MRU Media

MRU Media: 06/30/2020

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

MacKay’s victory could be a ‘threat to the party unity,’ says Conservative MP Kusie: https://mru.ca/37ee (The Hill Times – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Video ‘doesn’t make sense’: https://mru.ca/b50 (Castanet – Kelly Sundberg, faculty)

Time to consider a police college: https://mru.ca/91e4 (570 News – Kelly Sundberg, faculty)

Also worth noting

Black students call for change at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Law: https://mru.ca/05a (CBC News)

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MRU Media: 06/29/2020

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

MRU in the News

Black student athletes urge greater awareness, diversity at Mount Royal University: https://mru.ca/1a5c (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun, Edmonton Journal – Orest Ndabaneze, Jamal Watson, Julia Swallow, Godi Jibi, Orest Ndabaneze, Patson Choebefu, students; Tim Rahilly, President; Karla Karch, staff)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Silicon Valley’s loss during COVID turns into Diagram’s gain: https://mru.ca/db45 (Montreal in Technology – Maeghan Smulders, alumna)

Witness shocked at force used by Calgary police dealing with sleeping man: https://mru.ca/d61f1 (CBC  News – Kelly Sundberg, faculty)

Use of force seems reasonable: https://mru.ca/d05a (CBC News at 6 – Kelly Sundberg, faculty)

Also worth noting

Review of fatal bus crash spurs changes to UVic field trip policies: https://mru.ca/ca6b (CTV News)

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MRU Media: 06/26/2020

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

MRU in the News

Kids camps gone virtual this summer: https://mru.ca/2308 (Calgary Herald)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Addressing racism in classrooms: https://mru.ca/d047 (News 770, CHQR, The Moring Show, June 25, 7:08:35 a.m. – Marva Ferguson, faculty)

Albertans divided on remedy for coming ‘fiscal reckoning,’ says poll: https://mru.ca/18a5 (CBC News – David Taras, faculty)

Poll shows divide on Alberta’s fiscal future: https://mru.ca/0744 (CBC Radio News – David Taras, faculty)

Kenney defends referendum bill, accuses NDP of hypocrisy on campaign spending: https://mru.ca/db34 (Edmonton Journal, Canadian Press – David Taras, faculty)

Kenney resists calls to fire speechwriter who said residential schools were a ‘bogus genocide story’: https://mru.ca/63fb (CBC News – Gabrielle Lindstrom, faculty)

NDP says Kenney should fire speechwriter who called residential schools ‘bogus genocide story’: https://mru.ca/aa44 (CTV News – Gabrielle Lindstrom, Duane Bratt, faculty)

It makes no sense for Mountie facing charges to be on the streets: criminologist: https://mru.ca/908e (Edmonton Journal, Canadian Press – Kelly Sundberg, faculty)

Time for Alberta college of policing: https://mru.ca/4312 (660 News – Kelly Sundberg, faculty)

Local students receive scholarships: https://mru.ca/770b (The Battleford News -Optimist – Melyna Bahler, student)

Also worth noting

Red Deer College welcomes new Vice President Academic and Research: https://mru.ca/503 (Red Deer Now)

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MRU Media: 06/25/2020

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

The complexity and the urgency behind calls to defund the Calgary police: https://mru.ca/8a9f (CBC News – Spirit River Striped Wolf, student, SAMRU)

Kenney speechwriter called residential schools a ‘bogus genocide story’: https://mru.ca/a2f6 (CBC News -Gabrielle Lindstrom, Duane Bratt, faculty)

Kenney’s speechwriter under fire: https://mru.ca/ec37 (CBC Radio News – Gabrielle Lindstrom, faculty)

RCMP can’t explain silence on criminal charges against Fort McMurray Mountie: https://mru.ca/3a97 (CBC News – Kelly Sundberg, faculty)

RVS appoints new Communications Director: https://mru.ca/654c (Discover Airdrie – Tara de Weerd, alumna)

Also worth noting

UBC’s board chair is gone. But the issues that led to his departure won’t go away: https://mru.ca/b098 (CBC News)

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MRU Media: 06/24/2020

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

MRU in the News

Academic misconduct on the rise at universities: https://mru.ca/422a (CBC News at 6, June 23, 6:00)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Alberta explores creation of civilian corps to support police: https://mru.ca/2aea (CBC News – Kelly Sundberg, faculty)

Civilian corps could bring benefit if planned properly: https://mru.ca/c0ad8 (CBC Radio News – Kelly Sundberg, faculty)

Bren Little Light’s biggest pet peeve: Losing Indigenous relations jobs to non-Indigenous men: https://mru.ca/53b2 (CBC News – Spirit River Striped Wolf, SAMRU)

Blood Tribe speaks out against systemic racism: https://mru.ca/79e8 (Lethbridge Herald – Gabrielle Lindstrom, faculty)

L. Crowe graduate Jorja Papilion receives Howie Fishwick Scholarship: https://mru.ca/337b (Trail Times – Jorja Papilion, student)

Also worth noting

Outgoing president says University of Alberta essential to province’s success: https://mru.ca/4924 (Global News)

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MRU Media: 06/23/2020

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

MRU in the News

Conflict and long-term mental health effects may follow pandemic: https://mru.ca/fdfa (Education News Canada – Caroline McDonald-Harker, faculty; Anika Sehgal, alumna)

Students/experts/alum in the news

‘My child is dead’: Family wants answers after fatal police encounter: https://mru.ca/dada  (660 News, CityNews – Kelly Sundberg, faculty)

Agencies lack resources to answer Access to Info requests, information czar says: https://mru.ca/2c39 (The Chronicle Journal, Global News,  Canadian Press – Sean Holman, faculty)

