Inquisitive Minds Archive
May 21 , 2014
Inquisitive Minds looks at Congress 2014, a Love in Rock Music conference in France, and replaying some of our favourite moments from the season.
Interview # 1 - Congress 2014 takes place at Brock the last week in May, and you’re invited!
Guest: Jane Koustas, academic convenor at Brock for Congress 2014.
Interview # 2 - Love in Rock Music and other exciting things discussed at a conference in France.
Guest: Brock instructor and CFBU radio host Marlie Centawer, who presented a paper at at conference in France in April.
Interview # 3 - Some of the more memorable moments on Inquisitive Minds.
Guests: A montage of some of the more interesting conversations we’ve had on Inquisitive Minds.
May 14 , 2014
This week on Inquisitive Minds we talk about the Ontario 3MT finals, a rare species of plankton thought to be extinct for a million years, and an innovative new program for children suffering with Cerebral Palsy.
Interview # 1 - Brock comes in second place at the recent Three-Minute Thesis provincial finals.
Guest: Leslie Nash, master’s student in Applied Health Sciences.
Interview # 2 - Brock researcher part of team that discovered a living plankton species thought to have been extinct for a million years.
Guest: Brock geologist Professor Martin J. Head.
Interview # 3 - Can-Flip is an innovative new gymnastics program designed for children with Cerebral Palsy.
Guest: Olivia Cook, McMaster University student and Nota Klentrou, Brock Professor of Kinesiology.
May 7 , 2014
This week, Inquisitive Minds talks hockey, beer, and seniors accessibility in downtown St. Catharines.
Interview # 1 - Why is hockey so deeply ingrained in Canadian culture?
Guest: Jordan Charron, instructor who is teaching a course starting this week in the evening: Analysis of the Sport Industry: Canadian Hockey.
Interview # 2 - How accessible is downtown St. Catharines for seniors?
Guest: Elisa Brown, third year Brock Medical Sciences student, part of a research group studying accessibility issues facing residents at a downtown St. Catharines seniors residence.
Interview # 3 - Two Pelham entrepreneurs are launching their own craft beer business.
Guests: Colton & Asa Proveau. Asa graduated from the brewmaster & brewery management programme at Niagara College while Colton is completing a one year co-op at a craft brewery in Gravenhurst. He returns for his final year at the Goodman School of Business this fall.
April 30, 2014
This week, Inquisitive Minds explores shyness in children, gets another take on the deficit reduction Town Hall held in early April and talks to one of the students behind an award-winning Facebook campaign to help students cope with mental illness.
Segment # 1 - Dealing with youth engagement and why is that shy guy really shy?
Guest: Dr. Linda Rose-Krasnor, Professor in the Department of Psychology.
Segment # 2 - What does one union leader think of the deficit reduction plans announced by Brock in early April?
Guest: Dan Crow, President of CUPE Local 4207 at Brock.
Segment # 3 - Brock wins an award for a Facebook campaign earlier this year designed by students for students coping with mental illness issues.
Guest: Kaitlyn Kerridge, third-year student in Health Sciences at Brock.
April 23, 2014
Ihis week we look at the reaction to the Deficit Town Hall earlier this month, the Brock 3MT competition finals and we revisit the author of Town & Gown: From Conflict to Cooperation.
Interview # 1 - Not everyone is pleased with the plans outlined earlier this month at Brock’s Deficit Reduction Town Hall.
Guest: Linda Rose-Krasnor, President of the Brock Faculty Association.
Interview # 2 - The winner of the Brock Three-Minute Thesis competition, who now goes on to the provincial final at McMaster this week.
Guest: Leslie Nash, Applied Health Sciences master’s student at Brock.
Interview # 3 - The Town & Gown Association helps universities and municipalities co-exist. (repeat)
Guest: Michael Fox, Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at Mount Allison University, and author of “Town & Gown: From Conflict to Cooperation.”
April 16, , 2014
This week Inquisitive Minds looks at Bill C-23, the Fair Elections Act, the Brock Town Hall on the deficit held last week, and a study suggesting wine may be better for your health than previously thought.
