Starting in the Fall 2022 semester, Mount Royal students will experience a new way of accessing course content and collaborating with their peers as the University phases out Blackboard Learn, replacing it with the more robust and modern Learning Management System (LMS) D2L Brightspace.
On February 9th, 2022, Alberta’s Minister of Advanced Education published a letter to Twitter (also sent directly to post-secondary institutions) outlining that universities are expected to align their COVID-19 policies and practices with that of the Alberta provincial government. Last week we …
Is it over yet? Many of you have heard by now that the Mount Royal Faculty Association and the Board of Governors of Mount Royal University have reached an agreement in principle. Like other students, we are happy and relieved to hear …
SAMRU Representatives bring forward student concerns at General Faculties Council By Nathan Lawley, VP Academic On March 25, an emergency virtual meeting of MRU’s General Faculties Council was held. At this meeting, I seconded a motion to adjust the University’s grading scheme for …
We know it is important for students to have additional flexibility in determining their ability to complete the semester in these unprecedented times. The Representation Executive Council has been advocating to Mount Royal University to extend the deadline to withdraw. We are …
Today, the Minister of Advanced Education announced a new “outcomes-based post-secondary funding approach” that will take effect on April 1, 2020. Instead of block grants, institutions will be held to performance-based funding (PBF) metrics that they must meet to receive their full …
Calgary, AB December 9, 2019 — Late last week, a Government of Alberta Order in Council quietly repealed parts of the Post-Secondary Learning Act regulations, allowing post-secondary administrations to increase tuition beyond previously approved limits without approval from students. Student leaders from …
