The Office of Community and Belonging at Mount Royal University (MRU) seeks to create a healthy campus where everyone feels valued and empowered to succeed. We work with students and employees to implement MRU’s commitment to belonging through strategies, policies and evidence-based best practices. Our evolving name reflects these goals, shifts in terminology and language and our new alignment within the Division of Community Engagement.

 

 

 

 

Our community and belonging philosophy

As a student-centered university, MRU embraces all aspects of individual and group identity. MRU has a history of working towards belonging and accessibility and humbly acknowledges this work needs to evolve to effectively respond to calls for social justice and enable the systemic change necessary to deconstruct racism and colonization. The Office of Community and Belonging strives to foster a campus where people never doubt they belong, can freely share their perspectives and experiences and fully participate in our social and academic community. 

While MRU places great value on freedom of expression, in no way does that imply that the institution, its governing bodies, its leadership or its community members agree or endorse any expressed views. As a campus community and institution of higher learning, it is expected that ideas, statements and espoused beliefs may be challenged and examined, with each individual free to make the independent decision to accept or reject them. Everyone on our campus has both the right and the responsibility to decide which ideas hold merit for them, and which do not.  

We encourage compassionate and respectful dialogue in hopes of learning from all people's experiences at MRU.