MRU in the media

The Last of Us: A main character just said Alberta — on screen, in the season finale: https://mru.ca/2b39f (Discover Airdrie)

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

On the phone-in: Listeners call and share their thoughts on the Alberta separation movement: https://mru.ca/b0c4 (CBC Radio New Brunswick – Duane Bratt, faculty) *segment starts at 9:27

Calgary police see decrease in officer-public interactions, use of force: report: https://mru.ca/b0c4 (CBC News – Doug King, faculty)

Local organization helping prepare women to run in municipal elections: https://mru.ca/a087c (CTV News – Lori Williams, faculty)

Premier appears at political fundraising dinner: https://mru.ca/fa119 (QR Calgary – Duane Bratt, faculty)

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Former University of Manitoba student attacked in dorm files lawsuit against school: https://mru.ca/4a77 (Global News)

UCalgary students turn Edworthy Park into archaeological dig site: https://mru.ca/7f25 (CTV Calgary)

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MRU powers ScaleUp Week: https://mru.ca/4db8 (CBC Calgary Radio – David Finch, faculty)

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

The King’s speech and what happens next with the Carney government: https://mru.ca/adb0 (City News – Lori Williams, faculty)

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CUE the future: Celebrating connection and community: https://mru.ca/becce (Calgary Herald/Concordia)

SAIT launches new strategic plan to build bold futures: https://mru.ca/43e0 (SAIT)

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Alberta government to provide funding to MRU to explore optometry training in the province: https://mru.ca/3cca9 (Calgary Herald – Tim Rahilly, president and vice-chancellor)

A vision for the future: https://mru.ca/4260  https://mru.ca/4ca9  (Alberta Government & Education News Canada)

St. Albert students headed for international Envirothon: https://mru.ca/2ecb (St. Albert Gazette)

Mallaig MHA Hosts Skill Development Sessions through Every Kid Every Community: https://mru.ca/57b5 (Hockey Alberta)

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

How a flight attendant’s side hustle nets him more than $1,000 per gig: https://mru.ca/311a (Toronto Life – Brendon Savic, alum)

King delivers speech from the throne: https://mru.ca/17494 (CTV Network News – Lori Williams, faculty)

Breaking down the King’s speech from the throne: https://mru.ca/a36f9 (CBC News Network – Duane Bratt. faculty) *end of interview cut off

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Bow Valley College unveils $5.5M film and TV production hub: https://mru.ca/af17 (CTV Calgary)

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MRU in the media

G7 expected to boost economy and fill hotels in Calgary and mountain towns:  https://mru.ca/1dd3 (CBC website – MRU Residence)

Paul Brandt is an MRU alum!: https://mru.ca/38c0 (620 CKRM Saskatchewan – Paul Brandt, alum)

More than 100 students test their knowledge as Envirothon comes to Bristol: https://mru.ca/fa0d (The Bristol Press)

Parker: Hospitality industry veteran Ostrem eager to take helm of new Element hotel in downtown Calgary: https://mru.ca/065cf (Calgary Sun)

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Will the former police chief still get his severance?: https://mru.ca/45a9 (QR Calgary – Lori Wiliams, faculty) * start of interview cut off 

What to make of the upcoming throne speech: https://mru.ca/29c4 (680 CJOB – Duane Bratt, faculty)

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Canadian Harvard student says Trump’s international student ban is ‘anxiety-inducing’:  https://mru.ca/f614 (CTV News)

‘Leap together,’ Kermit the Frog says in commencement address at University of Maryland graduation: https://mru.ca/aad7 (Lethbridge Herald)

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WHL Scholarship Program supports 378 graduate players for 2024-25: https://mru.ca/0316 (Red Deer Advocate)

UCalgary leads $1.24M workplace safety research using creative sentencing funds: https://mru.ca/bfed (Academica)

MRU pond featured on Global Calgary weather: https://mru.ca/80891 (Global Calgary)

G7 brings economic revenue to Alberta: https://mru.ca/c601d (CBC Calgary Radio – MRU Residence)

