MRU Media

MRU Media: 11/29/2018

MRU in the News

This report is a weekday roundup of news about MRU, faculty experts, students and alumni, and other topics of interest.

King’s joins collaboration of Canadian journalism schools: https://mru.ca/fedf (Education News Canada, Nov. 29 – MRU)

Lethbridge College joins national journalism schools collaboration: https://mru.ca/7c5 (Education News Canada, Nov. 29 – MRU)

Le Devoiur and the Regina Leader-Post are the latest collaborators on an unprecedented national investivagion: https://mru.ca/cee (Education News Canada, Nov. 29 – MRU)

Councillor Jeromy Farkas: https://mru.ca/586 (Global Calgary, Nov. 28, 7:02:37 – Laurie Williams, faculty)

 

Students/experts/alum in the news

Aquaponics farm brings sustainable, local eats to Calgary’s top restaurants: https://mru.ca/9dcb (Yahoo News, Nov. 27 – Paul Shimich, alumnus)

 

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MRU Media: 11/28/2018

This report is a weekday roundup of news about MRU, faculty experts, students and alumni, and other topics of interest.

MRU in the news

MRU Professor’s research finds animal welfare overlooked during times of disaster:  3f60  (Education News Canada via CTV News, Nov. 28, – Kimberly Williams, faculty)

Canadian journalism programs launch J-Schools Canada:  186 (Academia Group, Nov. 28, – MRU)

Federal Minister of Finance comes to town:  5eda  (CBC Calgary News, Nov. 27 – Dwayne Bratt, 18:03 – faculty)

MRU Professor’s research finds animal welfare overlooked during times of disaster: f415 (CTV News Montreal at 5, Nov. 27, 17:49, Kimberly Williams, faculty)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Aquaponics farm brings sustainable, local eats to Calgary’s top restaurants:  19c  (CBC Calgary – Paul Shumlich, alumnus)

Gators chomp on 1Aboys volleyball gold:  9b5e (Medicine Hat News, Nov. 28 – Chris Byam, future Cougar)

Thunder Notebook: Thunder doing all right in commissioner’s eyes:  c5f5  (The Post Star, Nov. 27 – Jordan McNaughton, alumni)

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MRU Media: 11/27/2018

MRU in the News

This report is a weekday roundup of news about MRU, faculty experts, students and alumni, and other topics of interest.

MRU Professor’s research finds animal welfare overlooked during times of disaster: https://mru.ca/f141 (CTV News, Nov. 26, – Kimberly Williams, faculty)

Postal Legislation: https://mru.ca/6ba (CTV News Channel, Nov. 26 – Lori Williams, faculty)
Albertans honoured for preventing violence: https://mru.ca/0f0 (Indigenous Lands & Resources Today, Nov. 23 – MRU Stepping Up Project)

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MRU Media: 11/26/2018

MRU in the News

This report is a weekday roundup of news about MRU, faculty experts, students and alumni, and other topics of interest.

‘A milestone’: Alberta registered nurses to prescribe some drugs, order X-rays: https://mru.ca/9ce7 (Calgary Herald – Murray Holtby, faculty, nursing  students)

New responsibilities for nurses: https://mru.ca/8004 (CTV News at 6, Nov. 23, 25:23 – Nicole Takeda, students)

New regulations expand scope of practice for Alberta nurses: https://mru.ca/9ff7  (660 News)

Alberta registered nurses and nurse practitioners to prescribe drugs, order X-rays: https://mru.ca/e11 (CBC News)

Nurses to take on more responsibility: https://mru.ca/572 (CBC Radio)

Plus de pouvours pour les infirmieres (More power for nurses): https://mru.ca/b118 (ICI, Le TeleJournal Alberta, Radio Canada, 2:14)

MRU Cougars host ‘Shoot for the Cure’ game: https://mru.ca/f89f (The Edmonton Journal)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Federal media subsidy futile without a fix for civic apathy, journalism professors says: https://mru.ca/17d4 (The Vancouver Star – Sean Holman, faculty)

What’s at stake when we use gender-biased course evaluations: https://mru.ca/d970 (University of Washington The Daily – Bob Uttl and Daniela Wong Gonzalez, faculty)

Security fees a form of censorship: https://mru.ca/e4een (The Interim – Frances Widdowson, faculty)

