Training for the frontline of nonviolent resistance

Local and global events play out on our phones, computers, and on the dews daily in front of our eyes. With the increasing prevalence of social media and instant messaging, exposure to injustice has never been more immediate or overwhelming.

Verna Wiebe | 2025 Kay and Lorne Dick Teaching Excellence Award recipient (video)

Verna Wiebe, Teaching Assistant Professor of Music, worked at CMU and its predecessor college CMBC for 37 years, starting in 1988 and retiring in 2025.

Dr. Paul Doerksen | 2025 Kay and Lorne Dick Teaching Excellence Award recipient (video)

Dr. Paul Doerksen, Associate Professor of Theology and Anabaptist Studies and PM Friesen Co-Chair in Biblical and Theological Studies, has worked at CMU since 2011.

CMU students volunteer to rebuild homes after U.S. wildfire

Two years after a wildfire devastated Elk, Washington, ten students from Canadian Mennonite University joined Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) to help residents rebuild their lives and homes from the ground up.

The students spent their reading week on reconstruction projects, sanding drywall, mudding walls, and listening to residents recount the sudden loss of their homes.

CMU adds faculty member to growing social work program

CMU continues to grow and enrich its Bachelor of Social Work degree program with the addition of Dr. Felicia Owadara, Assistant Professor of Social Work, who joined the faculty on July 1, 2025.