Events

  • Team CPCF represents at 2025 Homecoming Grape Stomp

    Monday, September 22, 2025 | By

    Student pulls on their t-shirt to reveal CPCF Logo and Grape Stains

    On Friday, September 19, nearly 300 students and alumni participated in Brock’s Homecoming Grape Stomp! It has been hailed as one of the best university traditions in Canada by University Affairs magazine. And CPCF was well-represented by some enthusiastic students.

    Organized by Professor Karen Louise Smith, students were encouraged to “Join Team CPCF.” Those who did received a clean white T-shirt before the festivities that would soon become a stained souvenir from the event. The students piled into Jubilee Court and, using two metric tonnes of Concord grapes — donated by Sue-Ann Staff Estate Winery in Jordan — slid and stomped to show their Brock spirit.

    Thanks to Professor Smith and everyone who participated in the event. Check out the photos to see the messy fun.

     

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  • A Guest Lecture from CPCF Alum Paige Johnson-Serjue

    Tuesday, September 16, 2025 | By

    A smiling woman in denim stands in front of a white background

    Paige Johnson-Serjue is the first guest speaker of the semester in the Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film’s Internship in Communication course. As a CPCF alum, best-selling author, and award-winning marketing strategist, she returns with a message for the COMM 4F00 students: your story matters. Speaking about forging her own path, she explains, “Who you are will get you further. Your story is more important than any resume.”

    Johnson-Serjue works with parent-focused brands and entrepreneurs, helping them craft authentic marketing strategies and build meaningful connections. Through her company, PG Marketing, she combines her passion for storytelling with her expertise in digital marketing. Sharing her unique voice, and helping companies find their own, has made her a sought-after consultant in her field.

    As the Communication students examine the history of work, identity, and ethnography, Johnson-Serjue encourages them to think about how they view their careers. She reminds them that understanding their own voice is key to plotting their own path. By embracing their genuine identities and stories, students can challenge traditional notions of work and create spaces where they not only succeed but also make meaningful impact. She explains, “When jobs tell you you have no experience, flip that around and let them know that you have the educational background and you’re part of the generation they’re selling to.”

    When speaking about her past, her time at Brock, and the people she now works with, a major theme Johnson-Serjue returns to is community. She urges students to build connections among each other because, as she reminds them, “you are not alone in this.”

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  • Congratulations to our new CPCF graduates!

    Wednesday, July 02, 2025 | By

    Brock University CPCF graduate Chloe Pasco in a graduation gown and holding a bouquet of flowers, standing next to Associate Professor Anthony Kinik.

    Congratulations to all the CPCF graduates who crossed the Convocation stage this spring!

    Your passion, dedication and hard work have paid off. We are so proud of all that you’ve accomplished during your time at Brock University, and we can’t wait to see where your next adventure takes you.

    Check out the full 2025 Spring Convocation gallery on the Brock University Facebook page.

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  • Brock TV Render This is BACK!

    Wednesday, September 27, 2023 | By

    Brock TV render this film festival poster

    Are you a future film maker looking for an opportunity to create…and possibly win prizes?  Not a film maker, but wish to support your fellow Badgers?  Either way, this event is for you!

    Important dates:

    September 29th Students can start signing up in groups of 3-5 people

    October 12th Deadline to have your group

    October 13th Video brief is sent out to participants

    October 27th Deadline to submit the video

    November 8th Film screenings and awards!!

    First Prize $500 gift card of your choice

    Second Prize $250 gift card of your choice

    Audience Choice Award $200 gift card of your choice

    Please use this link for more information about the event!

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  • 2022 Grant Dobson Case Competition – Open!

    Tuesday, October 04, 2022 | By

    The 2022 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.

    Winners of this competition are recognized by fellow students and industry professionals as possessing superior creativity, and demonstrating excellent presentation skills.

    Start putting your teams together!

    To learn more click here.

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  • Oct. 22 – Essential Cinema Series at The Film House

    Tuesday, October 04, 2022 | By

    NEW this year!

