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Liquid Assets: Report assesses water’s contribution to Niagara

Liquid Assets: Report assesses water’s contribution to Niagara

Researchers at Brock’s Environmental Sustainability Research Centre have been poring over some pressing questions about water in Niagara.

Social Sciences and Humanities researchers gather to talk priorities

Social Sciences and Humanities researchers gather to talk priorities

What will you look like in 2030? What will Canada look like? What will be your - and your fellow Canadians’ - needs, trends, aspirations that researchers will aim to address?

Educators, public need to change attitudes towards children living in poverty

Educators, public need to change attitudes towards children living in poverty

Educators and the general public must avoid viewing children from low-income families as lacking, says recent research from the Niagara Community Observatory.

Brock linguist’s new book helps teachers avoid professional burnout

Brock linguist’s new book helps teachers avoid professional burnout

Are you a teacher caught up in a career “computer loop,” where every day is the same thing over and over again, like a never-ending Groundhog Day? Has lesson planning become so rote that it has become virtually meaningless?

Labour studies prof carves niche revolutionizing retail

Labour studies prof carves niche revolutionizing retail

When Kendra Coulter quit her job selling accessories in university, she thought she was finished with life in retail. Not so.

Brock researchers’ study finds nurses latching on to long-term breastfeeding

Brock researchers’ study finds nurses latching on to long-term breastfeeding

Many considered the May 21 issue of Time Magazine to be scandalous: a young mother staring dreamily into the camera, a rather large toddler tip-toeing on a chair, attached firmly to her breast.

Innovative thinking leads to international honour for master’s student

Innovative thinking leads to international honour for master’s student

A Brock University presentation about the Ontario wine industry adapting to climate change has been honoured as one of the three best papers delivered at a major conference in the heart of France’s wine country.

Grad student rolls dice on gambling research

Grad student rolls dice on gambling research

It’s Friday night in one of the region’s many casinos. Clutching a tub of tokens in your sweaty palm, you drop them one by one into the machine.

Vanier scholar to study effects of life’s “turning points”

Vanier scholar to study effects of life’s “turning points”

It all started with one question on a survey that Royette Tavernier would later analyze for her master’s thesis: “Have you ever experienced a major turning point in your life that changed how you thought about something or how you behaved?”

Vanier winner hopes to fill gaps in vitamin E research

Vanier winner hopes to fill gaps in vitamin E research

Everyone knows that vitamin E is considered to be an essential vitamin, especially for reproduction. But Drew Marquardt wants to know why.

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