MSC to host public lecture on interfaith peacebuilding
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.
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.
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Jonathan Dueck: A sort of homecoming
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.
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Former child soldier awarded MSC's Distinguished Alumni Award
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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Jaymie Friesen: Abuse prevention and response from Cambodia to Canada
Many young people wonder what sort of education and work to pursue after high school. For Jaymie Friesen, inspiration struck more than 12,000 kilometres away from home.
A native of Steinbach, MB, Friesen (CMU ’16) spent eight months in Cambodia in 2009, working in a rehabilitation centre for women wanting to leave the sex trade.
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Currently Reading: Neil Funk-Unrau
We asked Neil Funk-Unrau what he's reading, and his answer might surprise you.
What do you like to read?
My fiction interests are fairly wide ranging. Take murder mysteries: the ones I like the most are the ones that take you to a new place, and give you the opportunity to learn about a different part of the world, and a different time.
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