Chicken fingers and fries: ‘It has always been a popular meal’
It doesn’t make sense.
People today usually say they want healthy, locally sourced food. While the kitchen staff at Canadian Mennonite University does its best to provide that, the most popular meal in the six-week meal plan is, hands down, chicken fingers and fries.
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School-based practicum program boosts student’s confidence in dealing with conflict
A school-based practicum program offers students an opportunity to implement conflict resolution theory and education in real-life situations.
Lacie Munholland, a third-year Conflict Resolution Studies and Human Rights student at Menno Simons College (MSC) and The University of Winnipeg Global College, had the opportunity to lead mediations in a school setting through MSC’s practicum program.
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New book explores role of religion in peace and conflict
Anabaptist-Mennonite pacifist thinking and practice is presented as one way forward in the newly published book Peace on Earth: The Role of Religion in Peace and Conflict Studies.
The book addresses the question of whether religion can be constructive in conflict, says Dr. Lois Edmund, author of the chapter “Peace on Earth: The Anabaptist-Mennonite Perspective."
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Understanding women’s wellbeing in South Africa requires study of local level data
United Nations reports suggest high levels of wellbeing for women in South Africa. However, the data represents the experience of only some women in the country, according to research by Menno Simons College (MSC) student Lauren Milne.
Milne, an honours International Development student, recently had her thesis published in The Undercurrent, the Canadian undergraduate journal of development studies.
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Menno Simons College student inspired by Canadian School of Peacebuilding course
For Marissa Rykiss, attending the Canadian School of Peacebuilding was nothing short of life changing.
The 22-year-old Winnipegger enrolled in the course “Women and Peacebuilding” at the 2012 CSOP as part of a B.A. program in Conflict Resolution Studies at Menno Simons College.
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