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MRU faculty receive funding for discovery research: https://mru.ca/b114 (Education News Canada – Benjamin Daniels, Trevor Day, Adam Humeniuk, Gwen O’Sullivan, faculty; Jonathan Withey, Dean) 

Faculty, students, staff and alumni in the media

Pattison Media announces Equity Scholarships: https://mru.ca/3291 (Pattison Media – Minaal Adnan, student) 

Premier popularity ranks released: https://mru.ca/5ade (CTV News Channel – Lori Williams, faculty) 

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Arts Commons receives historic gift of $75 million from Werklund family: https://mru.ca/6774 (Calgary Herald) 

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van Geel signs with the Kladno Eagles: https://mru.ca/7806 (BVM Sports –  Jacob van Geel, alum)

St. Albert vampire writer Cordelia Kelly visits Bailey Books: https://mru.ca/159c (St. Albert Gazette – Cordelia Kelly/Lauren Barr, alum) 

Trudeau says Liberals will do better after byelection loss: https://mru.ca/a2a8 (CTV Your Morning – Lori Williams, faculty) 

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Carleton University celebrates therapy dogs with convocation ceremony: https://mru.ca/4dabd (CTV News) 

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Notley brought NDP to power in 2015: https://mru.ca/8117 (CTV News Channel – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Chestermere, Alta., residents shut down re-election bids of fired mayor, councillors: https://mru.ca/a46d3 (CTV News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Why Calgary citizens are losing trust in City Hall: https://mru.ca/0455b (The Tyee – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Former Rocket Nolan Yaremko Heading to Kaufbeuren: https://mru.ca/446c (The Hockey News – Nolan Yaremko, alum) 

PM could face louder calls to step down: https://mru.ca/fcac (660 News – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

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Roger Federer’s graduation speech becomes an online hit: https://mru.ca/e794 (New York Times, sign in with your MRU credentials)

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Crown closes case, defence calls first witness in terrorism trial for Calgary man: https://mru.ca/2b59d (CTV News – Doug King, faculty) 

Pro-Palestinian group in Sudbury calls for Canada to prohibit sale of nickel to Israel: https://mru.ca/dad9 (CBC News – Muhannad Ayyash, faculty) 

Group demands end to nickel sles to Israel: https://mru.ca/e97e (CBC Radio News – Muhannad Ayyash, faculty) 

Analysis of Nenshi’s decisive NDP victory: https://mru.ca/ce79 (660 News – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Looking at early results from Toronto byelection: https://mru.ca/0dfb8 (QR News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Meet APEGA’s 105th President: https://mru.ca/7d5f (APEGA News – Tracey Stock, faculty) 

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Got a room to spare? Bow Valley College partners with SharedSpaces to help solve student housing: https://mru.ca/7029 (LiveWire Calgary) 

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A unique trend’: Alberta employers rely more on temporary foreign workers for business roles: https://mru.ca/532c (CBC News – Kelly Williams-Whitt, Dean) 

Winners of the 2024 CAUAC Chief David Crowchild Memorial Award and Isgaakuwa (Young Persons) Award announced: https://mru.ca/4e6c (City of Calgary Newsroom – Magel Labelle, student)

The Science Behind . . . laughter: https://mru.ca/88759 Part 2: https://mru.ca/fd26 (QR News – Dan Devoe, faculty) 

Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi named Alberta NDP leader in landslide victory: https://mru.ca/70cb (Global News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Chestermere election could bring back dismissed councilors, mayor: https://mru.ca/7406 (CBC Radio News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Residents head to the polls for Chestermere byelection Monday: https://mru.ca/36b6 (Calgary Sun/Calgary Herald – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Chestermere voters head to polls: https://mru.ca/413f  https://mru.ca/ad1c (Global News/QR News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Chestermere byelection to be held Monday with ousted mayor, councillors running again: https://mru.ca/956f (CBC News – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Alberta NDP to honour Rachel Notley: https://mru.ca/6b6b (CTV News Channel – Lori Williams, faculty) 

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Are you ready to use AI in your teaching?: https://mru.ca/40cb5 (Forbes) 

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Inside Avenue’s 2024 Innovation Event: https://mru.ca/a80a (Avenue Magazine – MRU sponsored the event) 

