Build your leadership, advocacy, and networking skills while making a real impact 🚀

🔗Click the link below to learn more about REC and how to apply! ➡️ https://monkeylink.co/a1ed89

🚨LAST CHANCE🚨

📣Representation Executive Council (REC) applications for the 2026/27 year close today at 4:00 p.m.

💰Become part of a full-time, paid team of four student reps working to enhance the MRU student experience.

🗓️Apply by 4:00 p.m. on January 12
🔗Hit the link here ➡️ https://monkeylink.co/a1ed89 to learn more about REC and the application process!

📣Representation Executive Council (REC) applications for the 2026/27 year are now open!

💰Become part of a full-time, paid team of four student reps working to enhance the MRU student experience. Build your leadership, advocacy, and networking skills while making a real impact. 🚀

We want to hear it all, your questions, concerns, complaints, or compliments!
Send your feedback directly to 📩 representation@samru.ca

📣 The Representation Executive Council (REC) wants to hear from you! 📣

We're gathering student feedback to shape our upcoming advocacy efforts. We'd love to hear your thoughts on these THREE crucial topics:

Indigenous Strategic Plan 🗻
Tuition 💰
Academic Accommodations (Access and Inclusion) 🤝

This is your chance to meet city council candidates face-to-face and ask the questions that matter to you.

To see our other events leading up to the municipal election click the link below: https://monkeylink.co/482511

Your voice is your vote come use it!

Your voice matters, and the candidates running for city council want to hear directly from you!

Last year's Student Connect was a massive success, and we're ready to do it again tonight! We're connecting candidates and students from 3:30 - 6:30 p.m. in the Wyckham House Second Floor Lounge.

Student Connect (Sept 29)
🗣️ A chance for students to meet and chat directly with municipal Ward candidates before the September election. Bring your questions and hear where they stand on student issues.

Both events are open to all MRU students — come for the snacks, stay for the advocacy!

Your Representation Executive Council (REC) is hosting two exciting September events:
Municipal Mondays (Sept 15, Sept 22, Oct 6)
🎉 Fun, fast trivia all about voting and civic life. Learn how your vote matters, win prizes, and get ready for the upcoming municipal election.

Applications are now open for SAMRU's Representation Executive Advisory Committee (REAC)!🎉

Join our student team. Help elected student reps champion student needs and improve the Mount Royal University experience for all.

Apply here: https://samru.ca/about/advocacy/rec/

A friendly reminder from your REC team that Alberta student loan applications open on June 2! ✌️

For more info regarding Alberta student loans, check out the Government of Alberta website at ecs.page.link/1SGbB

Representation Executive Council - SAMRU Representation Executive CouncilnnThe Representation Executive Council (REC) is your student voice and, under the direction of the Student Governing Board,

Stay glued to our socials throughout the summer as REC's advocacy for you begins! You can learn all about who REC is and what they do for you at ecs.page.link/cSnPi

From left to right, your 2025-26 REC team is:
REC VP Student Affairs Anita Surujbally (she/her)
REC VP External Mariana Mejia Salazar (she/her)
REC VP Academic Meekena Erkin (she/her)
REC President Tala Abu Hayyaneh (she/her)

From left to right, your 2025-26 REC team is: REC VP Student Affairs Anita Surujbally (she/her) REC VP External Mariana Mejia Salazar (she/her) REC VP Academic Meekena Erkin (she/her) REC President Tala Abu Hayyaneh (she/her)

The beginning of May marks the start of your Representation Executive Council (REC)'s year-long terms! Let's take a quick look at the new and returning faces who will be your front line for all things student advocacy this year.

Please join us in celebrating the accomplishments of the 2024-25 REC team and thanking them for their service to MRU students, SAMRU, and the broader campus community.

Over the past year, this REC team worked together to ensure student voices were heard across the university and beyond—whether influencing academic policy, strengthening external advocacy, or advancing student support and inclusion on campus.

As the 2024-25 term for the Representation Executive Council (REC) concludes, we extend our heartfelt thanks to the outgoing team members—Fiona Chetty, Genri Liclican and Anisa Tilston—for their collective efforts in advocating for students and improving the campus experience.

A statement from your SAMRU REC team following the release of the 2025 Alberta Provincial Budget.
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Canadian Alliance of Student Associations CASA is a national voice for Canada’s post-secondary students. Established in 1995, CASA is a non-partisan, not-for-profit student organization composed of student associations from across Canada. We ...

The report brings forth recommendations to the federal government surrounding the use and regulation of AI by students in a post-secondary setting. You can read the full report on CASA’s website at www.casa-acae.com

Last week, your REC VP External, Genri Liclican, along with other CASA external counterparts from across the country, released a report entitled Digital Transformation: Integrating Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Canadian Post-secondary Education.

From Student Connect to student parking, check out our latest blog to learn about what REC advocated for you these past two months at samru.ca/your-rec-dec...

While students enjoyed winter break and started a new semester of classes, your Representation Executive Council (REC) has been advocating for what matters most to you, our members!