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

MRU in the News

Mount Royal Cougars head into U Sports playoffs feeling confident: https://mru.ca/2b77 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun, Postmedia MRU men’s soccer team, Ryan Gyaki, coach)

Mount Royal University cancels geography field school taught by Mark Hecht, author of controversial op-ed: https://mru.ca/5ddd (True North)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Johnson Lake drained in effort to eliminate parasite: https://mru.ca/6e71 (CBC News – Jon Mee, faculty)

Earth scientists push ambitious project to map Canada’s geology: https://mru.ca/3c52 (Nature – Katherine Boggs, faculty)

Skincare brand Sunday Riley wrote fake Sephora reviews for 2 years: FTC: https://mru.ca/7f9f (Global News – Donna Dumont, faculty)

Evening with the Entrepreneurs: https://mru.ca/20d03 (Daily Hive – Ray DePaul, faculty)

Trudeau addresses Western alienation: ‘It’s extremely important government works for all Canadians’: https://mru.ca/bef (Global News – Lori Williams, faculty)

Trudeau addresses western alienation: https://mru.ca/5282 (CBC News Network – Lori Williams, faculty)

Election Canada 2019: Wexit – press Alberta to declare independence: https://mru.ca/c3f2 (Go Tech Daily – Duane Bratt, faculty)

This separatist movement seems angrier: https://mru.ca/a90e (iNews 880 – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Trudeau realizes he has a unity problem: https://mru.ca/7c7f (CBC News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting

Minister says MacKinnon Report shows broad concerns about university spending and outcomes: https://mru.ca/585b (The Gateway)

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