TheBreaker.news Podcast: Canadians need COVID-19 accountability: https://mru.ca/ff53 (TheBreaker.news – Sean Holman, faculty)

Alberta Prime Time political panel: https://mru.ca/3c50 (CTV News, Alberta prime Time – Meg Wilcox, faculty)

The Impact of digital finance on financial inclusion in Africa: https://mru.ca/09fb (Modern Ghana – Kwaku Asiedu-Nketiah Jr., alumnus)

Also worth noting

UBC board of governors chair steps down after ‘liking’ anti-Black Lives Matter tweets: https://mru.ca/6520 (Global News)

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MRU Media: 06/22/2020

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

MRU in the News

MRU expands program to meet demand for internationally trained nurses: https://mru.ca/3b4f (Academica – Robyn Stewart, faculty)

New-look Calgary day camps move outdoors, with plenty of COVID precautions: https://mru.ca/f762 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun, Edmonton Journal)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Coronavirus explained: How to safely reopen schools: https://mru.ca/11d7 (BBC World News – Christina Tortorelli, faculty)

Cassie Shokar: Student athlete superstar: https://mru.ca/956fc (Darpan Magazine – Cassie Shokar, student)

Complaint against MacKay campaign: https://mru.ca/dbe (CTV News Channel – Lori Williams, faculty)

Two ‘fair deal’ panel members at loggerheads after report’s release: https://mru.ca/70e (CBC News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting

14 University of Calgary students accused of misconduct for sharing answers in chatroom: https://mru.ca/a8d2 (CBC News)

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MRU Media: 06/19/2020

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

MRU in the News

Dinos, Cougars reaffirm commitment to fielding teams when Canada West sports resume: https://mru.ca/f123 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Karla Karch, staff)

Calgary program expands to train more foreign nurses as COVID-19 pandemic continues: https://mru.ca/5fde (Global News website – Robyn Stewart, faculty; John Dominic, student)

Mount Royal University expanding program to train nurses educated in other countries: https://mru.ca/8f02 (CBC Radio News)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Expelling racism from the classroom: https://mru.ca/53d10 (The Sprawl – Marva Ferguson, faculty)

CBC Alberta hosts forum on systemic racism: We Need To Talk: https://mru.ca/d71d (CBC News – Spirit River Striped Wolf, SAMRU)

The pressing need for Feminism: https://mru.ca/f9b6 (The Gulf News – Ghada Alatrash, faculty)

Politics, the pandemic and the personal: https://mru.ca/1401 (CBC News, West of Centre Podcast – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Discussing Fair Deal Panel report: https://mru.ca/a8d3 (630 CHED – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting

University of Regina announces $188 fee decrease for fall semester: https://mru.ca/8d99 (CBC News)

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MRU Media: 06/18/2020

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

MRU in the News

MRU expands program for international nurses: https://mru.ca/64dc (CTV News – Louie Marie Lupot, student; Robyn Stewart, faculty)

Calgary university trains more nurses during COVID-19 pandemic: https://mru.ca/90e (Global News – Robyn Stewart, faculty; John Dominic, student)

Mount Royal University expanding Bridges to Canadian Nursing Program: https://mru.ca/2ae7 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun, scroll down to 12:45 p.m. – Robyn Stewart, faculty)

MRU helps international nurses practice in Alberta: https://mru.ca/75ea (News 770, CHQR Calgary Today, June 17, 4:44 p.m. – Robyn Stewart, faculty)

Mount Royal University expands Bridge to Canadian Nursing: https://mru.ca/aeb8 (News 770, CHQR, Global News Radio – Robyn Stewart, faculty)

Helping internationally educated nurses achieve their dreams: MRU’s Bridge to Canadian Nursing expanding; bolstering health care system: https://mru.ca/47a7 (Education News Canada – Robyn Stewart, faculty; Louie Marie Lupot, John Dominic, students)

Students/experts/alum in the news

Peaks and valleys lead to gold medal win for UBCO student: https://mru.ca/3218 (UBC Okanagan News, Kelowna Courier – Mike Tymko, alumnus)

Fair Deal panel report underlines challenges for Kenney when rhetoric means reality: https://mru.ca/6d71 (CBC News – David Taras, Duane Bratt, faculty)

Making sense of the Fair Deal Panel report: https://mru.ca/7425 (Global News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting

Finances force University of Alberta to suspend operation of 6 teams for upcoming season: https://mru.ca/101ae (CBC News)

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MRU Media: 06/17/2020

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

MRU in the News

Tracking app helps fans keep tabs on transient turkey: Professor Lynn Moorman employs citizen science to map Turk’s movements: https://mru.ca/eb91 (Education News Canada – Lynn Moorman, faculty)

Students/experts/alum in the news

N.S. shooting: If a criminal has a well-planned attack, can police ever hope to stop it?: https://mru.ca/fe36 (Global News – Doug King, faculty)

Video of police takedown disturbing: https://mru.ca/a9d0 (News 770 CHQR, Doug King, faculty)

Poetry to move you: https://mru.ca/dc91 (Airdrie Today – Vivian Hansen, faculty)

Daily dose of the Dub: CHL announces awards to be presented, Bean wins AHL award and more: https://mru.ca/18e7 (Dubnetwork.ca – Dom Schmiemann, student)

St. Paul football player heading south to play for Calgary Colts: https://mru.ca/d2d8e (Lakeland Today – Brady Fodness, student)

Also worth noting

Campaign aims to save French courses at University of Alberta’s Campus Saint-Jean: https://mru.ca/bb7c (Global News)

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