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Braid: How can I help? Dr. David Taras’ simple motto for a better world: https://mru.ca/b455 (Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal – David Taras, faculty)

MRU mourns ‘generous,’ ‘supportive’ professor, David Taras: https://mru.ca/d849 (Calgary Journal – David Taras, Duane Bratt, Sally Haney, Janice Paskey, Brooks DeCillia, faculty)

MRU professor, David Taras remembered as scholar, friend, colleague and public intellectual: https://mru.ca/0586 (Education News Canada – David Taras, Duane Bratt, Janice Paskey, Sally Haney, faculty; Tim Rahilly, president) 

Alberta woman calls accessible rental situation in the province ‘dehumanizing’: https://mru.ca/54b0 (Global News – Shailynn Taylor, alumna)  

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

‘Whistleblower’ alleges Lethbridge police chief threatened retaliation against MLA, CBC journalist: https://mru.ca/7359 (CBC News – Doug King, faculty) 

Police could have arrested man on bail breaches days before Edmonton’s Chinatown killings, experts say: https://mru.ca/71e8 (CBC News – Ritesh Narayan, faculty)

Violation of bail conditions a criminal offence: expert: https://mru.ca/2ecc (CBC Edmonton News at 6)

Alberta pushing ahead with proposal to create its own police force: https://mru.ca/810cc (City News Edmonton – Doug King, Faculty)

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Insurance provider agrees to cover $35K medical bill for Manitoba mom who was international student: https://mru.ca/a47d (CBC News) 

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MRU alumni driving Calgary’s fastest-growing fintech company: https://mru.ca/51b7 (Calgary Herald – Taran Singh Kaint, Gio Moros Hernandez, Jamila Kanji, alumni)

Getting Involved in Undergraduate Research: https://mru.ca/2ee6 (Study in Canada) 

Politics briefing: Tribute to Dr. David Taras: https://mru.ca/a560 (Globe and Mail)

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

‘Nerve-wracking’: 2013 flood victims confront deja vu: https://mru.ca/2ab2 (Calgary Herald – Caroline McDonald-Harker, faculty) 

Circumstances of Kenney’s fall examined at SACPA session: https://mru.ca/b56f (Lethbridge Herald – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Stipendier och utmärkelser för framstående studenter (Financial awards for excellent students): https://mru.ca/cefa (it-pedagogen – Sanna Nilsson and Saga Rypdal, students) 

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University of Calgary drops slightly in world rankings, University of Alberta jumps 16 spots: https://mru.ca/1c58 (Calgary Herald) 

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Call Him ‘Doctor’ – Harnarayan Singh Receives Honorary Doctorate: https://mru.ca/4470 (Game On – Harnarayan Singh, honorary degree recipient, alumnus) 

The Last of Us series finishes filming: https://mru.ca/0d7d (comicyears.com) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Met with AWS funding, Oben Health seeks to treat hypertension in at-risk groups without medication or surgery: https://mru.ca/9204 (MedCity News – Peter Njongwe, alumnus)

Writer Kelly Kaur bases debut novel on experiences as a newcomer to Calgary: https://mru.ca/196b (Calgary Herald – kelly Kaur, faculty) 

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Indigenous scholar says he was rejected by University of Sask. over lack of documentation: https://mru.ca/3962 (CBC News)

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‘He was always about lifting people up’: Calgary mourns death of pundit, academic David Taras: https://mru.ca/d2b3 (Calgary Herald, Calgary Sun – David Taras, Duane Bratt, faculty)

Well known MRU professor David Taras dead: https://mru.ca/4361 (CityNews 660 – David Taras, faculty)

Good friend of Global News passes away: https://mru.ca/2fac7 (Global News – David Taras, faculty)

Prominent political scientist David Taras has died: https://mru.ca/a4d8 (CBC Radio News – David Taras, Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Infanticide expert puzzled to see Winnipeg mother charged with manslaughter in newborn’s death: https://mru.ca/6fe3 (CBC News – Scharie Tavcer, faculty) 

Winnipeg mother accused of leaving newborn in garbage bin previously received treatment for addiction: court records: https://mru.ca/905d (CTV News – Doug King, faculty) 

Banff-Kananaskis could be a toss-up in next election: https://mru.ca/3892 (Rocky Mountain Outlook – Lori Williams, faculty) 

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Alberta investing $23 million toward U of C’s Quantum City: https://mru.ca/4638 (Calgary Herald)

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Great Plains College inks agreement with new president and CEO: https://mru.ca/f3ce7 (Prairie Post – Brad Mahon, Dean) 

Moving heaven and earth: How Calgary and small-town Alberta became 1980s Utah in Under the Banner of Heaven: https://mru.ca/3d4d (Calgary Herald) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

More details revealed about accused in Winnipeg infanticide case: https://mru.ca/7485 (CBC News Winnipeg – Scharie Tavcer, faculty) 

The right to disconnect: https://mru.ca/c3ef2 (CBC Radio, Alberta at Noon – Christian Cook, faculty)

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Politicians who live nowhere near UBC will decide whether UBC gets a cannabis dispensary: https://mru.ca/679c (CBC News)

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Inside Education: MRU’s Community Podcast Initiative: https://mru.ca/b85a8 (CTV Morning Live – Meg Wilcox, faculty) 

Horrific mutants vacate Alberta streets as HBO’s The Last of Us set to wrap production: https://mru.ca/6abe (CBC News) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

David Finch on Alberta’s tourism industry: https://mru.ca/db82 (CBC Radio, Calgary Eyeopener – David Finch, faculty) 

