MRU Media: 2/26/2020
This report is a weekday roundup of news about MRU, faculty experts, students and alumni, and other topics of interest.
MRU in the News
Raising awareness on reducing plastics: New booklet and campus event challenge community to change behavior: https://mru.ca/3fde (Education News Canada – Ruth Pickett-Seltner, Celeste MacConnachie, faculty)
Students/experts/alum in the news
Report on Alberta’s median income doesn’t paint the whole picture: economists: https://mru.ca/592c (CityNews, 660 News website – Anupam Das, faculty)
Median income report doesn’t reflect unemployment rate: https://mru.ca/ca6d (660 News – Anupam Das, faculty)
More belt-tightening predicted in provincial budget: https://mru.ca/acf1 (News 770, CHQR – Duane Bratt, faculty)
Alberta Prime Time: Monday Political Panel: https://mru.ca/d6c9 (CTV 2 – Lori Williams, faculty)
New law won’t prevent blockades: https://mru.ca/444 (Global News – Duane Bratt, faculty)
MRU alum Jesse Lees locks down spot in ECHL: https://mru.ca/e133 (Calgary Sun – Jesse Lees, student; Bert Gilling, staff)
2020 Joan Donaldson CBC News Scholarship recipients: https://mru.ca/048 (CBC News – Hadeel Abdel-Nabi, Sam Nar, students)
Laying it out: What comes next can’t be arrested away: https://mru.ca/856a (Medicine Hat News – Roberta Lexier, faculty)
Bank of Canada announces scholarship recipients: https://mru.ca/f156 (Bankofcanada.ca – Athina Sofocleous, student)
What is Tik Tok?: https://mru.ca/6f15 (Calgary Journal – Adrianne Reyes, student)
A new face at the Bulletin: https://mru.ca/bb51 (Kimberley Bulletin – Paul Rodgers, alumnus)
Also worth noting
Alberta throne speech: focus on jobs, attracting investment: https://mru.ca/5668 (Edmonton Journal)
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