MRU Media

MRU Media: 09/11/2019

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

MRU in the News

Boosting women entrepreneurs: https://mru.ca/bb6 (Business in Calgary)

Mount Royal University instructor’s opinion piece leads to controversy: https://mru.ca/9e8 (CBC Radio, Alberta at Noon – Sean Holman, Mark Hecht, faculty)

MRU instructor was not expecting reaction to op-ed piece: https://mru.ca/52a0 (CBC News – Mark Hecht, faculty)

Instructor says Vancouver Sun made few changes to controversial op-ed: https://mru.ca/db6 (CBC News – Mark Hecht, faculty)

Media council backs newspapers’ handling of criticized anti-diversity op-ed: https://mru.ca/db3a (The Canadian Press, Calgary Herald, National Post, Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Province – Mark Hecht, faculty)

When right is wrong: Postmedia’s clumsy ideological shift: https://mru.ca/8710 (Rabble.ca – Mark Hecht, faculty)

Op-ed troubling in light of rise in hate crimes: https://mru.ca/bc084 (News Talk 980 – Mark Hecht, faculty)

Op-ed by former B.C. mayor calls for return of public executions: https://mru.ca/f9c5 (CityNews – Mark Hecht, faculty)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Paul Brandt: Why I’ll never stop fighting to end the atrocity of child sex trafficking: https://mru.ca/7f58 (Toronto Star – Paul Brandt, alumnus, honorary degree recipient)

Thiessen won’t return as Calgary police commission chair: https://mru.ca/d093 (Calgary Herald – Doug King, faculty)

Prime Minister to call federal election Wednesday: https://mru.ca/c189  (660 News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

From breakthrough to beat down, it could be ‘ugly’ for Justin Trudeau’s Liberals in Alberta: https://mru.ca/9eeb (CBC News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting

U of A students create mind-controlled video game: https://mru.ca/ddbc (Edmonton Journal)

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