MRU Media: 09/16/2021
MRU in the media:
Three Calgary post-secondaries cancel classes amid new COVID restrictions: https://mru.ca/6d25 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Tim Rahilly, President)
U of C, MRU cancel in-person classes for rest of the week after new COVID rules announced: https://mru.ca/619dd (CBC News)
Alberta’s state of emergency prompts Calgary post-secondary institutions to cancel in-person classes: https://mru.ca/1b4f (CTV News)
How each major Alberta college is operating under the state of public health emergency: https://mru.ca/0aa8 (Global News)
Universities close campuses for remainder of week: https://mru.ca/7efb (CBC Radio News)
Post-secondaries in Calgary closing for rest of week: https://mru.ca/6995 (News 770, CHQR )
In-person learning on pause at universities: https://mru.ca/74ac (CTV Morning Live)
COVID-19 restrictions convoluted and weeks too late: https://mru.ca/3a18 (Global News – Duane Bratt, faculty)
MRU’s Growth Compass publishes findings on crucial role scale-up programs play in developing scale-up leaders: https://mru.ca/66ba (Simon Raby, faculty)
In light of Western University incidents, higher ed needs to do better in face of sexual assault allegations: https://mru.ca/a8bf (CityNews)
Higher education needed following sexual assault allegations at Western University: professor: https://mru.ca/9fdcf (CityNews, 660 News website)
Nine Alberta post-secondary institutions to introduce vaccination mandate, required vaccination proof: https://mru.ca/136e (Education News Canada)
COVID-19: updates for Canada’s universities: https://mru.ca/0f80c (University Affairs)
Red Deer Polytechnic not among Alta. post-secondary institutions to require vaccine proof: https://mru.ca/8896 (CTV News)
Faculty, alum, students in the media:
Top 33 ‘safest seats’ in Canada won by Conservatives in 2019, with top 13 winning by a 70 per cent margin or more: https://mru.ca/da73 (The Hill Times – Duane Bratt, faculty)
Political side to latest COVID-19 restrictions: https://mru.ca/cf48 (CTV News at 6 – Keith Brownsey, faculty)
Bernier calls Kenney ‘despot’ after new COVID lockdowns: https://mru.ca/7a6a (Western Standard – Duane Bratt, faculty)
Rising support for far-right People’s Party unlikely to trouble Tories, say strategists and experts, as O’Toole makes a pitch for the centre: https://mru.ca/e0b8 (The Hill Times – Duane Bratt, faculty)
Political scientist questions why Alberta’s COVID leaders haven’t resigned: https://mru.ca/b696 (CityNews, 660 News – Duane Bratt, faculty)
Mounting pressure on Alberta premier as doctors and experts call for his resignation: https://mru.ca/e7f6 (CTV News – Duane Bratt, faculty)
Airdrie-Cochrane MLA issues apology letter to constituents over $100 vaccine incentive: https://mru.ca/ec04 (Airdrie Today – Duane Bratt, faculty)
Also worth noting:
‘I apologize,’ Kenney says as Alberta declares state of public health emergency: https://mru.ca/59b8 (CBC News)
This post by pglenn@mtroyal.ca
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