Interview # 1 - Is Bill C-23, the Fair Elections Act, all that fair? According to a group of scholars included several Brock professors, the answer is no.
Guest: Janique Dubois, Associate Professor of Political Science.
Interview # 2 - The deficit Town Hall held last week outlines how Brock plans to trim the budget in the next couple of years.
Guest: Brian Hutchings, Vice-President of Finance & Administration.
Interview # 3 - A new study by Brock and McMaster Universities suggests wine - and red wine in particular - has anti-cancer and other health benefits.
Guest: Dr. Evangela Tsiani, Associate Professor in the Department of Health Sciences.
April 9, 2014
We talk to a Brock graduate student about fungus research, a doctoral student about the link between non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behaviour, and the Head of Special Collections and Archives about the War of 1812 exhibit.
Interview # 1 - The properties of the fungus Meterhizium, which can kill a variety of insects.
Guest: Brock graduate student Scott Behie.
Interview # 2 - Research into the link between non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behaviour.
Guest: Psychology doctoral student Chloe Hamza.
Interview # 3 - The War of 1812 exhibit at the St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre.
Guest: David Sharron, Head of Special Collections and Archives at Brock.
April 2 , 2014
This week on Inquisitive Minds we talk to a Brock cognitive neuropsychologist about how fragile the human brain really is, we talk politics in the age of the world wide web, celebrating an anniversary this year, and we hear from a Brock Drama Department instructor about her many activities within and without the Brock community.
Interview # 1 - How serious is a bump to the head, anyways?
Guest: Dawn Good, cognitive neuropsychologist at Brock.
Interview # 2 - The world wide web celebrates a birthday this year. Is that a good thing or not?
Guest: Blayne Haggart, Professor of Political Science.
Interview # 3 - From the drama of directing the annual October Soiree to becoming Co-Artistic Director of ECT.
Guest: Monica Dufault, instructor in Dramatic Arts at Brock.
March 26, , 2014
Inquisitive Minds this week talks about phishing scams, Autism Spectrum Disorder and the grand prize winner in the OCUFA’s We Teach Ontario video contest.
Interview # 1 - Online phishing scams are everywhere these days. What do you need to know to avoid being the victim of identity theft?
Guest: Teju Herath, Professor of Information Systems at the Goodman School of Business.
Interview # 2 - A new archive is now available for collecting material related to ADS, or Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Guest: David Sharron, Head of Special Collections and Archives at the James A. Gibson Library at Brock.
Interview # 3 - A Brock graduate student entered and won the grand prize in the OCUFA We Teach Ontario video competition!
Guest: Brittany Dunbar, a Master of Science student in Kinesiology at Brock.
March 19, , 2014
On today's show we speak with a Brock professor about I-EQUIP; the director of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts and the Vice-President International of the Graduate Students’ Association at Brock.
Interview # 1 - What is I-EQUIP and how can it improve health care in Niagara?
Guest: Madelyn Law, Associate Professor in Applied Health Sciences.
Interview # 2 - Industrial Fabric 4 festival of the arts & the big move downtown.
Guest: Derek Knight, Director of the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts.
Interview # 3 - Bringing more international students to Canadian universities.
Guest: Michael Ou, Vice-President International for the Graduate Students’ Association at Brock.
March 12, , 2014
This week we once again revisit the Spring Convocation of 1972 held in the Arctic; we discuss the Crisis in Ukraine and a large research grant from Compute Canada.
Interview # 1 - Remembering the Arctic Convocation from 1972 with another of the graduates that day.
Guest: Bryan Schreiner, from the graduating class of 1972.
Interview # 2 - A panel discussion planned to examine the Crisis in Ukraine and the upcoming referendum vote on Crimea leaving Ukraine to join with Russia.
Guest: Juris Dreifelds, Associatie Professor of Political Science at Brock, specializing in Russian and Ukrainian politics.
Interview # 3 - A Compute Canada grant helps two Brock professors with their research.
Guest: Ping Liang, Associate Professor with the Biological Sciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Science at Brock.
