Poppies from Vimy, a new Chancellor and don’t sass me on Facebook!
McMaster is known for making a positive impact on the local, national and international stages. Each week, The Office of Public Relations highlights a few of the many McMaster stories making the news.
April 8-14
Research:
CBC TV’s The National and CBC Radio’s The World At Six broadcast feature stories about the discovery of poppies pressed into a 1936 commemorative book from the Vimy memorial in France. The book is part of McMaster’s archives, and the story described their significance through interviews with Ken Cruikshank (History) and Wade Wyckoff (Mills Memorial Library).
The Globe and Mail published an op-ed piece by Catherine Connelly (DeGroote School of Business) arguing that it costs more for companies to use temporary workers, even though they might think they are saving money.
The New York Times fitness blog, Well, featured Stuart Phillips (Kinesiology) discussing 2012 research that compared the benefits of lifting lighter weights many times to the benefits of lifting heavy weights fewer times.
Teaching, learning and student success:
The Hamilton Spectator, CBC Hamilton and 900 CHML all covered the inaugural 3-Minute Thesis competition on campus, where graduate students and post-doctoral fellows competed to see who could best summarize their research in less than three minutes. CHML and CBC Hamilton both quoted Allison Sekuler, Associate Vice President and Dean of Graduate Studies.
The Hamilton Spectator published several photos and posted a video to its website on the poster day for fourth-year Engineering student projects.
Community engagement:
The Hamilton Spectator carried a piece, written by the YMCA, on the Hamilton Downtown Family Y’s homework club, including a photo of and comments from Bianca Ciobotaru, a volunteer tutor and McMaster English student.
The Hamilton Spectator carried a half-page of photos from an event recognizing the long history of engagement between IODE Hamilton and McMaster.
The Hamilton Spectator published an op-ed piece by Peter Graefe (Political Science), advocating for political leadership to reduce poverty. Later in the week, CHCH TV interviewed him on another subject: the implications of Justin Trudeau being named federal Liberal leader.
Feature Story:
The Hamilton Spectator and CBC Hamilton reported on Suzanne Labarge being named as McMaster’s next Chancellor.
Expert opinion:
The Globe and Mail turned to Arthur Sweetman (Economics) twice: once for a contextual piece on the fallout from allegations that RBC has pushed out Canadian employees in favour of foreign workers, and once for a piece about demographic differences in the post-secondary credentials among the population of Toronto.
Huffington Post carried an explanatory story about seasonal allergies where Susan Waserman (Clinical Immunology and Allergy) served as the expert advisor.
The Hamilton Spectator’s three-page report on the lack of clean water available to residents of the Six Nations Reserve, and an editorial on the same subject, both quoted Sarah Dickson (Engineering) on the deplorable situation.
CTV News Channel interviewed Alex Sevigny (Communications Management) about the prevalence of rudeness in social media
