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)

This post by aranson@mtroyal.ca.

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