MRU Media

MRU Media: 02/26/2021

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

MRU in the News

Budget 2021: Post-secondary sees further cuts, 750 job losses: Mount Royal to receive $50 million for building repurposing: https://mru.ca/200d (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun/Edmonton Journal – Tim Rahilly, President)

Alberta budget 2021: University of Calgary facing workforce cuts, tuition hike: https://mru.ca/c88c (Global News – Tim Rahilly, President)

Calgary Mayor Nenshi says ‘caretaker budget’ fails to seize opportunity; New MRU funding: https://mru.ca/785c (CBC News – Tim Rahilly, President)

Budget sends Alberta deeper into the red: https://mru.ca/b4d9 (Western Standard)

Keyano, MRU end collaborative Environmental Sciences Degree after producing only six grads: https://mru.ca/82f7 (Fort McMurray Today – Jonathan Withey, Dean)

Students/experts/alum in the news

NDP decries ‘cuts budget’: https://mru.ca/ef3d (CBC Radio News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Budget finds Premier in disadvantaged position: https://mru.ca/3cd5 (CBC Radio News – Lori Williams, faculty)

Alberta Prime Time Politics Panel: https://mru.ca/dfbb (CTV Two – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting

Performance-based funding comes to the Canadian postsecondary sector: https://mru.ca/4c58 (University Affairs)

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MRU Media: 02/25/2020

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

MRU in the News

IP video surveillance and VSaaS market: https://mru.ca/0e5e (The Bisouv Network – MRU AI security system)

Concordia’s Institute for Investigative Journalism coordinates a major project looking at Indigenous communities’ water and health: https://mru.ca/ccd9 (Education News Canada – MRU Journalism)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Website crashes not uncommon in the public sector, according to computing professor: https://mru.ca/6583 (Global News – Randy Connolly, faculty)

Who’s responsible for enforcing COVID-19 restrictions in Alberta?: https://mru.ca/1650 (Global News – Lori Williams, faculty)

AHS drops case, pays legal fees of Alberta café that reopened in spite of COVID-19 rules: https://mru.ca/c7ab (Global News – Lori Williams, faculty)

Budget Day as province grapples with deficits: https://mru.ca/a0be (630 CHED – Duane Bratt, faculty)

What to expect in today’s budget: https://mru.ca/c27a CTV Morning Live – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting

Coronavirus: McGill University plans to return to in-person classes for fall semester: https://mru.ca/e391 (Global News)

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MRU Media: 02/24/2020

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

MRU in the News

‘It doesn’t make sense’: Feds pledged spend billions on First Nations water plants, but not on the pipes to carry fresh water to homes: https://mru.ca/570e (APTN News – MRU Journalism program)

The Problem With ‘Indigenizing the University’: https://mru.ca/4a40 (Quillette – Frances Widdowson, faculty)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Ex-NHLer Brantt Myhres channels his past pain into purpose: https://mru.ca/a547 (The Score – Brantt Myhres, alumnus)

Alberta Prime Time This Week Panel: https://mru.ca/83ac (CTV Two – Meg Wilcox, faculty)

AHS drops case, pays legal fees of Alberta café that reopened in spite of COVID-19 rules: https://mru.ca/c7ab (Global News – Lori Williams, faculty)

Also worth noting

Advocacy group says Alberta’s tuition tax credit cut isn’t a student issue — it’s a provincial one: https://mru.ca/d207 (CBC News)

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MRU Media: 02/23/2020

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

MRU in the News

SAIT announces cancellation of in-person summer camps, expands online offerings: https://mru.ca/3cbb (CTV News)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Facebook blocks Australian news content: https://mru.ca/f89d (CBC Radio, The Calgary Eyeopener – Archie McLean, faculty)

Standoff between Facebook and Australian government continues: https://mru.ca/12f9 (CBC Radio News – Archie McLean, faculty)

Stettler’s Winnie Bissett is marking 32 years with the Heartland Youth Centre: https://mru.ca/3568 (Stettler Independent – Winnie Bissett, alumna)

Looking ahead to Thursday’s Alberta budget: https://mru.ca/f3bae (630 CHED – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting

University students lash out at tuition hikes, poor quality of remote learning: https://mru.ca/757ed (Globe and Mail)

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MRU Media: 02/22/2020

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

MRU in the News

Years of environmental advocacy recognized: https://mru.ca/3d1c (Education News Canada – Israel Dunmade, faculty)

Students/experts/alum in the news

‘Why did Edmonton forget Judi Singh?’ Researcher uncovers story of jazz music and Alberta’s roots: https://mru.ca/59c3 (CBC News – Michael Hawley, faculty)

Parliament Prorogation Was ‘Delay Tactic’ Against WE Charity Probe, Committee Hears: https://mru.ca/466d (The Epoch Times, Nonperele.com – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Kenney faces increasing backlash over pastor’s arrest, COVID-19 restrictions: https://mru.ca/dc6f (Edmonton Journal – Lori Williams, faculty)