March 5, , 2014
On this week's show we chat with a Brock instructor on rock music and The Beatles; we look back at Brock’s beginnings with someone who was there at the start 50 years ago; and we talk about declining math scores and what we can do about them.
Interview Segment # 1 - The Beatles, Give Peace a Chance and a conference on love and rock music in April.
Guest: Marlie Centawer, instructor in the Department of Visual Arts and Studies in Arts and Culture at Brock since 2010.
Interview Segment # 2 - Brock at the beginning; looking back at the start of it all in 1964.
Guest: Donald Alexander, who was recruited by the local fundraising committee to get the new university off the ground 50 years ago.
Interview Segment # 3 - Declining math scores in Ontario’s 15-year-old students and what could be causing it.
Guest: Dr. Joyce Mgombelo, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Teacher Education at Brock.
Feb 26 , 2014
This week Inquisitive Minds remembers the Arctic Convocation of 1972; talks hockey and skate boots with a Brock associate professor of Kinesiology; and congratulates an associate professor in the Department of Classics on being co-winner of a prestigious award.
Interview # 1 - Remember the three Brock geology students who had their spring convocation in 1972 while working in the Arctic? We talk to one of those students, who still lives way up north.
Guest: Kenneth Blewett, 1972 Brock graduate, now living in the Yukon.
Interview # 2 - Had enough hockey yet? Didn’t think so. We talk hockey and hockey equipment with two ardent fans of the game.
Guests: Kelly Lockwood, Associate Professor of Kinesiology & Troy Crowder, retired NHL player.
Interview # 3 - A recent paper on girls, dolls and adult ideals in ancient Rome is the co-winner of the 2014 Barbara McManus Prize.
Guest: Fanny Dolansky, Associate Professor in the Department of Classics.
Feb 19 , 2014
This week we find out about a Brock colloquium looking at theatre criticism in this digital age; we talk to a developmental psychologist about research into pets and children; and we look back on a one-day conference organized by graduate students on the history of slavery.
Intervew # 1 - The colloquium “The Changing Face of Theatre Criticism in the Digital Age”, held in February at Brock.
Guest: Dr. Karen Fricker, event coordinator and Professor of Dramatic Arts at Brock.
Interview # 2 - Researching the role animals play in promoting basic social and emotional competencies in children.
Guest: Dr. Christine Tardif-Williams, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director in the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Brock.
Interview # 3 - Looking back on the one-day conference “International History of Slavery”, organized and hosted by graduate students in the Master of Arts in Classics program.
Guests: David Farag and Tessa Little, Brock graduate students.
Feb 12 , 2014
This week we talk to a Brock Professor of Kinesiology about Spinal Cord Injuries; a master's student who is doing valuable research into mental health issues; and a Brock sustainability scientist with some ideas on why Monarch butterflies and other migratory species might be in decline now.
Interview # 1 - Learning about Spinal Cord Injuries.
Guest: David Ditor, Associate Professor of Kinesiology in Applied Health Sciences at Brock.
Interview # 2 - An inspiring conversation with a master’s student who has suffered from mental illness herself, now doing research into ways to help those who also suffer from issues of mental health.
Guest: master’s student in Applied Health Sciences, Lauren Torok.
Interview # 3 - Where have all the Monarch butterflies gone?
Guest: Liette Vasseur, Brock sustainability scientist and researcher in Biological Sciences.
Feb 5 , 2014
We talk to Brock’s “Dr. Freeze”, discuss concussions in hockey and find out about a Virtual Scavenger Hunt running in the month of February.
Interview # 1 - How do we deal with the cold weather?
Guest: Brock scientist and a Canadian Research Chair in Environmental Ergonomics Stephen Cheung, a.k.a. “Dr. Freeze”.
Interview # 2 - How serious are concussions in hockey and what can be done about them?
Guest: Brock Professor of Epidemiology and Chair of the Department of Health Sciences, Brent Faught.
Interview # 3 - Research Matters and the Virtual Scavenger Hunt.
