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Pandemic brings together students in Canada and Philippines
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 @ 5:07 PM
When students enrolled in Wendy Kroeker's upper-level Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies (PACTS) course, they didn't expect to have classmates 12,000 kilometres away.
Kroeker, Assistant Professor of PACTS at CMU, is teaching Cultures of Violence, Cultures of Peace to 16 students at CMU and 11 students in the Philippines.
Read MoreSunday@CMU: November 2020
Wednesday, November 11, 2020 @ 12:00 AM
Theme: Gathered at the Table
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are hearing a new series of meditations from Kathy McCamis. Kathy is Associate Pastor at Bethel Mennonite Church in Winnipeg, and she is an alumna of CMU's Graduate School of Theology and Ministry. Her series explores who Jesus ate and talked with, and who we welcome to our table.
CMU Student Awarded Third-Place Finalist in Bi-National Speech Contest
Monday, November 9, 2020 @ 10:25 AM
Current CMU student Jubilee Dueck Thiessen is the third-place finalist in the bi-national C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest. Her speech, titled "Stewards of Joy: Answering the Call of Ecological Shalom," employs the Christian creation narrative alongside indigenous voices to bring her point across that "disciples of joy" who seek to follow Jesus should pursue a "stewardship of creation in response to our need for ecological shalom." Rather than being overcome with grief, Dueck Thiessen, elaborating on her speech, suggests that "the core of this issue is one of love, we only fear for creation because we love it."
Read MoreCultivating health and wellbeing
Monday, November 9, 2020 @ 9:00 AM
What comes to mind when thinking about 'wellness' and 'mental health'? For many, taking care of mental health may mean booking a session with a therapist. For others, practising wellness might mean beginning a new diet or exercise routine. While, generally, these practices embody the most basic expressions of wellness, wellbeing is impacted by every facet of life. As CMU's Spiritual Life Facilitator Danielle Morton puts it, "wellness can feel like a nebulous category. What counts and does not count as wellness can look different for everyone."
Read MoreFrom planarian worms to the pandemic
Thursday, October 22, 2020 @ 2:09 PM
Dr. John Brubacher visits the library every day. But instead of books, this library contains millions of yeast clones.
Brubacher is Assistant Professor of Biology at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU), but is currently on a three-year research leave, of which he has two years left. He's working at the Morgridge Institute for Research in Madison, WI as Visiting Assistant Scientist in the institute's Newmark Lab. Researchers there utilize the tools of molecular cell biology and functional genomics to address several major biological problems.
Read MoreCreation care as career: spotlight on alumni farmers (part 3 of 4)
Thursday, October 15, 2020 @ 10:00 AM
In the age of Climate Change the adage "think global, act local" is more freighted than ever. This alumna farmer is taking it to the bank.
Arianna Hildebrand (BA International Development Studies, 2018) has been farming on small eco-farms for the last three seasons. In just a few short years, she has fallen truly in love with the life:
Read MoreCreation care as career: spotlight on alumni farmers (part 2 of 4)
Monday, October 12, 2020 @ 10:00 AM
How running a family CSA is teaching these alumni newlyweds about togetherness.
Marta and Kelsey Bunnett Wiebe, newly married, are both alumni of CMU. You could say they met in the middle. Kelsey, who hails originally from Brooks, AB, completed CMU's Outtatown program before studying two years of Physics at Shaftesbury campus (he later transferred to the University of Manitoba to complete his degree with honours). Marta came to CMU from Atlantic Canada, toting a leadership scholarship for a her award-winning high-school essay, "Responsibility for a More Equitable World." Four years later, she walked away with a self-created Interdisciplinary Studies degree in Theological Ecology.
Read MoreCreation care as career: spotlight on alumni farmers (part 1 of 4)
Thursday, October 8, 2020 @ 11:19 AM
Why more and more CMU alumni are including small-scale agriculture in their life-paths, during and after school.
This year the CMU Farm celebrates its 10th anniversary season. And while the challenges of COVID-19 have reshaped things for the farm, from celebration plans to daily operations of their CSA project, Autumn's work is largely unaltered: harvest season proceeds apace, and the steward Metanoia Farmers' collective are already forming their plans for next season.
Read MoreStudent assistantship with Li Keur project yields golden opportunities for two PACTS majors
Monday, October 5, 2020 @ 12:00 PM
Peacebuilding students Bryna Link and Hannah Connelly describe joys and challenges of their work on the Li Keur Podcast, interviewing creators and collaborators from the eponymous new opera.
Bryna Link and Hannah Connelly joined the production team of celebrated new opera Li Keur: Riel's Heart of the North as student assistants back in July. What began as a summer position—and for Connelly, a practicum placement ahead of graduation next Spring—has developed into a long-term student assistantship that will take both women all the way through Summer 2021.
Read MoreCMU launches new composting project
Friday, September 25, 2020 @ 1:18 PM
On Earth Day 2020, CMU officially became Climate Smart certified. Involved in this certification was a commitment to strategize various initiatives in which CMU would reduce greenhouse gas emissions on campus and become a more environmentally sustainable community. CMU's newest initiative, a composting project headed by graduate student Justin Eisinga, constitutes the first steps toward reducing greenhouse gasses by lowering the amount of waste build-up in landfills that contribute to the rising release of methane into the atmosphere.
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