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Students/experts/alum in the news

Baby boomer couple would have done better with an all-bond portfolio: https://mru.ca/fd76 (Financial Advisor – Jim Fischer, faculty)

Word on the Street: How the energy industry and climate change are affecting Calgary voters: https://mru.ca/a6f1 (Global News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Time to move election to the weekend?: https://mru.ca/9cce (News 570, 660 News – Keith Brownsey, faculty)

Discussion of province’s war room: https://mru.ca/846d (630 CHED, Oct. 16, 9:35 a.m. – Sean Holman, faculty

BBMA recipients receive their Métis sashes with pride and joy: https://mru.ca/5f0a (Alberta Native News – Noelle Antonsen, student)

SepSolve Analytical Ltd Opens State-of-the-Art Laboratory and Training Facility in Canada: https://mru.ca/5fb5 (Labmate – Gwen O’Sullivan, faculty)

Also worth noting

CED launches new ad campaign to attract tech workers, restore Calgary’s ‘entrepreneurial’ reputation: https://mru.ca/f1a (Calgary Herald)

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MRU in the News

Trico Homes named Best For The World for its community work: https://mru.ca/a7c7 (Calgary Sun, Regina Leader-Post – Trico Changemakers Studio)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Alberta tipped for Tory landslide amid resentment over Trudeau’s oil policy: https://mru.ca/694c (The Guardian – Keith Brownsey, faculty)

Parents of 19-year-old Calgary woman who died of cancer say young cancer patients need more support: https://mru.ca/e532 (Global News – Blair Richardson, student)

Greta Thunberg is coming: A brief history of celebrity activists drawn to Alberta: https://mru.ca/3a88 (Star Metro  – Lori Williams, faculty)

What we know and don’t know about the government’s energy war room: https://mru.ca/7b0d (Edmonton Journal – Duane Bratt, Sean Holman, faculty)

Federal leaders hard to spot on Prairies: https://mru.ca/3004 (Winnipeg Free Press – Duane Bratt, faculty)

How would a coalition government work?: https://mru.ca/3f63 (CBC News at 6 – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Diversity in the Media Safeguards Democracy: https://mru.ca/61af (Net News Ledger – Sean Holman, faculty)

RCMP Is So Slow to Act on Access to Information Requests, It’s Under Investigation: https://mru.ca/4b7b (The Tyee – Sean Holman, faculty)

Also worth noting

The MacKinnon report suggested it: But what is performance-based funding for schools and universities?: https://mru.ca/48a (Edmonton Journal)

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MRU in the News

Reviving an Indigenous language. MRU students develop new app to learn Blackfoot: https://mru.ca/bf87  (660 News – Chase Schrader, student; Jessie Loyer, faculty)

Student-designed app uses augmented reality to bring Blackfoot language to life at Riddell Library and Learning Centre: https://mru.ca/d935 (Education News Canada – Jessie Loyer, faculty; Chase Schrader, student)

Far-right speaking event sparks protest, RCMP presence: https://mru.ca/f16 (The Ubyssey – Mark Hecht, faculty)

RCMP called in after pushing and shoving breaks out at controversial UBC event: https://mru.ca/5340 (CBC News – Mark Hecht, faculty)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Students commit to voting: https://mru.ca/7316 (CBC News – Luc Carels, SAMRU)

Cougars split first weekend of men’s hockey at home: https://mru.ca/f907 (Calgary Sun/Calgary Herald – Cougars men’s hockey)

Federal election campaign enters homestretch, but will Calgary matter?: https://mru.ca/70f2 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Advance voting turnout up 25 per cent in lead-up to Election Day: https://mru.ca/c32b (CTV News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

The Bloc’s war on Alberta: Why Quebec separatist party is specifically targeting the Western province: https://mru.ca/df06 (National Post – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Cimate change biggest indicator of party support: https://mru.ca/09740 (Global News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Advocates criticize war room for secrecy, potential for corruption: https://mru.ca/ffa (CBC News – Sean Holman, faculty)

Concerns over war room and secrecy: https://mru.ca/8f11 (CBC Radio News – Sean Holman, faculty)

Canadian FOIP laws won’t apply to energy war room: https://mru.ca/7834 (iNews 880 – Sean Holman, faculty)

French debate shows different sides of leaders: https://mru.ca/6e9c (570 News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Alberta now says energy war room not subject to freedom of information laws as a private corporation: https://mru.ca/bb60 (Star Metro Calgary – Sean Holman, faculty)

Campaign Countdown: https://mru.ca/ea13 (CTV News Channel – Lori Williams, faculty)

Why researchers say lawn signs could help predict election results: https://mru.ca/1a19 (CBC Radio, Day 6 – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Day 32 of campaign: https://mru.ca/115b  (CTV News Channel – Duane Bratt, faculty)

UCP says Alberta’s energy war room’s ‘internal operations’ not subject to freedom of information laws: https://mru.ca/a07d (Global News – Sean Holman, faculty)