Guests: Jory Korobanik, doctoral student in physics and President of the Graduate Student Association at Brock; Julia Polyck-O’Neill, doctoral student in interdisciplinary humanities at Brock.
Jan 29 , 2014
Inquisitive Minds gets behind the teaching philosophy of a Brock Epidemiologist who was recognized recently by the OCUFA for his techniques; we talk to a Brock Assistant Professor of English Language and Literature about his third book of poetry; and we talk to the OCUFA about their We Teach Ontario video contest.
Interview # 1 - We talk to Brock Professor Brent Faught, recently recognized by the OCUFA for his work with students.
Guest: Brent Faught, Professor of Epidemiology and Chair of the Department of Health Sciences at Brock.
Interview # 2 - We talk to a Brock professor short-listed for a Governor General Literary Award for Literature last fall for his third book of poetry.
Guest: Brock Associate Professor of English Language and Literature Adam Dickinson.
Interview # 3 - Want to salute a professor who has made a difference in your education? Record a video and you might win a prize!
Guest: Graeme Stewart, Communications Manager for the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA).
Jan 22 , 2014
Inquisitive Minds this week looks at research into Alzheimer’s disease, talks Pop Culture with someone serious about the subject, and gives you all you need to know to enter the Three-Minute Thesis competition at Brock.
Interview # 1 - This is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month, so what do you need to know about this disease?
Guest: Dr. Brian Jeynes, Brock Associate Professor of Pathology and Anatomy in the Department of Health Sciences.
Interview # 2 - Is Pop Culture really all that necessary? Well, you can learn more about it at Brock.
Guest: Geoff Lawson, CFBU-FM Music Director and host of Interzone Radio, studying for his Masters in Pop Culture at Brock.
Interview # 3 - Are you ready for the Three-Minute Thesis challenge at Brock?
Guest: Dr. John McNamara, Brock educational psychologist.
Jan 15 , 2014
We talk to a Brock Professor of Kinesiology about her Shape Your Life project, the subject of a film documentary shown recently in New York; we look back at the early days of Brock with a retired professor who began there in 1967; and we chat with CFBU’s Tic Tac host about French studies at Brock.
Interview # 1 - A research project designed to help victims of violence heal through boxing, the subject of a film documentary shown in New York recently.
Guest: Professor of Kinesiology Cathy van Ingen.
Interview # 2 - Looking back at Brock’s early years from 1967 on with a professor who helped shape the Mathematics department as we know it today.
Guest: Retired Professor of Mathematics Eric Muller.
Interview # 3 - The host of Tic Tac on CFBU, on French studies at Brock and why you need them.
Guest: Associate Professor and Director of French studies, Catherine Parayre.
Jan 8 , 2014
The first Inquisitive Minds for 2014 completes our conversation with a Brock instructor on rock music and The Beatles; we look back at Brock’s beginnings with someone who was there at the start 50 years ago; and we talk about declining math scores and what we can do about them.
Interview Segment # 1 - The Beatles, Give Peace a Chance and a conference on love and rock music in April.
Guest: Marlie Centawer, instructor in the Department of Visual Arts and Studies in Arts and Culture at Brock since 2010.
Interview Segment # 2 - Brock at the beginning; looking back at the start of it all in 1964.
Guest: Donald Alexander, who was recruited by the local fundraising committee to get the new university off the ground 50 years ago.
Interview Segment # 3 - Declining math scores in Ontario’s 15-year-old students and what could be causing it.
Guest: Dr. Joyce Mgombelo, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Teacher Education at Brock.
Dec 18 , 2013
We look at the holiday season from three perspectives.
Interview Segment # 1 - Dealing with the mass consumerism we face at this time of the year.
Guest: Brock Associate Professor of Marketing and consumer psychologist Antonia Mantonakis.
Interview Segment # 2 - How “happy” are you during these “Happy Holidays”?
Guest: Brock psychologist and “Happiness Expert” Michael Busseri.
Interview Segment # 3 - Who celebrates Saturnalia nowadays anyway?
Guest: Brock historian Fanny Dolansky, Associate Professor in the Department of Classics, specializing in Roman Social History and Latin literature.
