Mount Royal Faculty Association
Championing collective excellence.
Advocacy Campaigns
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2025 – 2026
- Opposing Bill 2 – Back to School Act – Recording of the November 3 2025 Rally and Recording of the January 22, 2026 Public Panel on the use of the Notwithstanding Clause to legislate away workers’ rights
- MLA Outreach Initiative – each initiative has a specific sign up form and related talking points provided by your Advocacy Committee to assist you in preparing for these meetings. Follow the links below to meet with your MLA on a topic you want to advocate for:
- PSE Funding (Talking Points)
- Fair Employment for Contract Academic Staff (Talking Points and Infographic)
- Opposing Bill 2 (the Back to School Act) and impact on charter protected human rights (talking points)
- 2025 Expert Panel Report on Post-Secondary Funding and Alberta’s Competitiveness (infographic and talking points)
- Fair Employment Week 2025
2024 – 2025
- MRFA Response on the Provincial Budget 2025 (March 20, 2025)
- Advocacy Week 2025 – Building on the Past, Advocating for the Future
- Rally in Opposition to Government Interference in Collective Bargaining, Institutional Autonomy, and Academic Freedom
- Fair Employment Week 2024
2023 – 2024
2022 – 2023
- Fair Employment Week 2022
- Academic Unit Practices Survey
- Winter 2023 Lobbying
- 2023 AB Election Primer
- Teach in on AB PSE
2021-2022
- Advocacy Matters
- Fair Employment Week – October 18 – 22, 2021
2020-2021
- AB PSE 2030 Sector Review
- Fair Employment Week (October 19 – 23, 2020) – 2020 FEW Wrap Up Panel Notes
- Advocacy Week 2021 (Jan 25 – Jan 29) – AB PSE Sector Review
2019-2020 Events
- Advocacy Week 2020 Page
- Faculty and Student Profiles highlighting the value of PSE (see twitter @MRUfaculty and Facebook)
- MRU Coalition Petition to Alberta Politicians
- CAUT Petition to the federal government on PSE
- CUPE Petition to the Federal Government to Support PSE
- AUPE Rally – Fight the Cuts
- Alberta Government Budget Consultations
2018-2019 Events
Fifth Annual Advocacy Week January 28 – February 1, 2019
- Ask The Faculty Handout
- PSE Data Sheet – January 2019
- MRFA Regular Meeting
- Get Cracking on How to #BeAnAdvocate
Fair Employment Week – October 22 – 26, 2018
- 10th Annual Canadian Labour International Film Festival
- Main Street Information Table
- Contract Appointment Information Sessions
- Comparative Analysis of CAUT Report on Contract Faculty and MRU Data
- Out of the Shadows- Experiences of Contract Academic Staff – CAUT CAS Survey Report 2018
2017-2018 Events
Fair Employment Week October 23 – 27, 2017
- Information booth and Test Your Awareness game
- Postcard campaign
- Open Discussion in the RLLC
- Streaming tweets #MakeItFair on the RLLC Ideas Visualization Wall
- WAC2S – Wine and Cheese Contract Socials: October 25 and 26
Fourth Annual Advocacy Week, February 26 – March 2, 2018
- MRFA Advocacy Week 2018 Press Release
- Advocacy Week Events List
- Film Screenings
- Art Exhibit – REMEMBER | RESIST | REDRAW – A RADICAL HISTORY POSTER PROJECT
- Breakfast Discussion on Provincial Taxes and Advocacy (Registration Page)
- MRFA Regular Meeting (Faculty Only)
- MRFA Social Event: Be an Advocate and Bring an Advocate (Faculty Only)