CMU Blogs
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Alumni Profiles: Bethany Daman, BA Communications (’17)
From crafting a message, to building a movement
For many, work and passion necessarily become parallel pursuits. But for 2017 grad Bethany Daman, working at Manitoba's Green Action Centre (GAC) enabled her to fuse the two, developing her professional gifts in direct service of her passion for social justice.
Common Unity: Perseverance and Growth
Every November for the last four years, the Menno Simons College Student Association (MSCSA) has organized and hosted an evening at Menno Simons College (MSC) with a diverse group of inspirational speakers from throughout the community.
The MSCSA, a group of 10 students who represent the MSC student body, recognizes that much of the work and learning done at the college can be quite heavy 'heart work', and students often take this weight home with them. The Perseverance and Growth event was chosen as this year's theme to ignite the belief that all of us can persevere through adversity; if we come together to support one another, each of us can carry the weight of sometimes heavy topics in our fields of study.
Student Report: Association for Conflict Resolution Annual Conference
By Kluane Buser-Rivet, 4th year CRS student
From September 18–21, 2019, I was one attendee amongst a congregation of mediators at the Association for Conflict Resolution's Annual Conference in Tucson, AZ. For the first time in my life, I was surrounded by hundreds of people who held the job title I have been pursuing for years: mediator. One of my favourite things about this field is how diversity blooms within it. I was surrounded by politicians, business owners, civil servants, and curious students like me from all walks of life.
Hearts of Freedom: Dr. Stephanie Stobbe and team awarded major funding for nation-wide research
Between 1975 and 1980 Canada resettled 69,200 South-East Asian refugees. This project aims to ensure their experiences will be preserved for generations to come.
Dr. Stephanie Stobbe, of CMU's Menno Simons College, together with a team of four senior researchers, has been awarded major funding to complete a three-year research and preservation project that will span the country.
Nainoto’s Story: a step further in life
by Samantha (Shayna) Shpeller
Nainoto is a widow living in the village of Likamba, in northern Tanzania. She farms her two and a half acres of land and cares for a few livestock animals as means to provide for her five children, all of whom are in their teenage years or early adulthood. Due to lack of resources, despite her large efforts, the family is currently only able to eat two meals per day.
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