Also worth noting

SAIT students benefiting from combination of virtual and in-person learning during pandemic: https://mru.ca/ec88 (CTV News)

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MRU Media: 02/19/2020

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

Opinion: Moving past conspiracy era requires hope for disenfranchised populations: https://mru.ca/cb7da (Calgary Herald – Helena Myllykoski, faculty)

From addiction to recovery: Former NHL hockey player Brantt Myhres releases new memoir: https://mru.ca/c15d (CTV News – Brantt Myhres, alumnus)

Haworth mum, 93, and son join forces to publish book: https://mru.ca/4b40 (Keighley News – Ashley Nixon, faculty)

Concerns about critical worker COVID-19 cash eligibility: https://mru.ca/c7c6a (CityNews, 660 News – Lori Williams, faculty)

CE Brands Inc. and eBuyNow eCommerce Ltd. announce execution of amended and restated amalgamation agreement: https://mru.ca/f65a (Financial Post – Kalvie Legat, alumnus)

Also worth noting

Law School at University of Calgary to relaunch Ph.D. program: https://mru.ca/241a (Canadian Lawyer)

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MRU Media: 02/18/2020

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

MRU in the News

University of Lethbridge plans for ‘significant’ return of students to campus in fall 2021: https://mru.ca/9665 (CBC News)

U of L plans for ‘significant’ return to campus for students: https://mru.ca/7c13 (CBC Radio News)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Mid-winter festival perfect for what the doctor ordered: https://mru.ca/57bb (Calgary Herald – Michael Huston, Staff)

Varcoe: PST, carbon tax ‘spoonful of medicine’ for Alberta budget woes, says business council: https://mru.ca/c1df (Calgary Herald – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Sales, carbon tax needed to counter Alberta’s ‘rapid’ fiscal deterioration, business council says: https://mru.ca/c96b (Global News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

La Fédération nationale de la police s’oppose à la création d’une police albertaine (National Police Federation opposes creation of Alberta police): https://mru.ca/b95e (Radio-Canada – Doug King, faculty)

Also worth noting

Saskatchewan judge rules U of R must give professor oil and gas research info: https://mru.ca/faa9 (Global News)

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MRU Media: 02/17/2020

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

‘We’re making too much of it’: Justice professor on police conduct at anti-lockdown protest: https://mru.ca/a7a5 (CTV News – Doug King, faculty)

Questions about police enforcement of COVID-19 rules arise after three separate weekend events in Alberta: https://mru.ca/fa81 (CityNews, 660 News – Doug King)

White Coal City takes hard look at growing up in Prince Albert: https://mru.ca/4185 (Prince Albert Daily Herald – Robert Boschman, faculty)

White Coal City details Prince Alberta upbringing: https://mru.ca/2a35e (CTV Saskatoon – Robert Boschman, faculty)

The fall of Jason Kenney: https://mru.ca/6607 (National Observer – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting

Large return to campus planned for fall semester at University of Lethbridge: https://mru.ca/0b78 (CTV News)

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MRU Media: 02/16/2020

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

MRU in the News

Mount Royal University Black History Month Film Festival runs this month: audio not available (CBC Radio News)

Students/experts/alum in the news

20 Canadian HR leaders win place on Global 100: https://mru.ca/884 (Human Resources Director – Melanie Peacock, faculty)

Loved ones continue to search for answers in Nathaniel Goodeye’s 2020 death: https://mru.ca/f7f6 (Global News – Nathaniel Goodeye, student)

Commercial Real Estate Broker Grace Yan Announces Candidacy for Mayor of Calgary: Exclusive: https://mru.ca/f6f8 (Retail Insider – Grace Yan, alumna)

Broken heart protests target UCP MLA’s constituency offices: https://mru.ca/9ddc (CTV News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting

Young, educated Albertans fleeing the province for better opportunities: https://mru.ca/ec7a (Calgary Herald)

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MRU Media: 02/12/2020

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 assistant chief judge promoted to deputy chief for the province: https://mru.ca/addb (Calgary Herald – Joanne Durant, former faculty)

Announcements forthcoming for spring, summer and fall course delivery methods: https://mru.ca/b8da (The Gauntlet)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Names of Calgary police anti-racism committee members made public: https://mru.ca/d8a9 (Global News – Adam Massiah, alumnus)

Is Premier Kenney’s popularity in his own party sliding?: https://mru.ca/4915 (C660 News Radio – Lori Williams, faculty)

How a public uprising caused a province built on fossil fuels to reverse course on coal mining: https://mru.ca/4420 (The Narwhal – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Premier’s plan hasn’t changed, despite pandemic: https://mru.ca/b6cc (630 CHED – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting

Applications to nursing programs at uOttawa, Algonquin College surge during COVID-19 pandemic: https://mru.ca/8ec4 (CTV News)

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