Mount Royal University

10/20/2026

Meet Kiera and Manroop, two team members of MRUHacks!

MRUHacks is a free, immersive experience focused on collaboration and innovation. The event welcomes designers, developers and tech enthusiasts from across Alberta at every skill level.

🗓️Oct. 23-25
📍Mount Royal University Library

Learn more and register at mruhacks.ca 🔗

10/19/2026

New exclusive student sessions run weekly all semester!

🧘Restorative yoga: Mondays at 1:05-1:50p.m.
🏋️Strength: Tuesdays at 3:15-4pm

Students can drop in starting one hour before class for free OR get a $25 MOVE MORE membership to pre-book classes and guarantee a spot!

Learn more at rec.mrucougars.com 🔗

10/19/2026

Congratulations to Mount Royal’s 2025–2026 Tri-Agency Grant recipients!

Find out more about the recipients and their research: https://bit.ly/4ipVp8J

10/18/2026

10/16/2026

It’s a sensitive topic for Ella

10/16/2026

The collab we’ve been waiting for 👊

Get your Blue Crew Pass and come out to support MRU Cougars Women's Soccer and MRU Men‘s Soccer at their home games!

🗓️Women’s soccer:
Oct. 17 & 18 @ 1p.m.

🗓️Men’s soccer:
Oct. 24 @ 3p.m.

Thank you MRU Cougars Campus Store for hooking our students up with Blue Crew gear! Remember to wear blue/MRU merch on Fridays to show your school spirit 💙

🎟️ Get your Blue Crew Pass at mrucougars.com/bluecrew and use your MRU Student ID as the discount code.

10/16/2026

There are moments in sport that seem to slow time. One of those moments, for me, came while being at centre ice before a gold medal game between Canada and the United States. More than 12,000 fans packed the arena, the noise bouncing off every surface, and for a second everything just kind of went quiet. I remember looking down at the maple leaf on my chest, then out into the crowd and finding my family. I just took it in. Years of training, sacrifice, wins, losses, early mornings and long days all stacking up into that exact moment. The pressure was there, but what stood out more than anything was pride. Pride in representing Canada. Pride in representing every coach, teammate, professor, family member, friend and classmate who helped me get there. In that moment, I realized I was part of something a lot bigger than myself.

What I have realized since then is that those moments do not get built in the spotlight. They are built in the grind that no one sees. Early mornings when the rink is still half asleep and the morning fog clings to the glass. Long training blocks where fatigue becomes normal, and you begin to understand that consistency matters more than motivation. Somewhere along that journey, I wrote a phrase at the top of my journal that still guides me today: “Love the grind.” Not just endure it. Not just survive it. But love it. Because the grind of the journey is where memories are made and champions are built.

Read more of Adam's story: https://bit.ly/4B3NFkd

10/15/2026

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The best sustainably tips from the Sustainabili-TEA wall!

10/15/2026

On Oct. 6, close to 400 students, employees, faculty and community members descended upon Mount Royal University’s Ross Glen Hall for an afternoon with renowned astronaut, Colonel Chris Hadfield. As part of the Bissett School of Business’s Exceptional Speaker Series the event’s title was Leadership & Sustainability — An Astronaut’s Mindset and took place during MRU’s Sustainability Week.

“When the Bissett School of Business set out to bring extraordinary Canadians to the stage at Mount Royal University, Colonel Chris Hadfield was immediately at the top of our list,” said Kelly Williams-Whitt, dean of the Faculty of Business, Communication Studies and Aviation. “As the first Canadian to command the International Space Station, his remarkable leadership, resilience and vision made him the perfect choice to inspire our community.”

Hadfield is one of Canada’s most celebrated astronauts and aviators, marked by a distinguished career in both military flight and space exploration. As a Royal Canadian Air Force colonel, fighter pilot and top-rated test pilot from 1978 to 2003, he is well-known for being the first Canadian CF-18 pilot to intercept a Soviet bomber in North American airspace. Over three missions and 166 days in space, Hadfield became the first Canadian spacewalker, performing two spacewalks to install Canadarm2 on the International Space Station (ISS). He also operated the space shuttle's robotic arm to attach a docking module to the Mir space station. Despite those achievements, it was Hadfield’s breathtaking photos of the Earth, his innovative use of social media and his viral weightless cover of David Bowie's "Space Oddity" aboard the ISS that solidified his position in the hearts and minds of his fellow Canadians.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3TXTNcR

10/14/2026

As nursing at Mount Royal celebrates its 60th anniversary at Mount Royal University, its history reflects enormous changes in health care, education and the responsibilities of the professionals delivering care. But Dr. Joseph Osuji, PhD, director of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, says some of its defining qualities have remained remarkably consistent.

Mount Royal College made the unconventional decision to launch a two-year nursing diploma in 1967, when most diploma programs were hospital-based. While Osuji explains that move was not necessarily popular at the time, the ambitious plan helped those graduates go on to build careers through decades of profound change in health care, shaped by the efforts of early clinical instructors, preceptors, staff and community partners.

Six decades later, that willingness to adapt and challenge convention remains part of the story of nursing and midwifery education at Mount Royal University. Today, students learn through degree education, clinical placements and a leading-edge simulation facility on campus — the Health Simulation Learning Centre — that help them prepare for careers that can look dramatically different from those of Mount Royal’s first nursing graduates.

“While MRU started innovating when that word was not yet a cliché, what has remained constant is the conviction that excellent care begins with treating another person as an individual with agency,” Osuji says.

