday, November 16, 2020 | By

    Join us for the

    20TH ANNUAL TERRY O’MALLEY LECTURE IN MARKETING AND ADVERTISING

    Thursday, November 19 at 6pm
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    Looking back, to see the future
    What the biggest marketing, media and advertising stories of 2020 can tell us about 2021 and beyond.

    As editors of The Message, Chris Powell and David Brown spend every working hour (and many non-working hours) tracking and reporting on the most newsworthy marketing, media and advertising stories from Canada and around the world.

    In this fast-paced presentation, they will review some of the key stories from the past year, which they think are important signals for where the industry is going.

    David Brown joined Marketing magazine in 2005. As news editor, he had a front row seat for the digital transformation of the industry—there for the first Marketing stories about Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. He was eventually promoted to executive editor, responsible for all day-to-day editorial output for the magazine. David left Marketing in late 2014 to explore the fast-growing world of content marketing, while remaining a regular columnist and contributor until its closure in late 2016. He co-founded The Message in 2018.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    Chris Powell has been covering Canadian media, marketing and advertising since first joining Marketing magazine in 2001. He witnessed digital’s transformative effect on the legacy advertising industry first-hand, and has spent the past two decades covering the “new” ad world. His work has also appeared in Maclean’s, Canadian Business and The Globe and Mail. He co-founded The Message in 2018.

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  • 2020 Dobson Case Competition

    Monday, October 05, 2020 | By

    The 2020 Grant Dobson Case Competition brief has been released. Hosted by the Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film, the competition provides students with the opportunity to showcase their superior creativity and presentation skills to a panel of industry experts.

    Start putting your teams together!

    To learn more click here

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  • March 5: Interdisciplinary Panel Discussion of Perdita, or The Winter’s Tale

    Tuesday, February 25, 2020 | By

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    This event is part of Brock University’s Department of History Speakers Series. The panel – featuring Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film Associate Professor, Anthony Kinik – will discuss the ins and outs of adapting Shakespeare, this production’s David Bowie soundtrack, and Cold War politics and popular culture.

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  • Feb. 25: CPCF Research Forum

    Tuesday, February 11, 2020 | By

    Another research forum will be held on March 10. Speakers will be announced shortly.

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  • Feb. 4 – Research Forum

    Wednesday, January 29, 2020 | By

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    Additional research forums will be held on Feb. 25 and Mar. 10. Speakers will be announced shortly.

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  • Postdoctoral fellow publishes piece in The Walrus

    Wednesday, January 22, 2020 | By

    Anna Peppard, a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada postdoctoral fellow in Brock’s Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film, had a piece recently published in The Walrus about themes of transformation, disguise and duality in superhero stories and how these themes relate to the LGBTQ community.

    Peppard writes:

    “In a film-and-television landscape increasingly saturated with superhero content, the CW network’s Batwoman — which debuted last fall and was renewed for a second season last week — is unique for at least two reasons: the title character, who is a lesbian, is the first openly LGBTQ superhero to headline a live action comic book adaptation; and the show’s star, Ruby Rose, who identifies as lesbian and gender fluid, is the first openly LGBTQ performer to portray a headlining superhero.

    This isn’t a case of “in name only” diversity. The lesbian identity of Batwoman, civilian name Kate Kane, is woven into the show’s narrative premise. The show is adapted from a 2006 comic book reenvisioning of the character, which made her a former star recruit at West Point academy who is forced to abandon her dreams of a military career after an anonymous tip outs her as a lesbian. This compels Kate to find another way to serve, which leads to her becoming Batwoman. In the CW show, Kate is additionally compelled by necessity: Gotham City has descended into near anarchy after the mysterious disappearance of Batman three years earlier. Yet she is more directly compelled by love; she dons the Batsuit for the first time in order to save her military-academy ex-girlfriend, Sophie, from the clutches of a supervillain.”

    Continue reading the full article here.

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  • Nov. 29: CPCFSS Charity Event

    Monday, November 25, 2019 | By

    Get crafty for a great cause! Join the Communication, Popular Culture and Film Student Society (CPCFSS) this Friday in Skybar Lounge in Isaac’s for a holiday crafting charity event. All crafts will be donated to kids staying in local hospitals over the holidays and raffle proceeds will go to Crafting for a Cure (CFC).

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  • Tickets available: 19th Annual Terry O’Malley Lecture

    Wednesday, November 06, 2019 | By

    Tickets available here

    Learn more about this event and the Dobson Case Competition here

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