Green Party calls candidate’s praise of Israeli Embassy murders ‘appalling’: https://mru.ca/717d (Toronto Sun, Calgary Herald/Postmedia newspapers/websites – Jayden Baldonado, student, staff)

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

INTERVIEW: Corinne Mason and Marcello Di Cintio: https://mru.ca/7cd2 (CJSW – Corinne Mason, faculty)

Humans: The 300,000 Year Struggle for Equality: https://mru.ca/47f4 (Alberta Views – Roberta Lexier, faculty)

Modeling Extreme Rainfall Using the Principle of Maximum Entropy: https://mru.ca/a9ca (Springer Nature Link – Ashok Krishnamurthy, faculty)

PM’s chief of staff steps down: https://mru.ca/5679 (CTV News Network – Lori Williams, faculty) *end of interview cut off

Breaking up is hard to do: https://mru.ca/2388f (Lethbridge Herald – Duane Bratt, faculty)

The G7 & The Real Cost of Alberta’s Separation: https://mru.ca/e0f9 (More than Money on QR Calgary  – Lori Williams, faculty) 

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B.C. university honours late premier with name of new campus: https://mru.ca/a4b7 (CTV News)

Keyano unveils Bouchier Indigenous Student Centre, new land acknowledgement: https://mru.ca/d673 (Keyano) 

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Harvey the Hound on the ballot for the Mascot Hall of Fame: https://mru.ca/aea7 (CBC Radio Calgary – Grant Kelba, alum)

Airdrie council passes revised transit motion to assess pilot route viability: https://mru.ca/820a (Discover Airdrie)

Monroe County students compete in 33rd Environthon: https://mru.ca/10f6 (Yahoo News)

Students test their knowledge, learn from pros at Envirothon: https://mru.ca/8b25 (New Britain Herald)

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Alberta will not rely on federal prisons to free up space in Calgary jails for G7: https://mru.ca/1b50 (CBC Radio Calgary & Edmonton – Doug King, faculty)

Boots on the Ground: A SITREP from General Dynamics’ Mission Specialists: https://mru.ca/4577 (Vanguard Canada – Reaghan Sunstrum, alum)

MRU’s Ryan John and Grant Hill reflect on life-changing TeamUp Cup experience: https://mru.ca/56cfa (BVM Sports – Ryan John & Grant Hill, student athletes)

RCMP still on the hunt for Alberta woman mistakenly released from jail: https://mru.ca/c12a (CP24/CTV – Doug King, faculty)

Calgary Police Commission won’t say if former chief received severance pay: https://mru.ca/3a1b (CBC News – Lori Williams, faculty)

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Alberta AI research institute receives $5M grant from Google: https://mru.ca/7afe (CityNews)

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U of L to be part of Smith’s research team for U.S. relations: https://mru.ca/7ae5 (Lethbridge Herald)

Creative sentencing funds Alberta research into worker safety: https://mru.ca/5f7a (Education News Canada)

TMU Bold’s biggest moments and standout stories of 2024-25: https://mru.ca/09abf (TMU – Cougars men’s hockey)

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

May 21 political panel: https://mru.ca/3cd0 (Alberta Primetime/CTV2 – Lori Williams, faculty)

G7 finance talks underway ahead of meeting: https://mru.ca/fcd8 (City News 660 – Lori Williams, faculty)

29 arrested in downtown drug trafficking crackdown: https://mru.ca/93f7c (CTV News – Doug King, faculty)

Why Danielle Smith is in Yellowknife today?: https://mru.ca/8cfa (CHED Edmonton – Duane Bratt, faculty) 

Unlike in 2002, Alberta won’t rely on federal prisons to free up space in Calgary jails for G7: https://mru.ca/adaf (CBC News website – Doug King, faculty)

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UCalgary researcher influences Alberta’s new strategy to end gender-based violence: https://mru.ca/a8d7 (Education News Canada)

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2025 Faculty Excellence Awards: https://mru.ca/84c48c (Education News Canada)

Provincial government invests into Mitacs Internship Program: https://mru.ca/4cc6 (Red Deer News Now)

