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JRock
A MRC instructor investigating the North American rise of visual kei, a Japanese rock genre, thinks the tide may have turned to the East. Stereotypically, Japan has been thought of as a nation that imports its popular culture, especially its music. However, 70 to 75 per cent of popular music sold in modern Japan is domestically produced and it is increasingly reaching North American and Europe audiences on anime movie and TV show soundtracks.
K-Country Web2.0 tool
Provincial parks in Alberta and B.C. may soon be the unlikely beneficiaries of the new media age. A team of researchers from MRU is developing a Web2.0-based booking system for provincial parks, starting with educational groups in Kananaskis Country.
There's a Grizzly Bear in Sector 7
Radzikowska's research focuses on emotional triggers in an online GIS-based information system for parks management and safety.