Faculty, staff, and students at several Alberta postsecondary institutions held rallies on Tuesday against the province’s use of the notwithstanding clause to legislate teachers back to work. The Mount Royal Faculty Association hosted a rally and information picket in front of Mount Royal University. “When any government uses extraordinary legal tools to silence workers and […]
Postsecondary staff and faculty have joined other organizations in pushing back against the Government of Alberta’s Bill 2, which orders striking teachers in the province back to work. The Alberta Federation of Labour published an open letter to the Government of Alberta that was cosigned by province-wide unions such as the Alberta Colleges and Institutes […]
Mount Royal University has celebrated the grand opening of the Springbank Aviation Campus. This campus’s learning spaces include virtual reality, crosswind, and general purpose simulators; classrooms; hangars; and a paint room. With this new campus, MRU will be able to double its pilot training intake in 2026, helping to meet the demand for aviation workers. […]
Canada’s higher education system needs a fundamental shift if the country is to address its productivity crisis, argue David Finch (Mount Royal University and University of Calgary) and Joseph Marchand (University of Alberta). Despite high levels of postsecondary attainment and investment, Finch and Marchand state that Canada continues to lag in addressing issues related to […]
Postsecondary students in Calgary are scrambling to find housing in time for the school year, reports City News. Mount Royal University Director of Resident Services Mark Keller said that the university is expecting all dorm rooms to be filled. Keller explained that MRU is doing its best to accommodate as many students as possible but […]
Loleen Berdahl (University of Saskatchewan) and Samanti Kulatilake (Mount Royal University) have shared a new resource that aims to help instructors find more joy in the teaching experience. Berdahl and Kulatilake were part of a group of instructors who collaboratively created The Joy of Learning reflection space, a journal designed for reflection on teaching. This […]
Mount Royal University and the non-profit organization Calgary Black Chambers have signed a three-year partnership agreement focused on mentorship. The partnership will connect students in MRU’s Black Career Mentorship Program with mentors from the organization, who include industry and community professionals. “We recognize that Black students in higher education face distinct challenges, and we are […]
Mount Royal University and Royal Roads University recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to deepen their teaching and research relationship. The MOU sets out a framework for the two institutions to develop partnership initiatives, which may include academic pathways for credit recognition, student and faculty exchanges, collaboration on academic programming, and joint research projects. […]
Mount Royal University has taken the Recovery Friendly Campus Pledge to support campus community members who are in recovery from substance use. MRU has committed to focusing on addiction recovery by creating spaces and programs that connect students, faculty, and staff who are in recovery. In so doing, MRU hopes to reduce isolation, foster a […]
Mount Royal University and the University of Waterloo have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore the creation of a new school of optometry in Alberta, which would be the first in Western Canada. This MOU seeks to address the increasing demand for vision care, focusing especially on better addressing ocular and systemic diseases […]