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Challenges facing gender diverse community during Pride Month: https://mru.ca/16a1 (QR News – Corrine Mason and Leah Hamilton, faculty) 

Winners of the 2024 CAUAC Chief David Crowchild Memorial Award and Isgaakuwa (Young Persons) Award announced: https://mru.ca/4e6c (City of Calgary Newsroom – Magel Labelle, student)

Fired Chestermere mayor denies improper spending claims, questions timing of lawsuit: https://mru.ca/fd30 (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Lori Williams, faculty) 

Calgary’s first municipal political party — A Better Calgary Party — unveiled, with more expected: https://mru.ca/ab8b (Calgary Herald – Lori Williams, faculty)

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Ontario Provincial Attestation Letters data shows colleges faring much better than unis: https://mru.ca/6e70 (The Pie) 

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Calgary cat owner warns others after pet killed by bobcat: https://mru.ca/84e6 (Global Calgary – Miistakis Institute) 

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Calgary’s first municipal political party launches: https://mru.ca/be64 (CBC News – Lori Williams, faculty)

Ferguson brothers skewer Hollywood with new Miranda Abbott mystery: https://mru.ca/c24a4 (Calgary Herald – Ian Ferguson, alum) 

10 ways to support LGBTQ youth this Pride Month: https://mru.ca/ee62  (Waterloo Region Record via The Conversation – Corinne Mason & Leah Hamilton, faculty) *original article shared June 14.

When should top athletes be treated differently? THE MENTAL GAME — PART 5: ELITE ATHLETES: https://mru.ca/9d1d (Brandon Sun – Shawn Sky, faculty & men’s volleyball head coach)

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Post-secondary minister demands answers in stinging letter to UVic following overdose death: https://mru.ca/9410 (Vancouver Sun)

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Hundreds sign petition to stop parking fees at St. Mary’s University: https://mru.ca/2710 (CTV Calgary)

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

No more cell phones in Alberta classrooms: https://mru.ca/1628 (Edmonton AM on CBC Radio – Sarah Hamilton, faculty)

Chestermere gears up for council overhaul with byelection next week: https://mru.ca/f8a7 (CTV Calgary – Lori Williams, faculty)

‘Not just about the sport’: Basketball’s impact on Calgary’s Filipino community: https://mru.ca/90a8 (City News – Steve Trinidad, alum)

School boards want to ‘review in detail’ Alberta classroom phone ban rules before accessing impact: https://mru.ca/683e (CTV News – Sarah Hamilton, faculty)

June 18, 2024: Cellphones in schools: https://mru.ca/8b0c (CBC Calgary radio The Eyeopener – Sarah Hamilton, faculty)

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Ripple effects of water crisis: No swimming, working at pools; no rides on Heritage Park steam engine: https://mru.ca/4012 (CTV News)

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Models hit the catwalk in Calgary over the weekend for a good cause.: https://mru.ca/4c34 (CTV News) 

Faculty, students, staff and alumni in the media

How does momentum change games, if at all?: https://mru.ca/c887 (Brandon Sun – Shawn Sky, faculty) 

New nurse practitioner sets up clinical practice in small-town Alberta: https://mru.ca/6798 (University of Alberta News – Christie Brulhart, alum) 

Looking at the NDP leadership vote: https://mru.ca/c549 (630 CHED – Lori Williams, faculty) 

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Meet the University of Toronto’s youngest ever graduate: ‘I am 16’: https://mru.ca/9daa (Global News) 

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Doing the honours at Mount Royal Convocation: See photo below (Calgary Herald, April 15 – Wayne and Eleanor Chiu, Lois Mitchell, Ron Ghitter, honorary degree recipients; Chad London, provost; Tim Rahilly, president) 

Faculty, students, staff and alumni in the media

Calgary police officer cleared in fatal 2022 Forest Lawn shooting: https://mru.ca/9faf (Calgary Herald/Calgary Sun – Doug King, faculty) 

The Science Behind… adhering to water restrictions:  https://mru.ca/9f24 (QR News – Dan Devoe, faculty) 

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Sask. great grandmother realizes her university graduation dream: https://mru.ca/7cb29 (Saskatoon StarPhoenix) 

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