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From Zimbabwe to Winnipeg, researchers share solutions to climate change
Posted in Stories | Thursday, November 12, 2026 @ 3:35 PM
How do we as a community respond to the international crisis of climate change? What does it mean to find solutions, adapt, and partner with communities facing significant agricultural vulnerabilities, recurring droughts, rising temperatures, and unpredictable weather patterns?
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) recently hosted a three-day international gathering exploring how communities in sub-Saharan Africa are responding to climate change through locally led and nature-based approaches.
Continue ReadingExperience the sounds of Christmas throughout CMU
Posted in Stories | Wednesday, November 4, 2026 @ 11:12 AM
The halls of Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) will come alive with music on Saturday, November 28, as the university welcomes the community for its annual Christmas at CMU celebration.
With Christmas trees, garlands, and twinkling lights throughout Assiniboine Castle, visitors can enjoy performances by CMU students, faculty, and staff, including choirs, concert band, and handbell ensemble. The celebration also features a reading of How the Grinch Stole Christmas for children and an opportunity for everyone to join in singing Christmas carols.
Continue ReadingAlumni in their own words - Eric Epp (CMU '18)
Posted in Alumni Profiles | Wednesday, November 4, 2026 @ 8:30 AM
Where has life taken you since you left CMU?
Since graduating from CMU in 2018, I spent three years working at folio café and in CMU's maintenance department before attending law school at the University of Manitoba. During my law degree, I developed an interest in criminal law and litigation work. This led to my current role as a federal prosecutor in Winnipeg with the Manitoba Regional Office of the Public Prosecution Service of Canada, where I have worked since June 2025 after completing my articling year with the same office.
Continue ReadingThe University of Winnipeg and Canadian Mennonite University conclude a 38-year joint initiative
Posted in News Releases | Tuesday, November 3, 2026 @ 9:00 AM
In 1988, The University of Winnipeg (UWinnipeg) and Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) began a longstanding partnership through Menno Simons College (MSC) to provide majors in International Development Studies (IDS) and Conflict Resolution Studies (CRS) in UWinnipeg degree programs. Through this partnership, generations of UWinnipeg students had the opportunity to engage questions of justice, peacebuilding, international and community development, and global citizenship. Now, as this joint initiative comes to a close, they celebrate the rich legacy MSC has left in the lives of graduates and the communities they have impacted.
Continue ReadingSunday at CMU: November 2026
Posted in Audio | Sunday, November 1, 2026 @ 12:00 AM
Images for the Christian Life
This month on Sunday at CMU, we are re-airing meditations from Sue Sorensen, Professor of English at CMU. She is also Director of CMU Press and a novelist and poet. Throughout this series, she contemplates images that help us conceive of our relationship with Christ.
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