Balancing university classrooms with those of the mountains: https://mru.ca/799 (Freeskier – Kate Targett, alumni)

Justin Trudeau already bought a pipeline. Now how about some trains? https://mru.ca/a9fd (Canada Live News – Lori Williams, faculty)

Controversial anti-Trudeau hoodies draw attention from demonstrators and RCMP:  (Lori Williams, faculty) https://mru.ca/233f (Global News),  https://mru.ca/092b (CHQT 17:50)

Senate debates postal workers’ bill:  https://mru.ca/af4 (CTV News – Lori Williams, faculty, 19:33:44), https://mru.ca/5bf9 (CTV News – Duane Brat, faculty, 15:37: 33)

Job ad for new Calgary police chief seeks ‘transformational leader’ amid low officer morale: https://mru.ca/4be (StarMetro Calgary – Doug King, faculty)

Calgary no longer an Olympic city:  https://mru.ca/3c79 (580 CFRA – David French, faculty, 21:30)

Two new books edited by Alberta educators emphasize real-life scenarios in mental health frontlines: https://mru.ca/b44 (The Calgary Journal – Patricia Kostouros and Michelle Briegel, faculty)

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MRU Media: 11/23/2018

MRU in the News

This report is a weekday roundup of news about MRU, faculty experts, students and alumni, and other topics of interest.

Planning for pets during disasters: https://mru.ca/e0e (CHQR 770, Nov. 22, 4:09 p.m. – Kim Williams, faculty)

Top picks for getting out Nov. 22 – 28 including GIRAF, The Dungarees, Little Miss Higgins and Stars: https://mru.ca/a037 (YYScene – Bella Concert Hall)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Conversations: with guest Peter Ryan: https://mru.ca/03e (CMRU – Peter Ryan, faculty; Jo Horwood, student)

No comment: What’s public’s ‘right to know’ about B.C. Legislature investigation?: https://mru.ca/045d (CBC News – Sean Holman, faculty)

Guns and gangs blamed for Alberta’s highest rate of firearm homicide in two decades: https://mru.ca/7ce (Star Metro Edmonton – Doug King, faculty)

How a Calgary woman manages her ADHD in a university setting: https://mru.ca/76db (Calgary Journal – Alyssa Denis, student)

Also worth noting:

New SAIT lab looks to improve environmental performance in oilsands steam generation: https://mru.ca/a217 (CBC)

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MRU Media: 11/22/2018

MRU in the News

Fort McMurray fire showed animal care gaps during natural disasters: researcher: : https://mru.ca/a23d  https://mru.ca/af86 (CTV News, CTV Morning News – Kim Williams, faculty)

Animals and emergency planning: https://mru.ca/b7a (660 News radio – Kim Williams, faculty)

Deadly Springbank Air Training College plane crash likely caused by simulated engine failure exercise: TSB: https://mru.ca/073 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun)

Students/Experts/Alum in the News

The many voices of Doug de Nance: https://mru.ca/8a6b (Calgary’s Business – Doug de Nance, alumnus)

Calgary police’s cattle-call-style recruitment isn’t working, says criminologist: https://mru.ca/184 (CBC News – Doug King, faculty)

How has the labour dispute at Canada Post affected you?: https://mru.ca/284 (CBC Alberta at Noon, Nov. 20 – Christian Cook, faculty)

Alberta carbon tax deep dive: Not a job killer, competitive advantage for oil sands producers: https://mru.ca/e99d (EnergiNews – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Getting a grade for class participation looks a lot different for introverts: https://mru.ca/e718 (Calgary Journal – Kimberly Canon, Kim Mallari, students; Karen Manarin, faculty)

Also worth noting:

Winnipeg writer elected as U of M chancellor: https://mru.ca/86d9 (CBC News)

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MRU Media: 11/21/2018

This report is a weekday roundup of news about MRU, faculty experts, students and alumni, and other topics of interest.

