MRU LIFE
SOCIAL JUSTICE 101
JUSTICE IN POP CULTURE
RANDOM TRIVIA
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS
WHO SAID THAT?
100
This animal is the mascot for MRU’s athletic teams.
What is a cougar?
100
The idea that people should have different supports based on their unique needs, not the same treatment, is called this.
What is equity?
100
This Disney movie features a young Polynesian girl who challenges colonial narratives of exploration.
What is Moana?
100
This is the only country in the world with a maple leaf on its national flag.
What is Canada?
100
In Canada, this document protects freedom of expression, mobility, and equality under the law.
What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
100
This activist said, “The time is always right to do what is right.”
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
200
Students can access tutoring, workshops, and study support at this on-campus service.
What is Student Learning Services?
200
The practice of acknowledging the Indigenous Peoples whose land you are on is called this.
What is a land acknowledgement?
200
This TV show, based on a popular book, about a lawyer in the 1960s highlights racism and the struggle for justice in the American South.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
200
This organ in the human body is responsible for pumping blood.
What is the heart?
200
In Alberta, employees are entitled to this type of pay if they work more than eight hours a day or forty-four hours a week.
What is overtime pay?
200
This South African leader said, “It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
Who is Nelson Mandela?
300
The process of giving back power and control to Indigenous peoples after colonization is known as this.
What is decolonization?
300
The 2021 film Nomadland explores this issue faced by many Americans after the Great Recession.
What is economic inequality?
300
This natural phenomenon is measured on the Richter scale.
What are earthquakes?
300
When dealing with police, you have the right to remain silent — this right protects against self-incrimination under what Charter section?
What is Section 7 (life, liberty, and security of person)?
300
This American author said, “When we speak, we are afraid our words will not be heard. When we are silent, we are still afraid. So it is better to speak.”
Who is Audre Lorde?
400
Students who want to get involved in clubs or leadership often visit this space in Wyckham House.
What is Student Life?
400
This international organization is known for its Universal Declaration of Human Rights, created in 1948.
What is the United Nations?
400
This TV series follows the trial of five wrongly convicted teens in New York City, known as the Central Park Five.
What is When They See Us?
400
The capital city of Iceland is this.
What is Reykjavik?
400
Students have privacy rights regarding their educational records under this federal law.
What is PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act)?
400
This former U.S. First Lady said, “When they go low, we go high.”
Who is Michelle Obama?
500
MRU began as a junior college in this decade before becoming a university decades later.
What are the 1910s? (Founded in 1910)
500
This concept challenges how systems like education, policing, and healthcare can uphold inequality without individual intent.
What is systemic oppression?
500
The song “Alright” became an anthem for the Black Lives Matter movement by this artist.
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
500
This 20th-century scientist developed the theory of relativity.
Who is Albert Einstein?
500
In Canadian law, this term means “innocent until proven guilty.”
What is the presumption of innocence?
500
This American abolitionist and feminist said, “Ain’t I a Woman?”
Who is Sojourner Truth?