Conflict resolution skills useful at home and abroad
Shauna Fay (MSC'03, CRS 3–year) has found the skills and knowledge she gained through her Conflict Resolution Studies degree at Menno Simons College useful in many opportunities she’s had since graduating.
She’s worked as a health educator, a literacy coordinator, and taught English in Mexico. Recently, she began a grassroots project to help meet some of the needs of migrants as they travel through Mexico.
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Alumni brightening Winnipeg with lights business
Since purchasing Lights Unlimited three years ago, lifelong friends Mike Friesen (CMU ’10) and Terrell Froese (CMU 2005-06) have grown the business from a humble residential Christmas lights installation company to one that also designs and creates exciting light displays in public spaces throughout Winnipeg.
If you’ve walked over the old railway bridge at the Forks, strolled through the park behind Millennium Library, or sauntered through West Broadway, you’ve seen their work.
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On Giving Tuesday, consider supporting CMU
Today is Giving Tuesday, a day when charities, companies, and individuals join together to share commitments, rally for favourable causes, and think about others.
In the midst of challenging times for all Canadian universities and within the changing realities of the church, CMU continues to operate in the black (with no operating deficit), and with an increasing number of people embracing the distinct mission and vision entrusted to this university.
Read MoreRestorative Justice Week 2015
Restorative Justice: What is it and why should we care?
When: Saturday, November 14, 1:00–3:00 PM
Where: John Black Memorial United Church, 898 Henderson Hwy
For more info: Contact reception (204) 661-2579
The Blanket Exercises: Resources
At PIT 2015, Sue Eagle and Miriam Sainnawap led participants in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, a workshop that explores the nation-to-nation relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. Blankets arranged on the floor represent land and participants are invited to step into the roles of First Nations, Inuit, and later Métis peoples. The workshop helps people to understand how the colonization of this land impacts those who were here long before settlers arrived.
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