MRU Media

MRU Media: 4/30/2020

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

MRU in the News

MRU business pitch winners: https://mru.ca/632e (CBC Radio, The Homestretch, Ryan Doel, Logan Grasby, students; JMH LaunchPad Pitch Competition)

Institute celebrates changemakers: New fellowship enhances undergraduate research experience; fosters social good: https://mru.ca/8963 (Education News Canada –º Barb Davies, staff; James Stauch, faculty; Mackenzie Johnson, Yemima Yongo, students)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Ramsay turkey gets his own tracking site complete with anti-harassment safeguard: https://mru.ca/ded5 (CBC News;  CBC Radio, The Homestretch – Lynn Moorman, faculty)

Social costs of isolation measures: https://mru.ca/85de (580 CFRA, Ottawa – Caroline McDonald-Harker, faculty)

Clarke earns sports writer award: https://mru.ca/f1d9 (Prince George Citizen – Ted Clarke, alumnus)

Also worth noting

Coronavirus: Lethbridge students find new way to celebrate graduation: https://mru.ca/02e8 (Global News)

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MRU Media: 4/29/2020

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

MRU in the News

Calgary names new Poet Laureate: Natalie Meisner: https://mru.ca/2264 (LiveWire Calgary – Natalie Meisner, faculty)

Healthy meals for health-care workers: Alumnus-owned business feeding the frontlines: https://mru.ca/b510 (Education News Canada – Derek Rucki, Tianna Going, Ian Lees Quentin Ogilvie alumni; Ray DePaul, faculty)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Erasing Family documentary exposes the trauma children suffer when a loving parent is erased from their lives after divorce: https://mru.ca/8b17 (Global News Radio – The Danielle Smith Show – Christine Giancarlo, faculty)

Kenney, UCP cleared in ethics probe tied to firing of election commissioner: https://mru.ca/7aa2 (CBC News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Zombie firms a danger in post-COVID-19 economy: https://mru.ca/c5c45 (Calgary’s Business ­ – Gerard Lucyshyn, faculty)

Also worth noting

UBC announces increased cybersecurity measures for faculty and staff amid COVID-19 pandemic: https://mru.ca/b32 (The Ubyssey)

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MRU Media: 4/28/2020

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

MRU in the News

MRU prof, playwright Natalie Meisner named new Calgary Poet Laureate: https://mru.ca/c6d3 (Calgary Herald – Natalie Meisner, faculty)

New poet laureate makes debut by phone at City Hall: https://mru.ca/80ce  (660 News – Natalie Meisner, faculty)

Online delivery may continue for universities in the fall: https://mru.ca/7ad5 (CBC Radio News – Lesley Brown, Provost)

MRU expands mandatory unpaid leave for employees as COVID crisis continues: https://mru.ca/ecf (CBC News – Trika Macdonald, staff)

Students/experts/alum in the news

In-depth look at the art of instrument-making: https://mru.ca/ff6e (Global News Radio, 770 CHQR – Christopher Sandvoss, faculty)

With $20B Alberta deficit possible, Kenney warns province won’t be able to ‘insulate everyone’: https://mru.ca/76e4 (CBC News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting

How universities are dealing with requests for refunds during coronavirus: https://mru.ca/0a0b  (Maclean’s)

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MRU Media: 4/27/2020

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

MRU in the News

OPINION | Calgary Stampede: More than just a rodeo: https://mru.ca/b3ada (CBC News – MRU Conservatory)

Students/experts/alum in the news

How long can we all follow strict social distancing orders?: https://mru.ca/926 (CityNews, The Big Story Podcast – Caroline McDonald-Harker, faculty)

Financially struggling newspapers to get federal money within weeks, heritage minister says: https://mru.ca/c9b3 (CBC News – Sean Holman, faculty)

Jason Kenney is walking an optics tightrope during the Coronavirus Crisis: https://mru.ca/9a19 (Huffington Post – Lori Williams, faculty)

Also worth noting

New policing degree emphasizes community, collaboration and well-being: https://mru.ca/a162 (University Affairs)

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MRU Media: 4/24/2020

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

MRU in the News

2020 JMH LaunchPad inspires: $80,000 in cash and services awarded to MRU students: https://mru.ca/db38d (Education News Canada – Ray DePaul, faculty; MRU student entrepreneurs)

Concordia’s Institute for Investigative Journalism launches a Canada-wide COVID-19 data project: https://mru.ca/f4ea (Condordia News – MRU Journalism program)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Should we tattle on people breaking the COVID-19 rules? 2 differing sides debate: https://mru.ca/ee3d (CBC News – Caroline McDonald-Harker, faculty)

