Mount Royal University becomes AUCC member

Ottawa, October 29, 2009 — The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada is pleased to announce that Mount Royal University has become its 95th member institution.

The Calgary institution was established in 1910. Mount Royal University provides postsecondary instruction for more than 13,000 students in education, business, health care and music.

Its application for membership to AUCC was approved by the members at AUCC’s membership meeting in Ottawa this week.

“We are very pleased to welcome Mount Royal University as a 95th member to our national association,” said Paul Davidson, President and CEO of AUCC. “We look forward to working with its president, Dr. David Marshall, to promote university education nationally and internationally.”

In order to become a member of AUCC, institutions must meet a number of criteria in areas including academic freedom, governance and curriculum, and must have a proven track record in teaching, research and scholarship. AUCC represents the executive heads of public and private not-for-profit universities and university degree-level colleges.

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For more information please contact:

Leslie Cole
Assistant Director Communications
Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada
Or
Mount Royal website