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From Winnipeg to Cambodia: IDS Practicum builds relationships
Posted by MSC Staff | Menno Simons College | 2017.11.13 @ 11:04 AM
When Tyler Loewen returned from his practicum to complete his four-year Honours International Development Studies degree at MSC, he had no idea the experience would lead to full time employment.
Yet, in the new year, Loewen will head to Cambodia for a three-year term with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) where he will serve as Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation Coordinator.
Read MoreMSC to host presentation on food sovereignty in Northern Manitoba
Posted by MSC Staff | Menno Simons College | 2017.11.02 @ 11:42 AM
On November 8, MSC will host a presentation with Dr. Shirley Thompson entitled, Harvesting Hope and food sovereignty in Northern Manitoba.
Dr. Thompson’s presentation will explore risk factors for food insecurity in the North, and the role of Indigenous land use and land management practice.
Read MoreMSC to host public lecture on interfaith peacebuilding
Posted by MSC Staff | Menno Simons College | 2017.10.03 @ 12:00 AM
Menno Simons College is pleased to present Dr. Jan Bender Shetler in a public lecture on interfaith relations in the city of Harar, Ethiopia, later this month.
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The result of an eight-year collaborative research project between Dr. Bender Shetler and fellow academic Dawit Yehualashet, the lecture explores how Muslims and Christians have been able to maintain relatively peaceful relations in Harar over the last century, despite close and potentially volatile interaction.
Read MoreJonathan Dueck: A sort of homecoming
Posted by CMU Staff | Community & Alumni | 2017.08.03 @ 3:22 PM
For Dr. Jonathan Dueck (CMBC '97), Canadian Mennonite University is a dream come true.
While studying at Canadian Mennonite Bible College in the early ‘90s, Dueck and one of his fellow students wrote a series of posts on the Wittenberg Door, an on-campus forum for student discussion.
Read MoreFormer child soldier awarded MSC's Distinguished Alumni Award
Posted by MSC Staff | Menno Simons College | 2017.07.28 @ 3:47 PM
Menno Simons College (MSC) is pleased to announce David Atem as the recipient of the 2017 Distinguished Alumnus Award.
A former child soldier from South Sudan, Atem came to Canada as a refugee in 2001.
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