MRU in the media: 

new mount royal leader focuses on Indigenization: https://mru.ca/a15f (calgary herald – linda manyguns, avp)

New aviation advisory council ready to take off: https://mru.ca/350b (Postmedia, Wetaskiwin Times – Elizabeth Evans, interim provost)

Faculty, alum, students in the media: 

VIDEO: A Look at Upcoming Elections: https://mru.ca/9f88 (Calgary’s Business – Duane Bratt, faculty)

‘We can learn from Quebec’: Alberta separatists look to the Bloc as Conservative support wanes: https://mru.ca/32ba (Calgary Herald – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Agra Ventures provides cannabis crop highlights and commercial outlook: https://mru.ca/081c (Street Insider – Michael Chyczij, faculty)

Classical music: Violinist Timothy Chooi strings in new Music in the Morning season: https://mru.ca/1e3b8 (Vancouvrer Sun – Timothy Chooi, alumnus)

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Micro-credential courses offered as pilot program by province: https://mru.ca/5159 (CBC News)

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MRU in the media: 

Masks required at Mount Royal University as of Aug. 30: https://mru.ca/fbd9 (CTV News)

U of C students frustrated after classes suddenly switch online: https://mru.ca/8be4 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun)

Rapid testing will be in place this fall at MRU: https://mru.ca/c66f  (CityNews, 660 News)

Mount Royal University strengthening COVID protocols: https://mru.ca/663e (Global News Morning)

Online class concerns at U of C; MRU tightens mask rules, announces rapid testing https://mru.ca/3ad7 (CTV News at 5)

SAIT mandates rapid tests for students moving to campus residences: https://mru.ca/c99a (CTV News)

Esplanade to require proof of vaxx if requested by performers: https://mru.ca/870c (Medicine Hat News)

Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Monday, Aug. 30: https://mru.ca/17f5 (CBC News)

Vaccine acceptance continues to rise: https://mru.ca/591e (Canada News Wire  – Faster Together coalition)

Faculty, alum, students in the media: 

Oil and gas sector ‘not as attractive’ to young Albertans, industry leaders say: https://mru.ca/adca (CTV News, Canadian Press – David Taras, faculty; Alex Pourbaix, chair, BOG)

Calgary Conservative candidate says she too is being targeted by aggressive election protesters: https://mru.ca/0d20 (CTV News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Legal challenges against vaccine requirements unlikely to go far: lawyer: https://mru.ca/5b01 (CityNews, 660 News, My McMurray – Ritesh Narayan, faculty)

Alberta Prime Time Politics Panel: https://mru.ca/a324 (CTV 2 – Archie McLean, faculty)

Police Act rewrite vital to improving force transparency: lawyer: https://mru.ca/c3ee (CityNews, 660 News, My McMurray – Doug King, faculty)

Liberals shift target to Big Banks from Big Oil, but there’s little relief in oilpatch: https://mru.ca/a157 (National Post – Duane Bratt, faculty)

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University of Alberta’s COVID-19 vaccination plan relies on honour system with random checks: https://mru.ca/9004 (Global News)

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MRU in the media: 

Decision to move some University of Calgary courses online at discretion of professors: https://mru.ca/6a28 (CTV News)

Faculty, alum, students in the media: 

‘I couldn’t feel my hands and legs’: Is toxic air poisoning pilots, passengers and crew?: https://mru.ca/f477 (ENDS Report – Kevin Hayes, alumnus)

Parks Canada says no to gondola from Banff townsite to Norquay: https://mru.ca/2839 (Rocky Mountain Outlook – Joe Pavelka, faculty)

Will federal election overshadow civic campaign?: https://mru.ca/0f31 (News 770, CHQR – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Greenwich’s vision and comfortable, stylish homes resonate with family:  https://mru.ca/5955 (Calgary Herald – Taylor Rigby, alumna)

Afghanistan crisis overshadows campaign: https://mru.ca/7a6b (CTV News Channel – Lori Williams, faculty)

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Ryerson University announces it will be renamed:https://mru.ca/3798 (CTV News)

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MRU in the media: 

Back to school: Quest University announces leadership appointments: https://mru.ca/98af (Squamish Chief – Halia Valladares Montemayor, former faculty)

Faculty, alum, students in the media: 

Calgary’s news comes in many languages ​​these days: https://mru.ca/bb179 (Calgary’s News Room, CBC – Brad Clark, faculty)

