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CMU theology student receives prized Canada Graduate Scholarship
CMU student Karissa Durant has been awarded a prestigious Canada Graduate Scholarship Master's award worth $17,500.
The Government of Canada announced in March the results of the competition for the 2022/23 academic year. The scholarships are administered by Canada's federal granting agencies: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
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CMU to honour Dr. Joss Reimer with 2024 PAX Award
Dr. Joss Reimer, Chief Medical Officer of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority and incoming president of the Canadian Medical Association, will be recognized with the 2024 Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) PAX Award.
CMU President Cheryl Pauls will present the award to Reimer at CMU's convocation ceremony on April 27 at Bethel Mennonite Church, where Reimer will also give the graduation address.
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Vision: A Journal for Church and Theology: Commemorating Anabaptism’s 500 years
The Spring 2024 issue of Vision: A Journal for Church and Theology is now available. Edited by Karl Koop, Professor of History and Theology, this issue's theme is "Commemorating Anabaptism's 500 years" and features contributions from Chris Huebner and Gordon Zerbe.
The journal is published semi-annually by Canadian Mennonite University and Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary (Elkhart, IN).
CMU appoints experienced social worker and professor to faculty
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) continues to establish its new Bachelor of Social Work degree program as it welcomes Ms. Buetta Warkentin. She will join the university on May 27, 2024 in the roles of Associate Professor of Social Work and Field Education Coordinator for Social Work.
Warkentin comes to CMU with a wealth of experience both in academia and in the field. She is a registered Social Worker and a member of the Manitoba College of Social Workers. She spent the last 18 years teaching social work at Booth University College in Winnipeg, where she joined the faculty in 2006. Her professional experience includes working in child welfare and as a therapist for children, youth, and families—both in Manitoba and Ontario.
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CMU welcomes Dr. Allyson Menzies as the 2024 Scientist in Residence
What is responsible environmental monitoring? How do STEM research and curricula unitingly participate in colonial practices that further degrade the spaces they seek to protect?
How can we dignify the past as we look to care for the future?
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