Also worth noting

U of C drafting government-mandated statement on free expression: https://mru.ca/3745 (The Gauntlet)

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MRU in the News

MRU develops app to translate Blackfoot language: https://mru.ca/d06a (CTV News website – Jessie Loyer, faculty)

New app translates Blackfoot language: https://mru.ca/a2dc (CTV News at 5 – Jessie Loyer, faculty)

Blackfoot translation? There’s an app for that at MRU: https://mru.ca/7db8 (CTV News at 6, Oct. 10, 44:00)

Breathing life into ancient language at MRU: https://mru.ca/fa08 (City News, Breakfast Television – Chase Schraeder, student; Jessie Loyer, faculty)

Not sure how to pronounce Blackfoot words? This new augmented reality app will show you how: https://mru.ca/70d6 (Star Metro Calgary, Toronto Star – Jessie Loyer, faculty; Chase Schrader, student)

MRU student-designed AR app provides Blackfoot language translation: https://mru.ca/a6ee (LiveWire Calgary – Matt Laidlow, staff; Chase Schrader, student; Jessie Loyer, faculty; Anna Nuhn, staff)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Varcoe: What’s old is new again in Alberta’s energy war room: https://mru.ca/fa68 (Calgary Herald/Edmonton Journal – David Taras, faculty)

What would a minority government mean for Canada?: https://mru.ca/d4b6 (570 News, 660 News – David Taras, faculty)

Doug Ford is Mad at Jason Kenney and Andrew Scheer For Making Him Look Like a Bad Premier: Report: https://mru.ca/b08 (Press Progress – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Space to pursue dreams shines at Capella: https://mru.ca/5d9 (Calgary Herald – Monica Baehr, faculty)

Also worth noting

New research chair to help make University of Saskatchewan a ‘mecca’ for waterfowl and wetland studies: https://mru.ca/1e0f (CBC News)

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MRU in the News

New CN Supply Chain Analytics Lab opens at MRU: https://mru.ca/c1e (News 770, CHQR, Oct. 6, 6:23 a.m. – interview with Elizabeth Evans, Dean)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Is Canada headed for a minority government?: https://mru.ca/f959 (City News – David Taras, faculty)

Bloc on the rise, along with calls for separation in Alberta: https://mru.ca/356 (National Post, Canadian Press – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Brush up on your French: Federal leaders to square off in last debate of election campaign: https://mru.ca/28b7 (City News, 660 News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

French debate may not sway voters: https://mru.ca/e33f  (660 News, News 880 – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Doug Ford is Mad at Jason Kenney and Andrew Scheer For Making Him Look Like a Bad Premier: Report: https://mru.ca/b08 (Press Progress – Duane Bratt, faculty)

David Taras talks to… : https://mru.ca/199d (CMRU – Ryan Dickie, student; Archie McLean, faculty)

‘They had to be rebels’: Populism and Alberta’s changing conservative politics: https://mru.ca/ab88 (CBC News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting

University of Ottawa’s response to carding not enough, students say: https://mru.ca/80dc (CBC News)

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MRU in the News

Corus Entertainment establishes 2 scholarships for Calgary journalism students: https://mru.ca/2ba7 (Global News – Brad Clark, MRU Journalism program)

What if Darth Vader had a child counsellor?: https://mru.ca/9b95 (CBC News at 6, Oct. 2, 20:20 – Josh Lockhart, speaker; MRU Psychology)

Darth Vader and child counselling: (660 News, Sept. 29, – Josh Lockhart, speaker; MRU Psychology, clip unavailable)

CAMP Festival at Mount Royal University: https://mru.ca/d337 (CBC News, The Homestretch)

Students/experts/alum in the news

A retrofitted city bus delivers affordable produce to Calgary’s ‘food deserts’: https://mru.ca/8ff (Calgary Herald – Anna Johnson, Institute for Community Prosperity)

Security video reveals full extent of ‘assault’ by Edmonton police on alleged truck thief: https://mru.ca/3367 (CBC News – Kelly Sundberg, faculty)

As Trans Mountain flies under the election radar, a missed opportunity: https://mru.ca/e6cf (Bloomberg News – Lori Williams, faculty)

Wear your heart on your sleeve: Why the Alberta government is endorsing pro-oil T-shirts: https://mru.ca/54dc (Star Metro Calgary – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Scheer to visit notorious border crossing: https://mru.ca/7bd9 (CTV News Channel – Lori Williams, faculty)

Will Andrew Scheer ruin Canada?: https://mru.ca/d222 (National Observer – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Families’ feelings over killer’s increasing freedom understandable, says justice studies professor: https://mru.ca/c7c0 (City News 880 – Doug King, faculty)

Also worth noting

In Cape Breton, a dramatic rise in international students has transformed a school and a community: https://mru.ca/485b (Globe and Mail)

