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Building research partnerships in Zimbabwe
"Don't expect to see animals on our trip into town," the driver told me as we sped along the narrow road between the airport in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe and Elephant Hills Resort where I would meet two Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada workers.
I had just arrived in Zimbabwe for the launch of the LINCZ project, where CMU is a research partner supporting MCC and developing relationships through research with MCC Zimbabwe partner organizations: Kulima Mbobumi Training Centre, Brethren in Christ - Compassionate Development Services and Score Against Poverty, and Zimbabwean institutions: including the National University for Science and Technology and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility at Bindura University of Science Education.
"Towards a more just, equitable, and sustainable society"
MSC hosts 14th annual Social Justice Fair
The University of Winnipeg's Riddell Hall buzzed with conversations about equitable community, human rights advocacy, and peace and justice work on February 5. The crowds were gathered for Menno Simons College's (MSC) 14th annual Social Justice Fair, put on by MSC's Student Services.
MSC professor awarded grant to continue community meth response training
Dr. Jobb Arnold, Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution Studies at Menno Simons College (MSC), has received a grant of $5,000 from the City of Winnipeg's inaugural Community Safety and Crime Prevention program.
Winnipeg is experiencing a methamphetamine (meth) crisis of proportions larger than the city has ever seen, and Arnold is tackling the issue head-on. He developed a community meth response training resource and ran the first sessions with it over the fall of 2019 for organizations like the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba and some of the city's crisis social workers.
“Hearts of Freedom” project to include testimony from former PM Joe Clark
As Stephanie Stobbe (Menno Simons College) and team prepare for the project's next phase, key players are adding their voices to the record, including Joe Clark, PM during the height of Southeast Asian immigration to Canada.
Between 1975 and 1980 Canada resettled 69,200 South East Asian refugees. Today Stephanie Stobbe, of Menno Simons College, along with a team of researchers, are working to ensure their experiences will be preserved for generations to come.
Nolan Kehler (BMus, '17): How good listening makes good music
For Nolan Kehler, building a career in which singing can be of service to others, whether through critical storytelling, powerful encouragement, or creative advocacy, is the goal to strive for.
Nolan Kehler (tenor) completed his Bachelor of Music in 2017, concentrating in Vocal Performance. In his graduating year he placed third in CMU's prestigious Verna Mae Janzen Music Competition, and in 2019 he graduated from University of Victoria (BC) with a Master of Music degree in Vocal Performance. New as he is to life as a working artist, Kehler is already booking regular singing work in leading roles, on top of his part-time job as a technical producer for CBC Manitoba.
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