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Leaders from across Winnipeg to meet at CMU to develop solutions for youth at risk
Posted in News Releases | Monday, September 28, 2026 @ 12:00 AM
Growing concerns about youth vulnerability, disengagement from school, and community safety have highlighted the need for thoughtful discussion and coordinated action. In response, Canadian Mennonite University (CMU), Massey College (at University of Toronto), and Inner City Youth Alive are jointly convening the Youth at Risk in Winnipeg Symposium on October 17, 2026 to foster informed dialogue, strengthen cross-sector collaboration, and generate solutions to improve outcomes for at-risk youth in Winnipeg.
Continue ReadingMaking chatter matter (Winnipeg Free Press)
Posted in Stories | Monday, September 21, 2026 @ 8:00 AM
Last Sunday, David Balzer parked his vintage 1978 Triple E Surfside camper trailer on a church lot in town and, like an itinerant priest with a mobile confessional, prepared to hear people's stories.
Continue ReadingCMU composer gives new life to opera City Workers in Love
Posted in News Releases | Thursday, September 17, 2026 @ 6:12 PM
Construction workers singing opera? It's a combination likely to elicit a double take, but it's at the heart of the 1992 comic opera City Workers in Love.
Composed by CMU Associate Professor of Music Neil Weisensel with a libretto by the late Michael Cavanagh, the one-act comic opera tells the story of a street repair crew and their pursuits of love and public service during a typical day.
Continue ReadingDr. Roberta Bondar, Canada's first female astronaut, brings a view from space down to Earth at CMU
Posted in News Releases | Thursday, September 17, 2026 @ 4:00 PM
Seeing Earth from space changed the way Dr. Roberta Bondar understood the natural world.
Canada's first female astronaut shared that perspective at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) on September 11, when she spoke at a Face2Face event exploring the intersections of science, art, and the environment.
Continue ReadingNew Assistant Professor of Education helps shape first Education cohort
Posted in News Releases | Wednesday, September 16, 2026 @ 9:28 AM
As CMU welcomes the first students into its Bachelor of Education (BEd) program this fall, a new faculty member is helping shape what the program—and the educators who emerge from it—will become.
Ikeoluwapo Baruwa, Assistant Professor of Education, joined CMU in June, bringing teaching and research experience from both Nigeria and Canada.
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