    ESSENTIAL CINEMA
    Presented by The Film House in collaboration with the Brock University Communication, Popular Culture, and Film Student Society (CPCFSS), Essential Cinema brings student-lead programming to the Niagara Region. The Essential Cinema program has allowed Brock University students the opportunity to compile their list of must-see movies. These are films that fall across many genres, time periods, and cultures, but have one thing in common — they should be seen at least once in our lives. Every month, two films from this curated list will be screened at The Film House in downtown St. Catharines, and will be preceded with a short presentation by the student programmers.

    October features:
    An American Werewolf in London
    Sat., Oct. 22, 2022 6:00 p.m

    Scream
    Sat., Oct. 22, 2022 9:00 p.m.

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  • August 24 – 27: Mighty Niagara Film Festival

    Thursday, August 25, 2022 | By

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    The 2022 edition of the Mighty Niagara Film Festival (MNFF) is upon us, and this year one of the featured artists and honoured guests will be St. Catharines’ own Richard Kerr, a filmmaker and installation artist who first studied filmmaking at Sheridan College in the 1970s, and whose filmography dates back to 1976.

    Kerr began as a documentary filmmaker working in the observational style, but over time his work became more narrative-based, and eventually highly experimental – quite literally so: many of Kerr’s projects involve experiments with the materiality of film’s technologies.

    Kerr’s The Demi-Monde is a media installation that will screen nightly during the duration of the MNFF, August 24-27, beginning at sunset at the old Towne Cinema in downtown St. Catharines (280 St. Paul Street).

    This will be followed by two screenings of Kerr’s work – one focusing on early works like Canal (1981) – which deals with Kerr’s memories of his childhood along the Welland Canal – and one focusing on Kerr’s most recent film, Field Trip (2022).

    Part One of this retrospective will take place Friday the 26th of August at the RiverBrink Art Museum (116 Queenston St, Queenston, ON L0S 1L0), beginning at 7:00 pm.

    Part Two of this retrospective will take place Saturday the 27th of August at the Film House (250 St Paul St, St. Catharines, ON L2R 3M2) at 4:00 pm, with a Q & A hosted by Anthony Kinik, Associate Professor, Film Studies to follow at Mahtay Café, across the street, immediately following the screening.

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  • August 16: Author Talk with Emily West

    Tuesday, August 02, 2022 | By

    Author Emily West

    Author Talk – Emily West

    Tuesday, August 16
    2:00pm – 3:00pm

    Join us as we welcome Emily West to discuss her book, Buy Now: How Amazon Branded Convenience and Normalized Monopoly.

    Dr. Emily West is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research on digital platforms, consumer culture, and media appear in multiple academic journals and books, and she is co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Advertising and Promotional Culture (2013). After growing up in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Emily West attended McMaster University and earned her PhD at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.

    Signed copies will be available for $30 cash.

    To learn more and register click here.

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  • Documentary filmmaker Courtney Montour to speak at upcoming virtual event

    Tuesday, March 15, 2022 | By

    Courtney Montour

    Courtney Montour, award-winning Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) filmmaker from Kahnawake, will discuss her documentary film, Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again, at a special online event.

    On Tuesday, March 22 at 7 p.m., the Brock University community is invited to join in on a virtual conversation with writer and director Montour, whose documentary tells the story of Mary Two-Axe Earley, who fought for more than two decades to challenge the sex discrimination against First Nations women embedded in the Indian Act and became a key figure in the women’s rights movement in Canada.

    Montour’s previous films include the documentaries Sex Spirit Strength and Flat Rocks, as well as episodes of the documentary series Mohawk Ironworkers and Skindigenous. She also co-created and co-ordinated McGill University’s Indigenous Field Studies course, held in Kahnawake, for eight years.

    Registrants for the free event will receive online viewing access to Mary Two-Axe Earley: I Am Indian Again five days prior to next Tuesday’s virtual conversation.

    American Sign Language interpretation will be provided.

    The event is co-sponsored by the Faculty of Humanities Dean’s Discretionary Fund, the Department of Communication, Popular Culture, and Film, the Department of History, Indigenous Studies, the Centre for Canadian Studies, the Centre for Women’s and Gender Studies and the Office of the Vice-Provost, Indigenous Engagement.

    The co-sponsors are grateful to Donna Cowan of the National Film Board for her assistance.

    What: A Virtual Conversation With Courtney Montour
    When: Tuesday, March 22 from 7 to 8 p.m. online
    How: Register online to gain access to this virtual event

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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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