Is the timing of Alberta’s premier’s vacation related to COVID-19? The federal election? Pundits weigh in: https://mru.ca/7a8f (CTV News – Keith Brownsey, faculty)

Local student receives environmental scholarship: https://mru.ca/33abe (Lacombe Online – Rayelle Cooper, student)

ATA voicing concerns around polling stations planned at Calgary schools: https://mru.ca/7272 (CityNews, 660 News – Lori Williams, faculty)

Also worth noting: 

Competition to encourage youth vaccinations launched by four Alberta universities: https://mru.ca/52db (CBC)

MRU in the media: 

Red Deer Polytechnic making masks mandatory: https://mru.ca/de61 (Red Deer Advocate)

Faculty, alum, students in the media: 

Last Week around the Leagues: https://mru.ca/0b0b (Our Sports Central – Josh Tarzwell, student)

Calgary athletes competing at Paralympics: https://mru.ca/fb13 (Global News at 6 – Morgan Bird, alumna)

Candidates taking different approaches to donor disclosures: https://mru.ca/de2e (CityNews, 660 News – Lori Williams, faculty)

Varcoe: Tesla founder’s incentive will fuel green transition research in Calgary: https://mru.ca/aea0 (Calgary Herald/Edmonton Journal – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Five candidates declared in Banff-Airdrie federal constituency: https://mru.ca/1ea2 (Rocky Mountain Outlook – Lori Williams, faculty)

High Potential for Low Voter Turnout Could Influence Election: https://mru.ca/4664 (Epoch Times – Duane Bratt, faculty)

NDP’s Singh needs a pipeline platform: https://mru.ca/136 (iNews 880 – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting: 

The vaccine procrastinators: Why some 20- to 29-year-olds aren’t in a rush to get the jab: https://mru.ca/cc65 (CBC News)

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MRU in the media: 

History students hungry for a broader, more inclusive portrait of the past: https://mru.ca/76a9 (CBC News)

Best universities in Alberta: https://mru.ca/31fc (University Magazine) 

Faculty, alum, students in the media: 

How Canada should deal with Russia in the Arctic: https://mru.ca/a8b9b (iPolitics – Kari Roberts, faculty)

Health care front and centre for seniors in elections: https://mru.ca/b472b (News 770, CHQR – Lori Williams, faculty)

Kimberley Walker named new Assistant Principal at St. Joseph High School: https://mru.ca/d2af (Everything GP – Kimberley Walker, alumna)

The race tightens: https://mru.ca/ecaa (CTV News Channel – Duane Bratt, faculty)

No agreement between  Alberta, Ottawa on child care: https://mru.ca/555b (City News Edmonton – Lori Williams, faculty)

Also worth noting: 

COVID flight ban forces Indian international students to come to Canada via third country: https://mru.ca/28ff (National Post)

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MRU in the media: 

New aviation advisory council ready to take off: https://mru.ca/632 (Government of Alberta – Elizabeth Evans, interim provost)

Elections Calgary planning to bring back campus voting stations: https://mru.ca/2e3e (Calgary Herald)

Advance voting for 2021 municipal election coming to four Calgary campuses: https://mru.ca/8d18e (Global News)

Post-secondary students able to vote on campus during municipal election: https://mru.ca/760f  (CityNews, 660 News)

On-campus voting for post-secondary students: https://mru.ca/1c08 (CityNews at 6)

Voting stations will return to campuses: https://mru.ca/1bf3  (660 News)

Bow Valley College to mandate masking, but not vaccination: https://mru.ca/0126 (Airdrie Today)

Everything you need to know about COVID-19 in Alberta on Sunday, Aug. 22: https://mru.ca/5b9 (CBC News)

Faculty, alum, students in the media: 

When dire climate news came, Canada’s front pages crumpled: https://mru.ca/0df9 (The Tyee – Sean Holman, faculty)

Call a debate on climate change: https://mru.ca/242ad (The Hill Times – Sean Holman, faculty)

COVID-19, Pallister, likely to dog Conservative party members looking to replace premier, experts say: https://mru.ca/e570 (Global News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Weekend in politics: https://mru.ca/8a2b1 (CTV News Channel – Lori Williams, faculty)

Canada’s 2021 federal election is officially a go for Sept. 20: https://mru.ca/5f33 (Cochrane Today – Lori Williams, faculty)

Also worth noting: 

RDP students, faculty not required to vaccinate, but it’s ‘strongly encouraged’: https://mru.ca/6ad4 (Red Deer Advocate)

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MRU in the media: 

