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Resolving inner conflict
Posted by MSC Staff | Menno Simons College | 2015.06.29 @ 10:45 AM
Dr. Paul Redekop hopes people will become their own best friends.
In his new book, Inner Peace Through Conflict Transformation, Redekop provides readers with tools to resolve their own inner conflicts.
Read MoreFilm by alumnus included in Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Posted by CMU Staff | Community and Alumni | 2015.06.25 @ 9:38 AM
A video filmed by a Canadian Mennonite University alumnus is featured in the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) in Winnipeg.
Brad Leitch (formerly Langendoen) created the video, titled “Aras Abid Akram: A Profile of Courage,” as part of his course work while studying Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies (PACTS) at CMU. He filmed it during a six-week internship with Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) in Iraq in 2010.
Read MoreCMU/MSC-affiliated research project awarded $2.6M
Posted by MSC Staff | Menno Simons College | 2015.06.10 @ 9:38 AM
Canadian universities and project partners awarded $2.6M in funding from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Government of Canada’s Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada (DFATD).
Principal investigators are Dr. Pashupati Chaudhary from Local Initiatives for Biodiversity, Research and Development (LI-BIRD), Dr. Ram Rana from Anamolbiu Private Limited, and Manish N. Raizada from the University of Guelph.
Read MoreCreating positive change
Posted by MSC Staff | Menno Simons College | 2015.06.03 @ 12:20 PM
When Barbara Bucheli graduated from high school, she knew she wanted to study world issues and learn about ways local, national, and global problems are being addressed.
“I wanted to be educated on effective actions to prevent, solve, or reduce problems we face,” she says. “And I wanted to find where my skills and passion fit in the bigger picture of future local, national, and global development and improvement.”
Read MoreAlumnus debuts new oratorio with experimental ensemble, Geräuschbiest
Posted by CMU Staff | Community and Alumni | 2015.06.02 @ 9:35 AM
Trees, antlers, piano tuning pins, and bicycle parts – these are just a few of the found objects Canadian Mennonite University alumnus Jesse Krause has used to build his own instruments.
Krause uses these homemade instruments to perform in Geräuschbiest, an experimental ensemble that also includes his brother, Thomas (CMU ‘13).
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