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March 10 Message from CMU about Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)
Posted in News Releases | Tuesday, March 10, 2020 @ 4:16 PM
The Public Health Agency of Canada continues to assess the public health risk associated with COVID-19 as low in Canada, with the risk to public health reassessed as new information becomes available.
There are currently no confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba and the risk remains low.
Continue ReadingNew Book on Mennonite History Planned
Posted in News Releases | Tuesday, March 10, 2020 @ 9:39 AM
The Mennonite Historical Society of Canada is utilizing the resources of Mennonite universities in Canada to research and write an updated history book on the history of Mennonites in Canada from 1970-2020. They have invited Conrad Grebel University College (Grebel) Archivist-Librarian Laureen Harder-Gissing to co-author this book with Brian Froese, Associate Professor of History at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU).
Continue ReadingAnnouncing the 2020 John and Margaret Friesen Lectures: What if Mennonites Had Never Left the Netherlands?
Posted in News Releases | Tuesday, March 3, 2020 @ 3:53 PM
What if the 16th-century Dutch and North-German ancestors of so many North American Mennonites had decided not to flee their homes? What if they had not scattered, and not been variously shaped by atrocities like those of tsarist Russian tyranny, communist revolution, or Nazi war? What would Mennonites be like today if they had never left the Netherlands?
Continue ReadingHeroes and helpers theme of March 15 Mennonite Community Concert
Posted in News Releases | Tuesday, February 25, 2020 @ 10:11 AM
2:00 PM at Jubilee Place, 173 Talbot Ave. Admission by donation.
In 1815, Ludwig von Beethoven composed his Eroica Symphony, to celebrate the general spirit of heroism in the world.
Continue ReadingHeroic Overtime Comeback Gives CMU First NIAC Championship
Posted in News Releases | Monday, February 24, 2020 @ 7:00 PM
The Providence Pilots did what they could to try to ice Madison Wood, but the 2nd year product of Morden Collegiate held her nerves and calmly swished a championship-winning free-throw with 3.7 seconds left in overtime to give CMU a 72-71 lead and their first-ever NIAC championship banner.
It was an all-Manitoba final on Sunday afternoon in the 2020 Northern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference women's basketball championship game when the Pilots and Blazers clashed in Cass Lake, Minnesota, both teams leaving everything on the floor in an effort to bring a trophy back to Canada.
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