MRU Media Makers: 04/16/2018
MRU in the News
Health experts warn educators to ramp up readiness for pot legalization: https://mru.ca/386 (Calgary Hearld – Mark Keller, Staff)
Mount Royal University students present mock Olympic bid to high-profile audience: https://mru.ca/2c13 (Calgary Journal, The Sprawl – David Legg, Faculty; Andrew Crickmore, Student)
Students/Experts/Alum in the News
How soccer saved MRU student Yusuph Kalenga: https://mru.ca/b1b4 (CBC News, Calgary Journal – Yusuph Kalenga, Student, Orest Ndabaneze, Student, Blaise Kemna, Student)
Group opposing Calgary Olympic bid says Games don’t make economic sense: https://mru.ca/5aa (Global News – Duane Bratt, Faculty)
Provincial changes to Lobbyists Act prompts calls for stronger oversight at city hall: https://mru.ca/f47 (Star Metro Calgary – Lori Williams, Faculty)
Critics pounce on Trudeau for his latest international trip — even before he’s left: https://mru.ca/561 (Global News – Duane Bratt, Faculty)
MRU’s Humboldt memorial grows: https://mru.ca/3b5 (CTV News – Dayna Brons, Alumna; Dennis Valdez, Faculty; Mina Fadol, Staff; Emily Malone, Student)
Calgary Police Association seeks release of identities of shooting victims: https://mru.ca/2a6 (CTV News – Kelly Sundberg, Faculty)
City councillor Ed Sperling retiring from ATB after 37 years: https://mru.ca/1b4 (FortSask Online – Ed Sperling, Alumnus)
Also worth noting:
University of Alberta campus residence becomes all-hours Bitcoin hub: https://mru.ca/34fa (Star Metro Edmonton)
TRU looks to University of Saskatchewan for next president: https://mru.ca/ad2 (Kamloops This Week)
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MRU Media Makers: 04/13/2018
Students/Experts/Alum in the News
Calgary joins Jersey Day movement to support Humboldt Broncos: https://mru.ca/ec9 (CTV News – Dayna Brons, Alumna; Christine Thomas, Student; Mina Fadol, Staff)
Calgarians join in honouring Humboldt Broncos through Jersey Day: https://mru.ca/a18 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Dayna Brons, Alumna; Cassidy Trotter, Student, Kate Scidmore, Student)
Calgary university pays tribute to Humboldt Broncos athletic therapist Dayna Brons: https://mru.ca/2bfd (Global National – Dayna Brons, Alumna; Tyler Hofmann, Student, Kate Scidmore, Student)
Mount Royal University honours alumni Dayna Brons: https://mru.ca/44f9 (Global News Calgary, Dayna Brons, Alumna; David Legg, Faculty)
Members of Saskatchewan legislature pause to remember Broncos’ trainer: https://mru.ca/6d3 (The Canadian Press, Lethbridge Herald – Dayna Brons, Alumna)
Humboldt Broncos trainer dies days after crash: https://mru.ca/8ab0 (CNN – Dayna Brons, Alumna)
Dayna Brons, Humboldt athletic therapist, 16th to die from injuries suffered in crash: https://mru.ca/13e (ESPN – Dayna Brons, Alumna)
‘It is so stark’: Young men left behind in Alberta’s recovery amid ‘male-dominated recession’: https://mru.ca/e55 (Financial Post – Erik Nyman, Student)
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Why are there so many Albertans at UVic?: https://mru.ca/66e (The Martlet)
Academic workers union rejects York University call for arbitration: https://mru.ca/623 (Toronto Star)
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MRU Media Makers: 04/12/2018
Students/Experts/Alum in the News
‘Joyful smile’: Humboldt Broncos athletic therapist Dayna Brons dies in hospital days after bus crash: https://mru.ca/3bd (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Dayna Brons, Alumna; David Legg, Faculty)
Former MRU athletic therapist succumbs to injuries sustained in Humboldt Broncos bus crash: https://mru.ca/1a0 (CTV News – Dayna Brons, Alumna; David Legg, Faculty)
Humboldt Broncos athletic therapist Dayna Brons dies as a result of injuries suffered in fatal bus crash: https://mru.ca/d02 (Global News – Dayna Brons, Alumna)
Trainer for Humboldt Broncos dies after crash; death toll now at 16: https://mru.ca/c2b (The Canadian Press, City News, Metro – Dayna Brons, Alumna)
Humboldt Broncos trainer Dayna Brons dies, bringing death toll to 16: https://mru.ca/8cfd (Globe and Mail – Dayna Brons, Alumna)
Ottawa holding emergency cabinet meeting to try to salvage Trans Mountain project: https://mru.ca/e79 (660 News – Duane Bratt, Faculty)
Emergency cabinet meeting wraps up: https://mru.ca/67fd (CBC Radio – Duane Bratt, Faculty)
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UBC residential school history centre to share survivors’ accounts, educate public: https://mru.ca/ff4d (CBC News)
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MRU Media Makers: 04/11/2018
MRU in the News
Alberta university, college presidents’ pay to face new limits: https://mru.ca/a51 (CBC News – Sue Mallon, Board of Governors)