Read more: https://bit.ly/4ijDlgo

10/09/2026

October 10 marks World Mental Health Day, a day to raise awareness of mental health and mobilize efforts to support mental well-being around the world. This year’s theme, “Lived experiences heard: real voices, real change,” calls to create meaningful engagement and opportunities for those with lived experience to influence decisions, co-design services, challenge stigma and strengthen accountability.

At Mount Royal University, employees have access to a range of resources, programs and opportunities designed to support mental health and well-being throughout the year. Employee Wellness offers health promotion opportunities for all employees in the MRU community. The common thread between events is to provide you with a variety of supports to keep yourself healthy across all dimensions of wellness.

This fall, there are still spots available in sessions where employees can explore journaling and creativity as tools for reflection, self-expression and mental health.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3VuXR4R

10/08/2026

It was an inspiring day at MRU’s Bissett School of Business with Colonel Chris Hadfield! 🚀

Colonel Hadfield hosted an intimate meet-and-greet with 20 of our student leaders, followed by an engaging talk to a packed house of guests from across the MRU community and beyond.

He left us with profound lessons on leadership and sustainability, challenging each of us to consider how our daily actions around sustainability can contribute to improving the quality of life for the people around us. Colonel Hadfield framed his own leadership approach around four things: purpose, skills, communication and celebration. Even astronauts, operating at the very highest level, continually practice and develop because competence is never something you simply achieve and then retain.

His insights on leadership and sustainability challenged us all to make a positive, lasting impact.

Thank you, Colonel Hadfield, for motivating the MRU community to reach for the stars!

10/07/2026

Thinking about MRU? Our Open House is next week! 🗓️

Explore programs, tour campus and win $5000 in tuition credit.

See you on October 17!

10/06/2026

If you ask Aisyah Ghazali about winning the Terry Fox Humanitarian Award, she’ll laugh and tell you she only applied to practise writing applications. Then she made it to the interview round, which became a chance to practise those skills, too. When the call came confirming her selection, she was genuinely floored.

Now in her third year of MRU’s child and youth care counselling (CYCC) program, Ghazali was one of 15 students selected from over 3,300 applicants across Canada. The award provides up to $28,000 over four years to students who demonstrate community service, courage, determination and a commitment to helping others — qualities Ghazali displays through her studies, community advocacy and volunteer work.

As part of the award, Ghazali travelled to Ottawa to connect with her fellow recipients and program alumni, visit Parliament Hill, and meet the Speaker of the House and her local member of Parliament.

“At first I was a bit intimidated, but coming out I was just inspired and motivated to do more,” she says. “It was an honour to meet such talented and inspiring young adults, and now call them friends.”

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4rBqTM2

10/05/2026

On October 8th, join us at the Sustainability Fair. 🌳🌎

Come see how others are taking small steps towards sustainability, and share your favourite tips and habits at the Sustainabili-TEA wall!

10/02/2026

As a humble undergraduate peering down a microscope at Mount Royal less than a decade ago, Dr. Kevin Hayes, PhD, was just beginning to grasp the complexities of environmental science. Today, after completing his doctorate with Manchester Metropolitan University in the U.K., Hayes is back in the same lab — but his view is from the front of the room. As one of MRU’s newest science professors, Hayes proves that the paths opened by an undergraduate degree can open doors to the world … and also bring you right back home.

Hayes graduated from Mount Royal University with a Bachelor of Science — Environmental Science in 2019. He says research opportunities provided through the Faculty of Science and Technology and the chance to work as a research assistant with the faculty’s vice-dean of research and scholarship and professor Gwen O'Sullivan, PhD, helped solidify his future goals.

“I got to do so many cool things as an undergrad. Attend and present at conferences, do real science with real consequences, it was awesome,” Hayes says. Those opportunities led to Hayes being introduced to his future doctoral supervisor and the idea of aircraft contamination leading to potential health consequences in pilots and flight attendants.

Learn more about his journey: https://bit.ly/4y30cli

10/01/2026

MRU Open House is your chance to explore programs, tour campus and win $5,000 in tuition credit.

We can’t wait to see you on October 17 from 9AM - 3PM 🏫

10/01/2026

Ground control to Calgary! We are thrilled and honoured to welcome Colonel Chris Hadfield to Mount Royal University on October 6. Be in a room with one of Canada’s most remarkable explorers and hear his stories firsthand.

Chris will share how space exploration shaped his perspective on leadership and sustainability here on Earth. After an intimate fireside chat, meet Colonel Hadfield at a book signing, followed by a light reception. We hope you’ll join the conversation and leave seeing the world a little differently!

Don’t miss the chance to see Chris Hadfield at MRU. Ticket sales close October 4: https://bit.ly/4jvEAKs

09/29/2026

Starting university is full of possibilities. Discover what your future could look like at Mount Royal University at our Open House! Join us on October 17th from 9 AM to 3 PM to explore the MRU campus, meet faculty and learn about our career-focused programs. Get a feel for what it’s like to learn, live and grow beyond expectations as part of the MRU community.

Register here: https://bit.ly/4hTTZD9

09/28/2026

Sign up before Sept. 30!

What to expect from the Peer Learning Program:

✏️Weekly one-hour facilitated group study sessions led by a trained Learning Peer

✏️Course-based learning and study skills support throughout the semester

✏️Collaborative sessions focused on practicing and reviewing course content

✏️Build confidence, strengthen study skills and support your academic success

🔗 Register at the link in our bio or mru.ca/PLP