Building a better Brock┬áThe new LEED Silver Plaza Building at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario is part of a multimillion-dollar refurbishment and expansion program, Ruari McCallion finds out. The city of St. Catharines, Ontario, on the Niagara peninsula, is the home of Brock University. ItÔÇÖs the only university in Canada (and one of a small number anywhere) that is situated in a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. It maintains a facility in the industrial city of Hamilton that specializes in teacher education, but its main campus in St.