NDP says new salary rules or Alberta university brass will save $5 million a year: https://mru.ca/876 (Edmonton Journal)
Students/Experts/Alum in the News
CTV Athlete of the Week: https://mru.ca/d11 (CTV News – David Nicholson, Student)
Ottawa holding emergency cabinet meeting to try to salvage Trans Mountain project: https://mru.ca/8f0 (660 (660 News – Duane Bratt, Faculty)
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U of A hires top American researcher, on condition daughter and her husband get jobs too: https://mru.ca/9e60 (CBC News)
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MRU Media Makers: 04/10/2018
MRU in the News
Flames Health Training Camp 2018: https://mru.ca/53c (NHL.com – Mount Royal University nursing students, fitness staff)
Fortney: Beauty returns slowly to Rwanda, a land of genocide: https://mru.ca/3d3 (Calgary Herald)
Students/Experts/Alum in the News
Cannabis marketers torn on how to earn women’s ‘buying power’: https://mru.ca/023 (CBC News – Patti Derbyshire, Faculty)
Kiwanis festivals still a magnet for musicians, those interested in speech, drama: https://mru.ca/5be (Cape Breton Post – Grant Paterson, Faculty)
Also worth noting:
Government to announce pay rules for Alberta university top brass: https://mru.ca/d3c5 (Edmonton Journal)
Striking contract professors, teaching assistants at York University turn down latest offer: https://mru.ca/283 (Globe and Mail)
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MRU Media Makers: 04/09/2018
MRU in the News
Humboldt Broncos athletic therapist Dayna Brons in hospital after bus crash: https://mru.ca/903 (Calgary Herald)
Comparing the average salaries of Canadian professors in 2018: https://mru.ca/87bc (Maclean’s)
Students/Experts/Alum in the News
Rethinking therapy: How 45 questions can revolutionize mental health care in Canada: https://mru.ca/cc16 (Globe and Mail – Kathy Offet-Gartner, Staff)
New cannabis bylaw could be work in progress: https://mru.ca/852a (660 News – Kelly Sundberg, Faculty)
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Construction crews ready for summer 2018 work at the University of Calgary: https://mru.ca/4942 (Global News)
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MRU Media Makers: 04/06/2018
MRU in the News
Businesses getting low down on crime: https://mru.ca/bd9 (Okotoks Western Wheel)
Students/Experts/Alum in the News
Straws disappearing from select Calgary restaurants as part of growing effort to reduce waste: https://mru.ca/7454 (CTV News – Mohammed El Hazzouri, Faculty)
Martin Luther King Jr.’s message still resonates: https://mru.ca/367 (660 News – Doug King, Faculty)
Driven by Faith: https://mru.ca/040 (Prince Albert Daily Herald – Camryn Amundson, Student)
Also worth noting:
University of Saskatchewan hiking tuition 4.8%: https://mru.ca/c1384 (CBC News)
Safety concerns raised after drug sorting operation found in University of Alberta bathroom: https://mru.ca/838c (Global News)
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MRU Media Makers: 04/05/2018
MRU in the News
Primetime slots for the Crowchild Classic: Are men still being favoured in university sports?: https://mru.ca/547 (Calgary Journal)
Students/Experts/Alum in the News
Are Calgarians willing to pay for the 2026 Games?: https://mru.ca/aff (Global News – David Legg, Faculty)
Coping with Calgary’s ‘endless’ winter: https://mru.ca/ed1 (News Talk 770, April 3, 6:41 a.m.) – Mirjam Knapik, Staff)
Moscow expels 50 more British diplomats: https://mru.ca/0d1f (CTV News Channel – Lori Williams, Faculty)
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MacEwan University recovers over 90 per cent money stolen in email phishing scam: https://mru.ca/cf0e (Metro)
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MRU Media Makers: 04/04/2018
Students/Experts/Alum in the News
HR’s Moving Target: Why Your Approach to Change Needs to Change: https://mru.ca/83cc (CPHR Alberta Magazine – Melanie Peacock, Faculty)
Confused about the NDP? There’s good reason for that: https://mru.ca/4e7 (Toronto Star, Metro – Gillian Steward, Faculty)
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University of Calgary to offer LSAT prep for low income studentsL: https://mru.ca/1eb (Metro)
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MRU Media Makers: 04/03/2018
MRU in the News
Quidditch crews take over Tim Hortons Field: (Hamilton Spectator)
Students/Experts/Alum in the News
Here’s what Calgarians think about the costs of a 2026 Olympic bid: (Global News – Duane Bratt, Faculty)
The making of a poll: How we’re asking Albertans what matters to them most: (CBC News – Duane Bratt, Faculty)
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