MRU Media 09/14/2020
This report is a weekday roundup of news about MRU, faculty experts, students and alumni, and other topics of interest.
MRU in the News
Petition calls for MRU professor be fired over controversial, ‘racist’ comments: https://mru.ca/fbf78 (Global News – Frances Widdowson, faculty; Tim Rahilly, Presient)
Petition calls for MRU to fire professor: https://mru.ca/f400 (Global News Morning – Frances Widdowson, faculty; Tim Rahilly, President)
Calls for MRU professor to be fired: https://mru.ca/f94c (News 770, CHQR – Frances Widdowson, faculty; Tim Rahilly, President)
Petition calls for removal of ‘racist’ professor at Calgary university: https://mru.ca/4eaa (660 News, CityNews website – Frances Widdowson, faculty; Kainat Javed, student; Tim Rahilly, President)
‘I Support Racial Equality,’ Calgary Professor Responds To Petition To Get Her Fired: https://mru.ca/5c72 (Narcity Calgary – Frances Widdowson, faculty; Tim Rahilly, President; Kenna Fraser, student)
Students/experts/alum in the news
Varcoe: The battle for small businesses to survive and thrive during pandemic: https://mru.ca/8599 (Calgary Herald – Ray DePaul, faculty, Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship)
Aline Chretien dead at 84: https://mru.ca/bb5d6 (CTV News Channel – Lori Williams, faculty)
Also worth noting
Virtual meet-ups, gradual starts, school bubbles: What university life looks like during COVID-19: https://mru.ca/4f87 (CBC News)
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