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MRU in the News

CN Supply Chain Analytics Lab gives Bissett students real-time link to company data: https://mru.ca/103 (Education News Canada – Elizabeth Evans, dean; Brian Fleming, faculty; Sebastian Castillo and Cameron Saik, students)

MRU unveils new CN Supply Chain Analytics Lab, enables real-time access to business data: https://mru.ca/360d (Academica Top 10 – Brian Fleming, faculty)

Klimchuk: Alberta’s social challenges make election apathy inexcusable: https://mru.ca/36b4 (Calgary Herald – advance polling stations)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Who will be Canada’s next prime minister? Look to the lawn signs: https://mru.ca/45e8 (New York Times – Duane Bratt, faculty)

‘This country is fighting itself’: Alberta separatists push for independence amid federal election: https://mru.ca/572e (Lori Williams, faculty)

B.C. municipalities vary widely on how they meet information-access laws: https://mru.ca/a8b1 (Victoria Times-Colonist)

Also worth noting

Alberta’s engineers are retooling after downturn, landing careers in software development: https://mru.ca/774 (Calgary Herald)

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MRU Media: 09/04/2019

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

MRU in the News

Mount Royal Cougars men’s hockey team takes show on road: https://mru.ca/0ee79 (Calgary Sun – Bert Gilling, head coach men’s hockey, MRU Cougars)

Calgary events: Things to do Oct. 4 to 10: https://mru.ca/52e (Calgary Live Wire – Bella Concert Hall)

CAMP Festival explores the art and technology of creative storytelling: https://mru.ca/5a64 (Calgary’s Business – MRU CAMP Festival)

How production designer Francois Audouy helped transform small-town Alberta for Ghostbusters 2020: https://mru.ca/2033 (Calgary Herald – MRU CAMP Festival)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Leaders fly over Alberta, leaving the province largely ignored: https://mru.ca/0ca4 (Globe and Mail – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Jason Kenney heading east to rally support for the Conservatives in federal election: https://mru.ca/3f0cb (The Star Edmonton – Duane Bratt, faculty)

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MRU Media: 10/03/2019
This report is a weekday roundup of news about MRU, faculty experts, students and alumni, and other topics of interest.

MRU in the News

Opening doors for women to succeed in business: https://mru.ca/451fd (Troy Media – Mount Royal University)

Southwest Calgary Bus Rapid Transit nears end of the line: https://mru.ca/923c (Global News – Mount Royal University)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Alberta issues become wedge issues in 2019 federal election campaign: https://mru.ca/b580 (CHAT News – Duane Bratt and Lori Williams, faculty)

Will Andrew Scheer ruin Canada?: https://mru.ca/0d6 (Canada’s National Observer – Duane Bratt, faculty)

First-degree murder charge stayed against purported gang leader Nick Chan: https://mru.ca/5d10 (CTV News Calgary – Doug King, faculty)

The City of Calgary releases fun and engaging on-line course to prepare kids for emergencies: https://mru.ca/4902 (City of Calgary – Tim Haney, faculty)

iPhones lifted from Chinook Apple Store could end up being sold online: https://mru.ca/852f (CBC News – Carla Villeta, student)

The debate over local election debates, and the challenges of the social media minefield: https://mru.ca/1a85 (CBC News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

In the federal election campaign, Alberta’s concerns have become wedge issues: https://mru.ca/ab92 (Global News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

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MRU Media: 09/02/2019
This report is a weekday roundup of news about MRU, faculty experts, students and alumni, and other topics of interest.

MRU in the News

Calgary students encouraged to vote in 2019 federal election: https://mru.ca/c2d2 (Global News Calgary)

Cougars roar past powerhouse Huskies in hockey sweep: https://mru.ca/ffae (Regina Leader Post – MRU Cougars)

Holiday concert to give DOAP team a boost amid funding crisis: https://mru.ca/d994 (CTV News Calgary – Bella Concert Hall)

CN supports Supply Chain Analytics Lab at Mount Royal University: https://mru.ca/d463 (Canadian Shipper – Bissett School of Business)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Justin Trudeau met 5 undecided Canadian voters. Here’s what happened: https://mru.ca/c779 (CBC News [18:03] – Spirit River Striped Wolf, student)

University of Alberta top official resigns after ‘inexplicable’ climate change billboard: https://mru.ca/4f2a (The Globe and Mail – Lori Williams, faculty)

Corus Entertainment establishes 2 scholarships for Calgary journalism students: https://mru.ca/f2e7 (Global News Calgary – Brad Clark, faculty)

Election 2019: Here are the candidates running in your southern Alberta riding: https://mru.ca/c8a6 (Calgary Herald – Duane Bratt, faculty)

‘The personal touch’: Why lawn signs survive in the digital age: https://mru.ca/7ec2 (Yahoo! News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting

Advanced Education Minister tours RDC: https://mru.ca/b341 (Red Deer News Now!)

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