MRU in the news

Fort McMurray wildfire showed how pets are overlooked during natural disasters, researchers says: https://mru.ca/f92e  https://mru.ca/996 (Canadian Press story running in Calgary Herald, Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Global News – Kim Williams, faculty)

Evacuation plan for pets: https://mru.ca/e356 (CityNews, 660 News – Kim Williams, faculty)

Calgary’s new MAX rapid transit bus lines perplex some riders: https://mru.ca/ab29 (CBC News)

Students/experts/alum in the news

City’s first commercial aquaponics farm puts fresh fish and greens on restaurant patrons’ plates: https://mru.ca/542 (Calgary Herald – Paul Shumlich, alumnus)

New rules fail to curb free-spending political action committees: https://mru.ca/50e (Calgary Herald – David Taras, faculty)

Discussing Canada Post rotating strikes: https://mru.ca/6650 (CBC, Alberta at Noon – Christian Cook, faculty, link to full program unavailable)

Also worth noting

Edmonton Conservative MP Kerry Diotte sues University of Alberta student newspaper for defamation: https://mru.ca/af8 (Star Metro Edmonton)

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MRU Media: 11/20/2018

This report is a weekday roundup of news about MRU, faculty experts, students and alumni, and other topics of interest.

MRU in the news

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Mount Royal Cougars bucket first home win this season: https://mru.ca/5d1 (LiveWire Calgary)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Council ends Olympic bid: https://mru.ca/fd5a (CTV News – David Finch, faculty)

Calgary schools still waiting three years later for playgrounds: https://mru.ca/f207 (CBC News – Linda Sutherby, faculty)

Calgary chef one of 24 international culinary stars featured in new Netflix series: https://mru.ca/560 (CBC Calgary – Darren MacLean, alumnus)

NDP pressured over sexual misconduct reports, experts concerned about complainants: https://mru.ca/ebca (Star Metro Edmonton – Lori Williams, faculty)

Also worth noting

Ex-foster kids flocking to free tuition at B.C. universities: https://mru.ca/564 (Vancouver Sun)

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MRU Media: 11/19/2018

This report is a weekday roundup of news about MRU, faculty experts, students and alumni, and other topics of interest.

MRU in the news

MRU Remembers night commemorates Canadian military at hockey rivalry: https://mru.ca/8c4 (Calgary Herald, National Post – Bert Gilling, staff)

First-in-Alberta U-turn signals part of MAX bus routes launch in Calgary: https://mru.ca/ff7 (Global News)

Calgarians linked to all quadrants of city with launch of new MAX rapid transit network: https://mru.ca/e7ef (CTV News)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Opinion: What we learned from the Olympic-sized errors of the 2026 bid: https://mru.ca/52f (Calgary Herald, Vancouver Province – David Finch, David Legg, faculty)

Media experts pleased with U.S. court ruling: https://mru.ca/782  (660 News – Brad Clark, faculty)

Why do we question facts?: https://mru.ca/b7a4 (CHQR 770 – Kevin Anderson, faculty)

Why do we question facts? (Part 2): https://mru.ca/1296 (CHQR 770 – Tom Buchanan, faculty)

Mental health ed informs students of difference between stress, depression: https://mru.ca/5bc (Education Dive – Pat Kostouros, faculty)

Also worth noting

Statement of defence denies allegations from U of L hockey players: https://mru.ca/fee0 (Calgary Herald)

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MRU Media: 11/16/2018

This report is a weekday roundup of news about MRU, faculty experts, students and alumni, and other topics of interest.

MRU in the news

Calgary’s MAX transit revving up for Monday service: https://mru.ca/d15 (Calgary Herald)

Mount Royal’s hockey program churning out promising talent: https://mru.ca/a3a (Calgary Herald – Bert Gilling, Donald Godreau, staff)

Campus roundup: MRU hockey Cougars to salute Canadian military: https://mru.ca/cff (Calgary Sun)

Students/experts/alum in the news

New Olympic bid study points to city council failures:  https://mru.ca/493 (CHQR 770, Nov. 15, 42:14 – David Finch, faculty)

Varcoe: Alberta can’t have oil ‘racing out of the ground at $10 a barrel,’ says premier: https://mru.ca/5af (Calgary Herald – David Taras, faculty)

David Taras talks to . . . Deborah Yedlin: https://mru.ca/ce2 (CMRU – David Taras, faculty, and Broadcast Media Studies students)

Photographer David Stratford looks back on his days in the 1970s concert scene: https://mru.ca/fe1b (Calgary Journal – Brad Simm, faculty)

New Parks & Rec Director Appointed: https://mru.ca/3bcc (Discover Moose Jaw – Derek Blais, alumnus)

Also worth noting

U of C acquires University Research Park from Alberta government: https://mru.ca/3695 (Calgary Herald)

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