Time to carefully open parks: https://mru.ca/028bd (News Talk 770, CHQR – David Legg, faculty)

Also worth noting

The sudden urgency of online academic conferences: https://mru.ca/33b7a (University Affairs)

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MRU Media: 4/23/2020

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

MRU in the News

Federal emergency funds to lessen financial burden for Calgary’s university students: https://mru.ca/11fa (Calgary Herald – Lesley Brown, Provost; Shayla Breen, SAMRU)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Calling out COVID-19 rulebreakers: https://mru.ca/0e43 (CBC Radio, Alberta at Noon, April 22, 37:20– Caroline McDonald-Harker, faculty)

Dissent from a distance: How Alberta activists are coping with physical distancing rules: https://mru.ca/d4c4c (CBC News – Roberta Lexier, faculty)

‘Economic collapse’: Pandemic shutdown wallops Canadian economy: https://mru.ca/31f5 (The Epoch Times – Gerard Lucyshyn, faculty)

New mechanism for complaints about border services: https://mru.ca/af77 (CTV News, Alberta Prime Time – Doug King, faculty)

Suddenly an independent Alberta doesn’t seem so appealing: https://mru.ca/37ff (Toronto Star – Gillian Steward, faculty)

Also worth noting

University of Alberta sports teams bracing for changes due to funding cuts: https://mru.ca/1965 (Global News)

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MRU Media: 4/22/2020

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

MRU in the News

Nursing and health-care aide students’ graduations fast-tracked to join fight against COVID-19: https://mru.ca/72d (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Elizabeth Van Den Kerkhof, faculty; Andrew Ngyen, Julia Gerritsen, students)

Calgary nursing students getting ready to join the front lines: https://mru.ca/d32f  (CityNews)

Nursing students fast-tracked to font lines: https://mru.ca/988c  (660 News)

Student nurses get green light: https://mru.ca/9455 (CTV News at 6)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Opinion: It’s time to carefully reopen parks and recreation areas: https://mru.ca/b54c (Calgary Herald – David Finch and  David Legg, faculty)

Politics during Covid-19 crisis: https://mru.ca/1e91 (CHQR, 770 News – Keith Brownsey, faculty)

CBC News poll: Why the economic crisis could speed up transition to renewable energy: https://mru.ca/0ae1 (CBC News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting

International graduate students call on University of Alberta to waive spring tuition: https://mru.ca/25ef (Global News)

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MRU Media: 4/21/2020

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

Students/experts/alum in the news

Government transparency during the COVID-19 pandemic: https://mru.ca/176 (News Talk 980, The Lynda Steele Show – Sean Holman, faculty)

Should media name gunman in mass shootings?: https://mru.ca/9b0d (CHQR, 770 News – Brad Clark, faculty)

Carleton’s Chris Waddell argues a more diverse Canada needs a more global CBC: https://mru.ca/18676 (Carleton Newsroom – David Taras, faculty)

Also worth noting

University of Lethbridge eliminates hockey programs citing provincial funding cuts: https://mru.ca/c61 (CTV News)

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MRU Media: 4/20/2020

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

Students/experts/alum in the news

Warm weather draws Calgarians outside, testing collective resolve to maintain social distancing: https://mru.ca/b463 (CBC News – Caroline McDonald-Harker, faculty)

Calgarians drawn out of isolation by warmer weather: https://mru.ca/0535 (CBC Radio News – Caroline McDonald-Harker, faculty)

Maintaining cash flow during times of crisis: https://mru.ca/2ea1 (FBC – Steve Armstrong, faculty)

Calgary city council watchdog still hasn’t ruled on complaints filed in 2018: https://mru.ca/105a (CBC News – Lori Williams, faculty)

Also worth noting

University of Calgary researchers study impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on pregnant women: https://mru.ca/0a46 (CBC News)

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MRU Media: 4/17/2020

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

Students/experts/alum in the news

Canadian governments playing ‘paternalistic’ PR games with COVID-19 information, critics say: https://mru.ca/7559 (Toronto Star – Sean Holman, faculty)

Northern students coming home to a lack of jobs: https://mru.ca/b4b (Cabin Radio, Canadian Press – Angela Boutilier, student)

From wildfires to COVID-19, Alberta’s front-line workers are heroic. But who’s helping the helpers?: https://mru.ca/63a2 (Globe and Mail – Caroline McDonald-Harker, faculty)

Also worth noting

University of Alberta works with AHS to make 3D-printed face shields: https://mru.ca/35b7d (Global News)

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