Dec 11 , 2013
On Inquisitive Minds this week we talk to a Brock alumni who received an award from his alma mater last week; a Brock instructor who looks at popular music and youth culture along with The Beatles; and the author of a new book called “Town & Gown: From Conflict to to Cooperation”.
Interview segment # 1 - A Brock alumni who received the 2013 Distinguished Mathematics and Science Alumni Award last week, and his research at the Alberta Oil Sands.
Guest: Dr. John Smol, Canada Research Chair, Environmental Change at Queen’s University.
Interview segment # 2 - Popular culture and what we’ve learned from it…and The Beatles.
Guest: Marlie Centawer, instructor at Brock’s Centre for Studies in Arts and Culture.
Interview segment # 3 - Can a university and municipality comfortably co-exist?
Guest: Professor Michael Fox, author of “Town and Gown: From Conflict to Cooperation”.
Dec 4 , 2013
We take a tour of the new BioLinc facility in the Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex; we talk about the “older brother effect” and asexuality with Brock professor Tony Bogaert; and we find out about an innovative warning system for wine growers during the cold weather from CCOVI at Brock.
Interview # 1: Tour of the new BioLinc facility in the Cairns Family Health and Bioscience Research Complex.
Guest: BioLinc Manager Dan Lynch.
Interview # 2: Groundbreaking research into asexuality and the very real “older brother effect.”
Guest: Tony Bogaert, Brock University Community Health Sciences professor.
Interview # 3: VineAlert, an innovative warning system developed by Brock’s Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute (CCOVI).
Guest: Brock viticulturalist Jim Willwerth.
Nov 27 , 2013
We talk to the author of a book on bullying from the Goodman School of Business; a Brock professor who had a hand in developing the Laura Secord Legacy Trail; and a Brock PhD graduate student who is doing research on exercise and muscle development.
Guests: Dr. Lisa Barrow, Assistant Professor at the Goodman School of Business at Brock, and author of “In Darkness, Light Dawns - Exposing Workplace Bullying.”.
What can we learn from the Rob Ford fiasco in Toronto and how do we deal with bullies in the workplace?
Guest: Professor David T. Brown from Brock’s Department of Tourism and Environment, and a founding member of the Friends of Laura Secord.
The building of the Laura Secord Legacy Trail and Niagara.
Rebeca MacPherson, PhD graduate student in Health Bioscience at Brock’s Faculty of Applied Health Sciences.
Dealing with fat in the muscles and the effects of exercise on the storing of fat. What do we really know?
Nov 20 , 2013
We talk to a Brock professor in the Department of Nursing on funding she received through the Grand Challenges Canada “Saving Brains” program; a Brock Geography professor on a study he co-authored on the disposal of land-based drilling waste in the Canadian Arctic; and Brock’s medical microbiologist who will be taking part in the Research Matters event in London, Ontario, November 26th.
Guests: Dr. Lynn Rempel, Associate Professor in the Department of Nursing in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at Broc k on research with Hanoi’s School of Public Health in Vietnam.
Michael Pisaric, Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at Brock qho co-authored a study with Joshua Thienpont, a Brock post-doctoral fellow in the Geography Department at Brock.
The study calls into question the legislated method of disposing of land-based drilling wastes associated with oil and gas exploration in the Canadian Arctic.
Brock medical microbiologist Professor Ana Sanchez.on infectious diseases and the impact of parasites on the human body.
Nov 13 , 2013
We speak with a couple of Brock history majors who have brought back the Brock Historical Society; we find out how one professor finds time to write as much as he does; and we talk to a couple of Brock students who are Research Matters Student Ambassadors in advance of the webinar scheduled for November 26th.
Guests: History co-op students Joey De Lazzari and John Raimondo;
Thomas Farrell, Chair of the Department of Applied Linguistics on finding time to write and publish your research projects;
Jory Korobanik, physics Phd student and president of the Graduate Students Association and Julia Polyck-O’Neill, interdisciplinary humanities PhD student, both Research Matters Student Ambassadors.
