May 2024

After more than four decades of shaping and enriching the recreational landscape at Brock University, Karen McAllister-Kenny (MEd ’97) is preparing for her next adventure: retirement. Her journey from coaching the Badgers women’s…

A Brock research team has uncovered the mechanisms of how a chemical contained within a common household herb can stop the growth of prostate cancer cells. According to the Canadian Cancer Society, about one in eight Canadian men…

An experiential learning course in Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) has had a lasting impact on both Brock students and the local community. A group of nearly two dozen Sport Management students and women’s rugby players spent two weeks in…

The future is bright for Rakha Zabin. Her vision of a thriving educational landscape for students from all backgrounds is making waves across the province and inspiring the next generation of learners. The Educational Studies PhD…

Empowering Indigenous people who have neurodevelopmental disabilities and mental health concerns. Challenging the accepted history of Manitoulin Island’s massive fire in the 1700s. Exploring the cultural practice of Haudenosaunee men…

Community leaders and Niagara’s newly arrived immigrants recently gathered to celebrate cultural diversity through sports during the fourth annual Newcomer-Community Basketball Game. Hosted by the Niagara Folk Arts Multicultural Centre’s…

Emma Van Dyk of Brock Niagara Aquatics (BNA) has secured her place on the Canadian Paralympic team for the 2024 Paris Paralympic Games in August. Van Dyk, an S14 classified para-swimmer, was one of six swimmers from Brock…

Top master’s in architecture student at Mandela University Gideon Williams has won a “Commendation” (effectively a second-place prize) in the Mandela 2023 Corobrik National Student of the Year Competition’. Students from each of…

The two-day workshop on South Campus was conceived through engagements with colleagues from Sweden and the United Kingdom, to analyse conflict within the context of a democratic imagination. Different perspectives put forth by the…

Vice Admiral Gurcharan Singh assumed the appointment of Commandant, National Defence Academy on 25 May 2024 from Vice Admiral Ajay Kocchar. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy (Khadakwasla), he was commissioned into the Indian Navy…