Violent crime on the rise in cities: https://mru.ca/846a (News 770, CHQR – Ritesh Narayan, faculty) 

Woman charged with manslaughter after newborn found in Winnipeg garbage bin: https://mru.ca/9cb4 (CBC News Manitoba – Doug King, faculty)

Expert warns against rush to judgment: https://mru.ca/c9b4 (CBC Radio News – Doug King, faculty) 

City of Calgary asks for feedback on drought resilience plan: https://mru.ca/217c (Calgary Journal – Israel Dunmade, faculty)

Silly season in the Senate: https://mru.ca/d1b1 (Politico – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

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Athabasca U’s ‘near virtual’ plan worries town residents: https://mru.ca/0637 (University Affairs) 

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Join Avenue for the 2022 Innovation Event at Platform Calgary: https://mru.ca/5984 (Avenue Magazine) 

ePlay Digital’s CEO To Present “Metaverse” at “Avenue Innovation Event 2022”: https://mru.ca/c25f (investor intell – Ray DePaul, director, Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship) 

Alberta Innovates invests new funding to strengthen emerging tech innovation system: https://mru.ca/8230 (Alberta Innovates – Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s Growth Catalyst) 

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that Canada should introduce a total ban on the buying and selling of all handguns: https://mru.ca/fc66d (TBS eFM South Korea – Doug King, faculty) 

Despite some progress, Canadian women in STEM still face academic segregation: https://mru.ca/fd37 (Calgary Journal – Karen Ho, faculty)

Prime Time Politics Panel: https://mru.ca/3453 (CTV 2 – Lori Williams, faculty) 

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Quebec closes immigration pathway offered by unsubsidized private colleges: https://mru.ca/afa1e (CBC News)

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Honorary degree recipients represent MRU’s hopes and dreams for all graduates: https://mru.ca/dd8f (Calgary Herald – Jann Arden, Harnarayan Singh, Doreen Spence, Don Taylor and Cathy Williams, honorary degree recipients; Tim Rahilly, president; Elizabeth Evans, interim provost) 

Inside Education: RLLC Maker Studio: https://mru.ca/271e (CTV Morning Live – Katharine Barrette, faculty)

Inside Education: MRU’s Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship: https://mru.ca/af0c (CTV Morning Live – Ray DePaul, IIE director) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

‘Concerning’ new polls illustrate climbing Canadian credit card spending and consumer debt: https://mru.ca/ede9 (CTV News – Jim Fischer, faculty) 

D-Day and its place in Canadian history: https://mru.ca/6406 (News 770, CHQR, June 6, 5:09:30 p.m. – Kevin Anderson, faculty)

Handgun sales hot in Edmonton as Kenney promises fight against federal legislation: https://mru.ca/06cb (CTV News – Doug King, faculty) 

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University of Windsor announces new student residence project, to be move-in ready Fall 2025: https://mru.ca/17f6 (CTV News) 

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‘Amazing’ Indigenous leader celebrates honorary university degree in Calgary: https://mru.ca/4fed (Global News – Doreen Spence, advisor, honorary degree recipient; Stephen Price, Dean)

Jann for all seasons: (Calgary Herald print edition, front page, June 4, see photo below – Jann Arden, honorary degree recipient) 

Brooks: Top 7 Over 70 feted for long list of accomplishments: https://mru.ca/3944 (Calgary Herald – Elder Miiksika’am, advisor, honorary degree recipient;  Don Taylor; Marg Southern, Murray McCann, honorary degree recipients) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Handgun freeze may not improve public safety: https://mru.ca/5bfb (630 CHED – Doug King, faculty)

Interest rate hike expected Wednesday in move to quell inflation: https://mru.ca/182fa (CTV News – Anupam Das, faculty)

What the federal Tories can learn from Doug Ford’s big Ontario win: https://mru.ca/d2b8 (CBC News – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Lessons to be learned from Doug Ford’s win: https://mru.ca/48d7 (CBC Radio News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

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UBC Okanagan students save life of 77-year-old classmate: https://mru.ca/82b5 (Kelowna Capital News)

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Jann Arden’s 15-song Descendant offers deep reflections of who she is and where she came from: https://mru.ca/67c4 (Calgary Sun – Jann Arden, Harnarayan Singh, Don Taylor, Doreen Spence, Caty Williams, honorary degree recipients) 

“So special”: Harnarayan Singh is first South Asian to receive honorary degree from MRU: https://mru.ca/be12 (Daily Hive – Harnarayan Singh, honorary degree recipient) 

Harnarayan Singh honoured by Mount Royal University: See attached video. (Sportsnet Central – Harnarayan Singh, honorary degree recipient) 

Harnarayan Singh receives honorary doctor of laws from Mount Royal University: https://mru.ca/e607 (CityNews – Harnarayan Singh, honorary degree recipient) 

Province building up support system for Alberta tech entrepreneurs: https://mru.ca/49ac (Red Deer News Now)

Alberta Innovates is investing new money to enhance its new innovation system: https://mru.ca/3a437 (EXbulletin)

Alberta Innovates invests in tech ecosystem growth: https://mru.ca/9c07 (betakit)

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Siksika land claim settlement a “remarkable achievement”: https://mru.ca/0615 (CBC News – Linda Manyguns, AVP) 

Party needs leader to unite all sides: https://mru.ca/0fb1 (CHAT News Review – Lori Williams, faculty) 

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University of Calgary recruits Canada’s first research chair in psychedelics: https://mru.ca/386a (Calgary Herald) 

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