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No go for logo
Mount Royal needed a logo to celebrate its 100th anniversary, and decided to hold a competition where students submit their designs. A panel of distinguished judges chose two finalists, and online voting was...
Conor’s cartoon corner: Volume 1— Spider Koala
Conor Geoghegan has been The Reflector’s prized cartoonist for many years now. Each week we will showcase some of his work in this space. Also look for his various pieces of art in each...
Welcome to Mount Royal University
New provincial legislation will allow Mount Royal College to become Mount Royal University as early as this summer. The Post-Secondary Learning Amendment Act will be introduced during the new session at the Alberta Legislature....
Build it, and they will come
Opinion Mount Royal’s decade-long quest for university status seems to be hitting its zenith. Inspectors from the Association of Universities and Colleges in Canada — the country’s de facto university accrediting body — will...
Professor under fire
After writing a controversial new book, Mount Royal College professor Frances Widdowson is facing fierce criticism and calls for her dismissal. In Disrobing the Aboriginal Industry, Widdowson and co-author Albert Howard argue that “parasitic”...
Authors use ‘flimsy knowledge’
Writing a book on the “Aboriginal industry” is certainly a worthy and important undertaking. There are lots of “industries” out there in the real world, such as cancer, diabetes, “green,” subsidization, immigration, and to...
