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

MRU in the News

Veteran Business Boot Camp set for Winnipeg: https://mru.ca/147f (680 CJOB, Winnipeg)

U of C president anticipates job losses following UCP budget cuts: https://mru.ca/3a0f (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Tim Rahilly, president)

SAIT to eliminate 230 positions in wake of fresh UCP budget cuts: https://mru.ca/2928 (CBC News – Tim Rahilly, president)

SAIT to eliminate 230 positions, citing UCP’s funding cuts: https://mru.ca/8bea (Calgary Sun/Calgary Herald)

SAIT getting rid of more than 200 jobs: https://mru.ca/961 (CBC TV News)

Southern Alberta Institute of Technology to cut jobs: https://mru.ca/9f1d (CBC, The National, CBC News Network)

Getting the Axe: The UCP struck swiftly to stack public boards: https://mru.ca/684f (Alberta Views – Alex Pourbaix, Sue Riddell-Rose, Board of Governors)

Immigrants of Distinction – Unleashing Potential: https://mru.ca/c755b (CBC News ­ Bella Concert Hall)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Calgary woman celebrating just her 7th birthday when she turns 28: https://mru.ca/cc7c (Global News – Charles Hepler, faculty)

Happy Leap Year: https://mru.ca/0217 (City News, 660 News – Charles Hepler, faculty)

The science behind leap year: https://mru.ca/80af (CityNews, Toronto – Charles Hepler, faculty)

Pipeline talks with hereditary chiefs set for second day: https://mru.ca/b913c (CTV News Channel – Lori Williams, faculty)

Other factors important when considering provinces’ median incomes: https://mru.ca/fadb (News 770, CHQR – Anupam Das, faculty)

‘Enforcers of the colonizers’: Wet’suwet’en crisis casts spotlight on long, difficult history between RCMP and Indigenous peoples: https://mru.ca/1fe1 (The Star – Sean Carleton, faculty)

Wet’suwet’en chiefs and governments make deal: https://mru.ca/048a (CTV News Channel – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Might is Not Right: A Historical Perspective on Coercion as a Colonial Strategy: https://mru.ca/9a65 (Canadian Dimension – Sean Carleton, faculty)

Also worth noting

U of T keeps students abroad as U of Calgary, US schools pull students over COVID-19 fears: https://mru.ca/95c8 (The Varsity)

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