MRU Media: 04/11/2019
This report is a weekday roundup of news about MRU, faculty experts, students and alumni, and other topics of interest.
MRU in the News
Cannabis industry progressing: https://mru.ca/2ea7 (CHQR News 770, April 9, 4:09 p.m., – Brad Mahon, dean)
MRU research explores why more men don’t take parental leave, social media in the Alberta election, and drunkenness through history: https://mru.ca/1b2f (Education News Canada – Rachael Pettigrew, David Clemis, Peter Ryan and Felix Nwaishi, faculty)
Students/experts/alum in the news
Boundary changes bring more Indigenous voters into new Bonnyville-Cold Lake-St. Paul riding: https://mru.ca/fc37 (Star Metro Edmonton – Brad Clark, faculty)
Albertans prepare to elect a government in a climate of deep anxiety: https://mru.ca/61d (CBC News – Lori Williams, faculty)
Advance polls draw huge numbers: https://mru.ca/d19 (CBC Radio news – David Taras, faculty)
Battleground Calgary: Why you should watch the city this provincial election: https://mru.ca/ff8a (Star Metro Calgary – Lori Williams, Duane Bratt, faculty)
Worries about UCP leadership vote raised 2 months before Kenney declared leader: https://mru.ca/1203 (Global News – Duane Bratt, faculty)
Alberta’s political parties drop the gloves for the 2019 election: https://mru.ca/d79 (CTV News – Duane Bratt, faculty
Notley insists NDP gaining ground in Calgary, will spend rest of campaign here: https://mru.ca/f0fd (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Duane Bratt, faculty)
Midweek podcast: Division in Alberta: https://mru.ca/c30 (CBC, The House – Lori Williams, faculty)
Provincial candidates get the final say: https://mru.ca/b3a8 (Okotoks Western Wheel – Erik Overland, student)
Also worth noting
Lethbridge College’s Geomatics program gets national accreditation: https://mru.ca/8eba (Lethbridge News Now)
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