CMU Blogs

Within CMU blogs, you'll find fascinating stories and pieces on current students and accomplished alumni. You'll also hear directly from students, faculty, and staff, as they tell their personal CMU stories in their own voices.
Mental Health First Aid workshop
Posted by MSC Staff | Menno Simons College | 2014.11.14 @ 11:59 AM
A workshop for MSC and CMU students offered by the Canadian Mental Health Assocation
This 2-day training course was developed to help people provide initial support to someone who may be developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The course is a skills workshop with a focus on mental health first aid skills and can be taken for credit as CRS-2111(1.5).
Read MoreRestorative Justice Week events
Posted by MSC Staff | Menno Simons College | 2014.11.14 @ 11:32 AM
Opening Ceremony
Read MoreGet to know your student ambassador: Evan Balzer
Posted by CMU Staff | 2014.11.13 @ 2:34 PM
Hello! My name is Evan Balzer and you’re about to find out all about me. Brace yourselves.
As you can probably guess, I am a student at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg. I live with James Nikkel in Poettker Hall on the south side of campus. I am a goalkeeper on the men’s soccer team, and as you know, work as a Student Ambassador in the Admissions Office. I regularly attend chapel and worship nights here at the school.
Read MoreA Message to President’s Circle and Patron Donors
Posted by CMU Staff | President's Message | 2014.11.04 @ 12:00 AM
Dear Friends of CMU,
In this mid-autumn season I'm pleased to share the first of what will be three updates to CMU's President's Circle and Patron's Circle members this year.
Read MoreSome Canadians have limited options for financial learning
Posted by MSC Staff | Menno Simons College | 2014.10.24 @ 12:59 PM
Canadians with low-incomes have limited opportunities for learning about finances, argues Dr. Jerry Buckland, Dean at Menno Simons College, in a newly published article.
In Structural Barriers, Financial Exclusion, and the Possibilities of Situated Learning for Financial Education, Buckland draws on the concept of situated-learning, or practice-based learning, to explain the limited options low-income people have for increasing their financial literacy.
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