A guide to Alberta universities’ return-to-campus plans: https://mru.ca/3fb7 (Daily Hive)

Unvaccinated? Here are some of the things that are off-limits to you in Canada: https://mru.ca/2d39 (CTV News)

Faculty, alum, students in the media: 

Maverick Party pushing for respect for West: https://mru.ca/3f7d (CBC Radio News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Independent MP, ousted by Tories over donation from white nationalist, leaves Ontario to run in Alberta: https://mru.ca/b390 (CBC News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Trudeau slams Kenney in Calgary campaign stop; Liberals hope to dodge repeat of 2019 Alberta shutout: https://mru.ca/489e (Calgary Herald – Duane Bratt, faculty)

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh makes campaign stop in Edmonton, takes shots at Jason Kenney over health care: https://mru.ca/a66b (Edmonton Journal – Lori Williams, faculty)

How his plan to open the Canadian Rockies to coal mining set Alberta’s Jason Kenney against country music stars: https://mru.ca/2671 (Toronto Star – Lori Williams, faculty)

Federal Tories fear Manitoba MP will make run for provincial PC leader: https://mru.ca/3390 (Winnipeg Free Press – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Also worth noting: 

Manitoba’s two largest universities, several other schools to require staff and students to be vaccinated: https://mru.ca/4d0e (CBC News)

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MRU in the media: 

Olds College announces new chief financial officer: https://mru.ca/66a6 (Red Deer Advocate – Connie Young, AVP)

New VP, CFO chosen for Olds College: https://mru.ca/e7d4e (Mountain View Today – Connie Young, AVP)

New Vice President of Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer Announced: https://mru.ca/1080 (Education News Canada – Connie Young, AVP)

MRU to require those in classrooms, labs, gatherings to wear masks: https://mru.ca/9033 (Academica Top Ten)

Calgary Board of Education announces mandatory mask policy: https://mru.ca/e3e0 (Global News)

SAIT, Bow Valley College add mask mandate but spurn vaccine requirement: https://mru.ca/90de (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun)

Faculty, alum, students in the media: 

From refugee to pilot, this inspiring Saskatoon teen is achieving her dreams: https://mru.ca/91ff (Global News – Agnes Niyondezi, student)

Premier Kenney’s summer vacation comes as COVID-19 related hospitalizations and case counts rise: https://mru.ca/e3bf (CTV News – Keith Brownsey, faculty)

Alberta misses out on national childcare plan: https://mru.ca/4d1a  (660 News – Lori Williams, faculty)

Would you trust a robot as your lawyer?: https://mru.ca/291d (660 News Tech Report – Doug King, faculty)

Also worth noting: 

All students, staff of Calgary public school board required to wear masks at start of school year: https://mru.ca/4e60 (CTV News) 

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MRU in the media: 

U of C to mandate rapid testing for unvaccinated: https://mru.ca/4ad1 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun)

Rapid testing required at University of Calgary, University of Lethbridge for unvaccinated people accessing campus: https://mru.ca/c2ab (CTV News)

Alberta universities to require testing for unvaccinated people on campus: https://mru.ca/7c36  (CityNews, 660 News)

Three Alberta universities announce mandatory masking, rapid testing for back to school: https://mru.ca/63dc (CBC News)

Universities to require vaccinations or rapid testing: https://mru.ca/a17b (CBC Radio News)

Universities announce vaccination, rapid testing and masking rules: https://mru.ca/ee6c (News 770, CHQR)

Rapid tests will keep more UCalgary students safe: Students Union: https://mru.ca/3d3b (LiveWire Calgary)

New safety protocols at universities: https://mru.ca/19cf (Global  News at 11, Global News Morning)

Universities unveil fall COVID-19 rules: https://mru.ca/9e26 (CTV Morning Live)

Faculty, alum, students in the media: 

Canadian forward Chris Gerrie joins Guildford Flames: https://mru.ca/b4d4 (Bracknell Forest Standard – Chris Gerrie, alumnus)

Trudeau risking nation’s health with election call, say Conservatives: https://mru.ca/62d2  (News 770, CHQR – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Pandemic election an outrage: Alberta Conservatives. Pandemic over, we’re open for good: also Alberta Conservatives: https://mru.ca/7f76 (Alberta Politics – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Alberta Prime Time Politics Panel: https://mru.ca/2dd2 (CTV Two – Duane Bratt, Archie McLean, faculty)

Also worth noting: 

Seven post-secondary institutions create ag and food research collaboration: https://mru.ca/8f83 (Lethbridge News Now)

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