Restorative justice: from Sierra Leone to Winnipeg streets
Before Victor Kaicombey had even heard of the Conflict Resolution Studies program at Menno Simons, he’d survived Sierra Leone’s decade-long civil war and provided leadership in their Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The restorative justice model is one which he describes as a “traditional approach” to dealing with conflict in his homeland.
While the north american model of retributive justice traditionally focuses on the perpetrator of a crime and little else, the restorative model brings together three primary stakeholders: the perpetrator, the victim, and the community. Rather than having its sights set on punishment, the goal of restoration is bring a fuller healing to both the victim and the community affected by the crime. In some Sierra Leonean cases, this means that there are individuals who killed their neighbours during the genocide but have now been reintegrated into their communities and are living “as productive members of society.”
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A vocation to advocacy in Manitoba's child welfare system
Amy Linklater, a graduating student in Conflict Resolution Studies, says that her education and personal journey of healing are so intertwined it’s impossible to tell where one ends and the other begins. When she began studying at the University of Winnipeg at 21, she knew very little about the history of her Cree people and colonialism in Canada. “I didn’t know my history until university... my studies opened up a whole new trauma for me.”
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Joanne Epp: Writing to find home
When talking about what she enjoys about writing poetry, Joanne Epp (CMBC ’86) mentions Canadian painter David Milne, who once said, “The thing that makes a picture is the thing that makes dynamite – compression.”
“That’s one of the things I love about poetry – that compressed energy that you can get,” Epp says. “A piece can be less than a page (long), but it can contain so much.”
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Phil Campbell-Enns: Singing a new song
When he isn’t working as the associate pastor at Bethel Mennonite Church in Winnipeg, Phil Campbell-Enns (CMBC ’89) has two fascinating hobbies: building guitars and writing songs.
If it weren’t for his time as a student at Canadian Mennonite Bible College, it’s quite possible he wouldn’t have these interests. It’s at CMBC, after all, that he first picked up the guitar.
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Getting to know 2017 Scientist in Residence Dr. Katharine Hayhoe
She’s made a name for herself spreading the gospel of climate change, being named to TIME magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world and rubbing shoulders with the likes of Barack Obama and Leonardo DiCaprio along the way. Now, she’s coming to CMU – sort of.
Dr. Katharine Hayhoe, a professor at Texas Tech University and the director of its Climate Science Center, is CMU's 2017 Scientist in Residence from January 30 to February 1. To minimize carbon emissions, Hayhoe will appear on campus via two-way video conference technology.
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