Thesis defences — Nov. 4 to Nov. 8
The following is a list of thesis defences taking place at Brock from Monday, Nov. 4 to Friday, Nov. 8. All are open for the University community to attend. Master of Science thesis defence Jonathan...
View ArticleBrock member of Ontario Autism Program Advisory Panel reflects on new report
Earlier this week, the Ontario Autism Program Advisory Panel released its report, Recommendations for a New Needs-Based Ontario Autism Program. Julie Koudys, Assistant Professor in the Department of...
View ArticleCuvée 2020 to celebrate the best in Ontario VQA wine
Mark your calendars for the most sought-after wine event of the year — the annual Cuvée Grand Tasting has been set for Saturday, April 25, 2020. The event, which serves as the largest celebration of...
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Full-service Starbucks and Tim Hortons coming to campus
The University’s collection of food facilities will be expanding in the coming months, with two familiar names about to become more visible at Brock. An artist rendering of the new Starbucks....
View ArticleARMSTRONG: To keep legal cannabis sales rising, prices must drop
Michael Armstrong, Associate Professor of Operations Research in Brock’s Goodman School of Business, had a piece recently published in the Globe and Mail about keeping legal cannabis sales rising....
View ArticleAnnual Brock conference zooms in on Canadian Screens
Canadian screens have seen a lot of changes since 2006. YouTube just celebrated its first birthday, having launched in April 2005, and Netflix was still a DVD rental service (it didn’t start streaming...
View ArticleNominations open for Accessibility and Inclusion Recognition Award
Nominations are now open for faculty, students, staff and Brock volunteers to be recognized for making great contributions to creating a community free from discrimination. The Accessibility and...
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Fall Preview Day attracts local and international prospective students
A parking lot isn’t usually a sightseeing location, but the array of license plates at Brock on Fall Preview Day was a visual representation that people are willing to go the distance to get a taste of...
View ArticleBUFS pays tribute to silver screen legend
Renée Zellweger takes on the role of Hollywood icon Judy Garland in Judy, playing this Thursday at 7 p.m. at BUFS. This hotly anticipated biopic focuses on the last year of Garland’s short life. In...
View ArticleBrock Education journal welcomes new editor-in-chief
Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice recently entered an exciting new chapter under the leadership of its new editor-in-chief, Trevor Norris. An Associate Professor in the...
View ArticleBrock volunteer opportunity combines passion for business and student success
Brock University community members are needed to judge student business case competitions Saturday, Nov. 30 as part of DECA, an extra-curricular program for Ontario secondary school students. Hosted...
View ArticleArt professor’s work chosen for prestigious U.K. exhibition
Nearly 4,000 portraits by more than 1,000 photographers from 70 countries were submitted, but only 55 were chosen for this year’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Exhibition in the United Kingdom....
View ArticleBrock faculty recognized in world’s most impactful researchers list
From Facebook likes to profit margins, numbers are a key component of metrics. In academia, one common metric is the number of citations. But measuring and interpreting citations in a standardized and...
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Schulich professor to talk influence of anger in buyer-supplier relationships
When things go awry in transit from the supplier to the buyer, emotions run high. Anger significantly effects the judgements and decisions of those experiencing this emotion during a crisis. The way...
View ArticleRe-imagining power relations in Canadian theatre
Equity, diversity, inclusion. We’re hearing these words more and more, as Canadian universities and other institutions strive to address historic, systemic biases and structural inequities. For the...
View ArticleThrive Week packed with mental health focused events
From massages and yoga to healthy meal prep and self-care, there is no shortage of workshops available during Brock University’s third Thrive Week, Monday, Nov. 11 to Friday, Nov. 15. Led by the...
View ArticleBrock Datathon to showcase storytelling using data
Have you ever had a conversation about a product that starts showing up in online advertisements shortly afterwards? Welcome to the world of big data, where cell phones methodically catalogue your...
View ArticleEmpty coffee cups are Brock’s top recycling offender
On a typical weekday at Brock University, thousands of students, staff and faculty make sure there’s no shortage of coffee consumption. But do you ever wonder what happens to your coffee cup, and the...
View ArticleBrock in voting round of national health video competition
A Brock University graduate has made it into the voting round of a national video competition sponsored by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) — and she needs your thumbs up to make it to...
View ArticleEvent encourages students to avoid procrastination
It’s a can’t-miss occasion for the 400 students set to pack Brock University’s Market Hall. But unlike the sports and community events that regularly draw the University’s lauded student engagement,...
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