News and Releases

News Releases
Vision: A Journal for Church and Theology: Commemorating Anabaptism’s 500 years
Posted in News Releases | Monday, March 11, 2024 @ 10:58 AM
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
Posted in News Releases | Tuesday, February 27, 2024 @ 2:02 PM
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.
Continue ReadingCMU welcomes Dr. Allyson Menzies as the 2024 Scientist in Residence
Posted in News Releases | Tuesday, January 23, 2024 @ 3:49 PM
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?
Continue ReadingRefugee exhibition curated by CMU professor arrives in Manitoba
Posted in News Releases | Monday, January 22, 2024 @ 12:38 PM
A travelling exhibition called, Hearts of Freedom: Stories of Southeast Asian Refugees, is being showcased in the Manitoba Museum's Festival Hall from January 5 until April 7.
Dr. Stephanie Phetsamay Stobbe, Associate Professor and Chair of Conflict Resolution Studies at Canadian Mennonite University, curated the exhibition. It is the product of a larger Hearts of Freedom research project, which Stobbe worked on with four other researchers, beginning in 2018.
Continue ReadingThe Mennonite Community Orchestra to perform a musical tribute to Urkraine
Posted in News Releases | Friday, October 27, 2023 @ 10:00 AM
The Mennonite Community Orchestra in collaboration with the Association of United Ukrainian Canadians will present a musical tribute to Ukraine as part of its fall concert. The concert, titled The Power of Hope, will encourage solidarity with the people of Ukraine and other nations struggling for freedom while carrying hope in their hearts, despite being caught up in war.
Continue Reading