Nov 6 , 2013
This week we meet a Brock graduate student who won a prestigious award for his research on a particular fungus; a Brock doctoral student explains her research on NSSI and it’s connection to suicidal behaviour; and we find out about the War of 1812 exhibit Brock and the City of St. Catharines collaborated on at the St. Catharines Historical Museum and Welland Canals Centre.
Guests: Scott Behie on his research into the properties of the fungus Metarhizium and its effect on insects.
Brock doctoral student in the Department of Psychology Chloe Hamza, who has conducted research on the link between NSSI (non-suicidal self-injury) and suicidal behaviour.
Head of Special Collections and Archives at Brock, David Sharron, on the new exhibit at the St. Catharines Museum and Welland Canals Centre on the city’s involvement in the War of 1812 effort.
Oct 30 , 2013
We talk to the team behind E-Brock Bugs, a Brock Psychology Professor about his research
to better understand the brain and how it works, and an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Community Health Sciences at Brock on a webinar next week dealing with aging in Niagara.
Guests:
Laura Broley, who finished her undergraduate degree in Mathematics at Brock last year;
Associate Professor of Mathematics, Chantal Buteau; Professor Emeritus of Mathematics, Eric Muller.
Sid Segalowitz, Professor of Psychology and researcher
Paula Gardner, Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at Brock
Oct 23 , 2013
Part two of our interview on revitalizing city centres.
Guest: Brock Professor of Political Science, Leah Bradshaw
Studying West Nile virus and other insect-borne illnesses.
Guest: Brock medical and veterinary entomologist Fiona Hunter
Exploring the theoretical aspects of superconductivity.
Guest: Brock PhD physics student and Vanier Canada
Graduate Scholarship recipient Michelle Przedborski.
Oct 16 , 2013
Inquisitive Minds looks at First Nations issues in light of UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenious Peoples, James Anaya's visit to Canada over the past week. We also look at a conference coming up this weekend titled"Public Space/Urban Crisis".
Guests:
Political Science Assistant Professor Janique Dubois
Sakoieta Widrick, a lecturer with the Tecumseh Centre for Aboriginal Research and Education, and a cultural awareness educator and traditionalist belonging to the Mohawk Wolf Clan
Political Science Professor Leah Bradshaw
Oct 9 , 2013
Inquisitive Minds talked to a British author and leader in Drama, Education and the Arts on learning, who gave a public lecture this week at Brock;
we talked to a Brock Economics professor about a water sustainability study done in conjunction with Niagara Region;
and we found out about the innovative new Music Ed Plus Program from the Department of Music.
Guests:
Patrice Baldwin, President of the International Drama, Theatre and Education Association
Brock Economics Professor Diane Dupont
Dr. Patricia Debly, Associate Professor in the Department of Music
Oct 2 , 2013
A video game being designed to help grades 2 and 3 students learn about spelling; research in Pakistan to document the effect a new road has had on a remote northern community; and we get our game faces on as we talk RPG.
Guests: Ruth McQuirter Scott, Brock Education Professor in the Department of Teacher Education; Professor David Butz, Geography, and
Greg Gillespie, Associate Professor in Brock's Department of Communications, Popular Culture and Film
Sept
25, 2013
Inquisitive Minds looks at a report issued by the Ministry of Education on the results of FDK in Ontario;
we discuss the new BioLinc facility with the Dean of the Goodman School of Business at Brock;
and we talk with two of the three editors of a book on the Niagara Wine Industry.
Guests: Mary-Louise Vanderlee; Donald Cyr; Michael
Ripmeester & Chris Fullarton (Wine Interview)
Sept 18, 2013
This episode examines a statistical model developed by a
Brock professor to determine the risk factor involved in cancer
diagnoses; we look at a new book launched September 18th examining the
unique characteristics of public-sector unionism in a Canadian context;
and we evaluate the fallout from the frosh week debacle at St. Mary's
University in Halifax as well as looking at bullying in general with
Brock's bullying expert.
Guests: Martin Temmemagi; Larry Savage; Tony Volk.
