MRU Media

MRU Media: 03/28/2024

Faculty, students, staff and alumni in the media

Blue Jackets to salute Jeff Rimer prior to Saturday’s game: https://mru.ca/0b6f (NHL.com – Jeff Rimer, alum) 

Managing pets during a disaster: https://mru.ca/3734 (Emergency Preparedness in Canada Podcast – Kim Williams, faculty) 

Calgary’s police chief suing former HR director over public comments: https://mru.ca/2a61 (Global News – Doug King, faculty) 

Police chief taking former HR director to court: https://mru.ca/81c0 (QR News – Doug King, faculty) 

RBC Foundation/Calgary Philharmonic Concerto Concert is a stunning display of young talent: https://mru.ca/6369 (The Gauntlet – Sonja Sward, Holly Parker, MRU Conservatory students) 

Also worth noting

University of Alberta provides new online course on Black history at no cost: https://mru.ca/6c66 (CBC News)

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MRU Media: 03/27/2024

Faculty, students, staff and alumni in the media

Calgary startups embrace AI technology: ‘We’ve only scratched the surface’: https://mru.ca/de2f (Global News – Crystal Chokshi, faculty) 

Former Tri-City American Connor Bouchard awarded U Sports Player of the Year: https://mru.ca/afe1 (NBC News – Connor Bouchard, student) 

Connor Bouchard named U SPORTS Player of the Year: https://mru.ca/5fe9 (Cochrane Eagle – Connor Bouchard, student) 

Pancholi withdraws from NDP leadership race, says Nenshi has ‘more than doubled’ membership: https://mru.ca/347c (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

André Wickenheiser returns to Mount Royal University for an intimate jazz performance: https://mru.ca/be3e (Calgary Journal – André Wickenheiser, alum) 

Building a greener future: deimira baidoo on innovation, empowerment, and sustainable success: https://mru.ca/ab64 (Washington Magazine – Deimira Baidoo, alum)

Also worth noting

Student leaders worry as U of C revenues now rely on tuition more than base grants: https://mru.ca/eaf71 (CBC News) 

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MRU Media: 03/26/2024

MRU in the media 

Health Students From U Of C And Mount Royal Visit Drumheller: https://mru.ca/ca7f (Drumheller Online) 

Esports highlighting Edmonton Direct virtual video-game conference: https://mru.ca/1b36 (Calgary Sun/Calgary Herald)

Faculty, students, staff and alumni in the media

Managing pets during a disaster: https://mru.ca/3734 (Emergency Preparedness in Canada Podcast – Kim Williams, faculty) 

Alberta to rehome 39 people after covering $25K unpaid hotel bill for non-profit housing patients: https://mru.ca/d55c (CBC News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Rotting through reading week: https://mru.ca/6408 (The Reflector – Arooba Siddiqui, student) 

Tegan and Sara bring attention to Alberta policies at Juno Awards: https://mru.ca/08beb https://mru.ca/1032 (CBC Radio News, CTV News at 6 – Corrine Mason, faculty) 

Also worth noting

Orcas with particular shark-bite scars could be new type of killer whale: UBC study: https://mru.ca/09c9 (CityNews)

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MRU Media: 03/25/2024

MRU in the media 

How to secure an open campus: https://mru.ca/96c7 (Campus Safety Magazine) 

Transit data discrepancy at MRU: https://mru.ca/8d2f (The Reflector – Joseph Nguyen, SAMRU) 

Faculty, students, staff and alumni in the media

Varcoe: Fine art of the name-change game as Crescent Point to become Veren: https://mru.ca/98b6 (Calgary Herald/Edmonnton Journal – AnneMarie Dorland, faculty) 

Corporate Profile: Dr. Kwaku Asiedu-Nketiah: https://mru.ca/fd03 (News Ghana – Kwaku Asiedu-Nketiah, alum) 

Why are so many Albertans taking part in the gig economy?: https://mru.ca/24c1 (Connect with Sarah Crosbie on QR Calgary March 20 @ 3:15 p.m. – Eric Myers, faculty)

The Science of … with Dan Devoe –  feelings about different kinds of loss: https://mru.ca/c451d Full interview, 4:17 p.m., March 22, 4:17 p.m. https://mru.ca/6612a (Connect with Sarah Crosbie on QR Calgary – Dan Devoe, faculty) 