Parker: Calgary startup Hatchloom educating next generation of entrepreneurs: https://mru.ca/7e43 (Calgary Herald)

U of C launches initiative to study new relationship with the U.S.: https://mru.ca/5cda (CHED Edmonton / OR Calgary)

WHL Scholarship program invests in academic pursuits of 378 graduate players for 2024-25: https://mru.ca/58bd (CHL.ca)

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Gaza conflict latest: https://mru.ca/c117 (CTV Calgary – Muhannad Ayyash, faculty)

What’s driving Alberta’s separatist sentiment?: https://mru.ca/c808 (CBC radio Newfoundland – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Breaking down Alberta’s separation talk: https://mru.ca/cc1c (CBC Radio Ontario – Duane Bratt, faulty)

AHS scandal: calls for public inquiry strengthen after new report into Premier Smith’s former chief of staff:  https://mru.ca/5ee11 (City News – Duane Bratt, faculty)

The Spotify of construction? Why this tech tool is shaking up the building world: https://mru.ca/edfe (The Globe and Mail – Chloe Smith, alum)

Also worth noting

UNB Law launches the most ambitious fundraising campaign in its history: https://mru.ca/2b0e3 (UNB)

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Introducing the New North American Initiative:  https://mru.ca/b122 (Government of Alberta)

U of L part of new Canada-U.S. relations research group: https://mru.ca/da66b (Lethbridge News Now)

The peer advantage: How scale happens when leaders stop going it alone: https://mru.ca/c4ae (Digital Journal – Growth Catalyst program)

WHL Scholarship program invests in academic pursuits of 378 graduate players for 2024-25: https://mru.ca/2bae (The Junior Hockey News)

Varcoe: Alberta-led initiative to delve into complex cross-border relationship – from a Western Canadian vantage point: https://mru.ca/dafc0 (Calgary Herald)

Smith unveils new Canada-US relations institute, with a Western focus:  https://mru.ca/ebfa (Western Standard)

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Celebrating the Nursing Education Stars Awarded King Charles III’s Coronation Medal: https://mru.ca/5328 (Nation Talk – Aliyah Dosani, faculty)

Alberta separation movement knocked by business groups, analyst: https://mru.ca/594ae (CBC News – Lori Williams, faculty)

Alberta’s Separatist Stampede: https://mru.ca/b6d9 (Press Progress/Sources – Roberta Lexier, faculty)

‘Consequential:’ Stakes are high as G7 financial chiefs meet in Banff: https://mru.ca/b51b (Calgary Herald – Lori Williams, faculty)

Also worth noting

Bow Valley College lays off 103 employees amid $15.6M budget shortfall: https://mru.ca/1921f (Calgary Herald)

NAIT pausing 18 programs as part of review: https://mru.ca/dd6d (Global News)

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MRU in the media

Alberta is investing $15 million over three years in the Mitacs Internship Program to connect post-secondary students with hands-on industry experience: https://mru.ca/c6bd (Education News Canada)

Faculty, students and alumni in the media

Innuendo and slander’: Alberta legislature erupts after questions about Premier Smith’s husband:  https://mru.ca/a0cc (City News – Lori Williams, faculty)

Skittle dog, Fruit Loops burger and worm poutine: The complete list of unique Stampede 2025 food: https://mru.ca/76ed (Calgary Herald – Breanna Correia, student)

Clay Hanus Drawing with Kalmar Hockey Club after historical MRU career: https://mru.ca/61ff (Exbulliten – Clay Hanus, alum)

What will a debate on separatism mean for Alberta?: https://mru.ca/84668 (CBC’s Alberta at Noon – Duane Bratt, faculty)

Amendments to Bill 54 might cause more issues for Premier: https://mru.ca/bdbf3 (CBC radio – Lori Williams, faculty)

PWHL releases 2025 draft eligibility list featuring 199 players representing 15 countries: https://mru.ca/07648  (PWHL – Kaitlin Ross, student)

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Why AI will be central to new Carleton University nursing school: https://mru.ca/ca3b (Ottawa Citizen)

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