MRU Media: 07/10/2020
This report is a weekday roundup of news about MRU, faculty experts, students and alumni, and other topics of interest.
MRU in the News
Dawn Farrell named Mount Royal University’s first chancellor: https://mru.ca/d7a1 (Calgary Herald – Dawn Farrell, Chancellor; Alex Pourbaix, Chrair of BOG; Tim Rahilly, President)
Open letter to MRU signed by hundreds calls for more action against racism as school president pledges change: https://mru.ca/6869 (CBC News – Ayah Ali Abdalla, student; Tim Rahilly, President)
Open letter asks MRU to address systemic racism: https://mru.ca/1dc8 (CBC Radio News – Ayah Ali Abdalla, student; Tim Rahilly, President)
Concordia University of Edmonton expanding portfolio of online programs, partnership with MRU: https://mru.ca/4f6e (Edmonton Journal – Brad Mahon, Dean)
Students/experts/alum in the news
Opinion: A Generation at Risk: Remote schooling fails to provide social supports to students: https://mru.ca/bffa (Calgary Herald, Vancouver Province – Christina Tortorelli, faculty)
Islander Noah Lewis awarded Raptors scholarship: https://mru.ca/ae6f (Victoria Times Colonist – Noah Lewis, alumnus, staff)
Exchange that led to MLA being ejected from Alberta Legislature under review: https://mru.ca/aa5d (CBC News – Lori Williams, faculty)
MLA’s rejection criticized: https://mru.ca/2067 (CBC Radio News – Lori Williams, faculty)
Also worth noting
Ontario students want tuition slashed as universities and colleges go online during pandemic: https://mru.ca/6cff (CTV News)
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