University presidents’ trip to Israel undermines academic freedom and democracy: https://mru.ca/3a36 (The Conversation – Mark Muhannad Ayyash, faculty)

Israel: against the decision to suspend Professor Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian: https://mru.ca/1243 (Mediapart – Mark Muhannad Ayyash, faculty)

Take Back Alberta head lashes out at Elections Alberta probe: https://mru.ca/4d436 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Recall Gondek organizer meets with Calgary mayor, not happy she didn’t resign: https://mru.ca/3de7 (CityNews – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Recall Gondek signs will be removed due to bylaw violations: City of Calgary: https://mru.ca/5214 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Tears and tributes at Brian Mulroney’s funeral: https://mru.ca/4ae6 (CTV News Channel – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Brian Mulroney, a life to remember: https://mru.ca/447d (CTV News Channel – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Calgary mayor to meet with organizer of campaign calling for her removal: https://mru.ca/173c5 (CityNews – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

New agency could lead to better Alberta policing: https://mru.ca/03e8 (QR News – Kelly Sundberg, faculty) 

Also worth noting

University of Sudbury announces partnership with University of Ottawa: https://mru.ca/35c96 (CBC News) 

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MRU Media: 03/22/2024

MRU in the media

Kindergarten teacher to be 2024 MHCBE Edwin Parr nominee: https://mru.ca/c18d (Medicine Hat News)

Mozart’s Requiem comes to the Bella Concert Hall: https://mru.ca/2bac (CKUA Radio)

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Now You Know with Rob Snow | March 21, 2024 – Episode 77: Duane Bratt joints to talk about the recall petition in Calgary: https://mru.ca/0e9e (City News radio stations across the country – Duane Bratt, faculty) *interview begins at the 1:15 mark

Province invests in programs to help high school students start trades careers earlier: https://mru.ca/b534c (CBC Calgary – Sarah Hamilton, faculty)

Also worth noting

University of Calgary to study how psilocybin can help people with alcohol use disorders:  https://mru.ca/04c7 (CBC Calgary)

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MRU Media: 03/21/2024

Faculty, students, staff and alumni in the media

David Finch on businesses view of Calgary: https://mru.ca/9bf58 (CBC Radio, Calgary Eyeopener – David Finch, Calgary) 

Calgary LGBTQ2 advocates call for boycott of theatre for hosting parental rights town hall: https://mru.ca/3416 (Global News – Victoria Bucholtz, faculty)

Organized crime kidnappings in Calgary lead to cross-country investigation: https://mru.ca/47508 (CBC News – Doug King, faculty) 

Does the Recall Gondek campaign have covert political backing? One Calgary poli sci prof claims it does: https://mru.ca/4bde (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Documents suggest connection between Mayor Gondek recall and Take Back Alberta: https://mru.ca/a300 (CityNews – Duane Bratt, faculty)

The growing effort behind the Recall Gondek campaign — and who’s involved: https://mru.ca/f7bf (CBC News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

How will signatures on recall petition be used?: https://mru.ca/b7bf (CBC Radio News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

More than a petition? Document shows organization behind Recall Gondek campaign: https://mru.ca/3e30 (CTV News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Concerns rise that the recall Gondek petition is being hijacked by provincial political interests: https://mru.ca/2c10 (LiveWire Calgary – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting

SAIT selected as test centre for NATO’s defence innovation network: https://mru.ca/c19c (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun)

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MRU Media: 03/20/2024

Faculty, students, staff and alumni in the media

When is it time to change jobs?: https://mru.ca/f648 (CBC Radio, Alberta at Noon – Christian Cook, faculty) 

Subject of Calgary stand-off was under court-ordered weapons ban: https://mru.ca/fd66 (CityNews – Doug King, faculty) 

Vote on NDP motion recognizing Palestinian statehood: https://mru.ca/8997 (CTV News Channel – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Also worth noting

University of Calgary faculty of kinesiology gets $20 million gift from local philanthropic family: https://mru.ca/1033 (Calgary Herald) 

