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#myCMUlife | How CMU made me enjoy living in Winnipeg

Growing up in Winnipeg, I always thought I would leave this wintery plain the moment I turned 18. University seemed like the kind of thing you had to move away from Winnipeg for, to have a good experience like you see in the movies. I had visited other universities around Winnipeg and had seen the thousands of students rushing around the overwhelmingly large and at times not-so-aesthetically-pleasing campuses, running to catch busses in the freezing cold. I thought, "Yeah, I might take my business elsewhere."

Then I ended up at CMU by chance for a high school internship. The internship itself taught me so much and gave me the opportunity to work with a publishing company at 17 years old, but I was also enchanted by the architecture of the old castle building and the tiny classrooms compared to large lecture halls of other universities. This learning experience seemed to promise a more one-on-one approach.

I grew up in the North End of Winnipeg, which I found difficult for a plethora of reasons. When I moved to northern Manitoba, I made a promise to myself that when I moved again, I would never move back to Winnipeg. If you've ever seen the movie Lady Bird, I had sort of the same melodramatic line of thinking as the main character. As she says in the film, "I want to go to the east coast. I want to go where culture is."

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2024 J.J. Thiessen Lecture Series (featuring videos)

Featuring Dr. Bruce Hindmarsh

James M. Houston Professor of Spiritual Theology and Professor of the History of Christianity at Regent College, Vancouver, BC

These lectures explore the spiritual theology of early evangelicalism by looking at three questions that were of great importance to the movement in its origins:

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Sunday@CMU: October 2024

With Gratitude 2024

This month on Sunday@CMU, we're featuring student sharing from a CMU event called With Gratitude, which took place this past April. At With Gratitude, graduating students reflect on their journeys through CMU and express what their studies have meant to them, through words and music.

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Ways of Knowing 1 Lecture Series | 'Science and Hope' with Dr. Candice Viddal (video)

 

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Sunday@CMU: September 2024

A Theology of Communications

This month on Sunday@CMU, we are kicking off the academic year with a new series from David Balzer, Associate Professor of Communications and Media at CMU. In these meditations, he delves into some key points of a theology of communications, considering how we might develop a biblical response to our unique technological era.

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CMU professor receives federal funds to study cultural, religious differences in family caregiving (WFP)

In 2018, more than 375,000 Manitobans spent 230 million hours looking after ill or aging family members—care worth $3.9 billion.

That same year, about one in four Canadians, or 7.8 million people, provided care to a family member or friend with a long-term health condition, a physical or mental disability or problems related to aging.

Those figures, the most recently available, come from Statistics Canada General Social Survey on Caregiving and Care. And over the next five years, they will form the background to new research by Canadian Mennonite University Prof. Heather Campbell-Enns.

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Sunday@CMU: August 2024

Seasonal Reflections on Food, Faith, and Land

This month on Sunday@CMU, we are rebroadcasting reflections from Kenton Lobe, Teaching Assistant Professor of International Development and Environmental Studies at CMU. In addition to teaching part-time, Kenton runs a small community shared agriculture farm in Neubergthal, Manitoba. Throughout this series, he explores the relationship between food, faith, and land.

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CMU professor awarded prestigious Canada Research Chair

Dr. Heather Campbell-Enns, Associate Professor of Psychology at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU), has been awarded a Canada Research Chair (CRC) Tier 2 in Families and Aging.

This is the first time CMU has received a CRC award, which will contribute $120,000 to the university annually over a period of five years, for a total of $600,000 in funding.

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Step inside CMU’s special collections room

Step inside the doors of Canadian Mennonite University's (CMU) library, and you'll find yourself at the institution's heart. Each shelf holds stories of the past, present, and future, ready to be explored. The CMU library is more than just a resource; it's a place where curiosity thrives and community bonds are strengthened.

Over 135,000 items are in CMU's collection, but a significantly smaller subset sits in the special collections room. It's a place where Professor of English Paul Dyck says the utility and value of printed books will remain eternal.

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Sunday@CMU: July 2024

God at Work in the Lives of Abraham and Sarah

This month on Sunday@CMU, we're rebroadcasting meditations by Kennedy Froese, Associate Pastor at Sterling Mennonite Fellowship in Winnipeg. Kennedy is a CMU alumna who graduated with a degree in Biblical and Theological Studies. In this series, she examines the story of Abraham and Sarah, how God was at work in their lives, and continues to work in our lives today.

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