By Katia Maria Gallardo, Contributor The Alberta Coalition for Affordable Tuition (ACAT), an organization of students united against the mounting tuition fees of Alberta post-secondary schools, are calling for action to oppose the rising...
By Noel Harper, News Editor Budget 2021 presented Alberta’s United Conservative government with a number of difficult challenges. Last year around this time, the party doubled down on its initial campaign promise to balance...
By Noel Harper, News Editor Alberta’s post-secondary students are no strangers to publicly airing their grievances with the provincial government. This includes participating in gatherings of demonstration — gatherings that are restricted due to the...
By Noel Harper, News Editor The Students’ Association of Mount Royal University (SAMRU) has taken to its online blog to address a number of recent developments affecting Mount Royal students, including issues such as tuition...
By Noel Harper, News Editor Thousands of international students residing in Canada have experienced significant interruptions to their future plans in the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, a recent announcement from the federal...
By Noel Harper, News Editor The Advanced Education Minister of Alberta, Demetrios Nicolaides, is taking his plan to overhaul the province’s post-secondary system on a virtual town hall tour to hear from key stakeholder groups,...
Post-secondary tuition contributes unprecedented revenue to Alberta economy
By Noel Harper, Staff Writer Upon returning from reading week, MRU students were greeted by major changes to tuition as well as a new group of student leaders who will be representing them in a...
By Nathan Woolridge, News Editor MRU students are expressing their concerns over the recent provincial budget, which saw the United Conservative Party (UCP) government increase interest rates on Alberta student loans, lift the previous...
By Ryleigh Kampman, Staff Writer The numbers keep ticking off as names are added to a growing petition that has started at MRU in response to a distressing email sent out by the Department of...