MRU Media: 03/19/2024

Faculty, students, staff and alumni in the media

Alberta tops list of people doing ‘gig work’ as main job: StatsCan: https://mru.ca/8fdc (CBC News – Eric Myers, faculty) 

Stats point to challenges with gig work economy: https://mru.ca/0b5f (CBC Radio News – Eric Myers, faculty) https://mru.ca/34238 

Bergesen, Santerre Headline USports All-Canadians: https://mru.ca/fde8 (The Hockey News – Emma Bergesen, student)

New bill lays groundwork for provincial police: https://mru.ca/f0c8  (QR Calgary & CHED/INews880 Edmonton – Doug King, faculty) 

NDP race heats up with Nenshi’s leadership bid: https://mru.ca/88b2 (QR News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Alberta’s ‘astonishingly bad’ K-6 social studies curriculum appears to have been ‘designed for home schooling’: https://mru.ca/f7a1 (AlbertaPolitics.ca – Craig Harding, faculty) 

Also worth noting

‘This policy is not about policing Indigenous identity’: Memorial University holds Indigenous verification consultations: https://mru.ca/d253 (Saltwire) 

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MRU Media: 03/18/2024

MRU in the media 

The Alberta Palaeontological Society hosting its annual symposium open to dinosaur enthusiasts of all ages: https://mru.ca/ba83 (CTV News) 

Dinosaur lovers embrace symposium: https://mru.ca/d21b (iNews 880) 

Faculty, students, staff and alumni in the media

Calgary author amasses following in U.S., U.K. in spicy romantasy genre: https://mru.ca/bf21 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Danielle L. Jensen, alum) 

St. Patrick’s Day: How Irish-Born Writers Contributed to Canadian and Irish Histories: https://mru.ca/e50d (EverythingZoomer.com via The Conversation – Michelle Holmgren, faculty)

New bill lays groundwork for provincial police: https://mru.ca/4261 (QR Calgary & CHED/INews880 Edmonton – Doug King, faculty) 

Criminal justice expert analyzes Calgary police operation: https://mru.ca/46f7 (Global News – Doug King, faculty) 

Alberta municipal leaders say partisan politics have no place in local elections:   (CTV https://mru.ca/34238 News – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Also worth noting

From the President’s Desk: Announcing University of Alberta’s 23rd chancellor: https://mru.ca/e8cc (The Quad) 

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MRU Media: 03/15/2024

MRU in the media

Paleo 2024 happens this weekend!: https://mru.ca/622c (Global Calgary broadcast) 

​​‘Paleo 2024’ offers Calgarians ‘really cool’ opportunity for dino lovers: https://mru.ca/859fc (Global Calgary website)

The Snowmageddon of St. Patrick’s Day, 26 years ago: 14 unforgettable photos from the worst March storm in a century: https://mru.ca/d1a5 (Calgary Herald)

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Carbon price could see Liberals ‘annihilated,’ Ford says as Trudeau, Smith meet: https://mru.ca/3649 (Global News – Lori Williams, faculty)

 Mount Royal Cougars men’s hockey players score top U SPORTS honours: https://mru.ca/9b0c (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Connor Bouchard, Shane Farkas and Clayton Hanus, students) 

Mount Royal Cougars’ Dynamic Duo Shines: Byam All-Canadian, Hill All-Rookie: https://mru.ca/0af34 (BVM Sports – Chris Byam, Grant Hill, students) 

What are the next steps in bringing in an Alberta provincial police force?: https://mru.ca/d33e (QR Calgary – Doug King, faculty)

What is gender-affirming care? A social worker and therapist working with trans people explains: https://mru.ca/2ff22 (Winnipeg Free Press via The Conversation – Gio Dolcecore, faculty)

Federal Carbon Tax set to increase amid Premier’s discontent: https://mru.ca/aabf (CBC Radio news broadcast – Duane Bratt, faculty)

A national discussion about the Carbon Tax increase: https://mru.ca/64795 (CBC Radio across Canada – Duane Bratt, faculty)

St. Patrick’s Day: How Irish-bornwriters contributed to Canadian and Irish histories:  https://mru.ca/5028 (The Conversation – Michelle Holmgren, faculty)

Also worth noting

Calgary political scientist Roger Gibbins dies after influential four-decade career: https://mru.ca/17b4 (Calgary Herald)

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