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CMU to honour Bob Haverluck with 2025 CMU PAX Award
Wednesday, April 23, 2025 @ 10:00 AM
Bob Haverluck, a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and theologian from Manitoba will be awarded the 2025 Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) PAX Award.
As a community leader, Haverluck has encouraged wonder and passion for environmentalism and driven us to care for our neighbours in big and small ways. His dedication to social transformation embodies the foundational cornerstone of CMU's mission.
Read MoreExploring Public Policy and Democratic Institutions: High-Profile Event in Winnipeg and Online
Tuesday, April 22, 2025 @ 10:00 AM
On May 1, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM (CDT), Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) will host a dynamic and timely event examining the intersection of public policy, democratic institutions, and community leadership.
Presented in partnership with the Public Policy Program at Massey College in Toronto and CMU in Winnipeg, this gathering will feature a keynote conversation with The Honourable Matt Wiebe, Manitoba's Minister of Justice and Attorney General, and Professor Heidi Tworek, Canada Research Chair and Director of the Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions at the University of British Columbia. The session will be moderated by Dr. Tom Axworthy, Public Policy Chair at Massey College.
Read More#myCMUlife | Sustainability at CMU
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 @ 4:51 PM
With sustainable practices at the heart of many CMU students' values, it's no wonder there is a student group on campus dedicated to peace and sustainability.
The peace and sustainability committee, in collaboration with the arts and entertainment committee, holds a week-long festival every year with education and events to engage students in sustainability. This year's festival included a thrift store trip, a fashion show, a winter cycling workshop, a market, and last but certainly not least, a dumpster diving excursion.
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Read MoreCMU and MCC Canada launch website in support of climate change research in Zimbabwe
Monday, March 31, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) and Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Canada, with funding from Global Affairs Canada, are excited to announce the launch a new learning and research hub website, lincz.ca.
In support of Locally led Indigenous Nature-based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation in Zimbabwe (LINCZ) project, this website provides a platform to engage academic and international development communities and share project outcomes related to LINCZ work in Zimbabwe's Binga, Gwanda, and Mwenezi districts.
Read More#myCMUlife | Lost and found in translations: The international student experience
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 @ 1:41 PM
Philosophy books, lasting friendships, faint echoes of laughter, and the comforting scent of hot chocolate while rushing in the hallways...
As I make my way to my evening class on the north side of CMU's campus, I let flickers of past and present memories wash over me. The castle building looms in front of me, still as massive and beautiful as the first day I saw it. I get distracted by the beauty of the snow surrounding me, sparkling and looking like fairy dust in the faint light surrounding the pathways. I breathe out loudly to see the cloud made by the cold air and laugh childishly. Having previously lived on a tropical island where sunshine prevails for most of the year, winter is truly captivating, particularly to those who encounter snow only upon arriving in Canada.
Being an international student is no easy feat. Being away from your family and everything you know, while balancing part-time work and the pressure to excel academically, can be overwhelming. However, my CMU experience was transformed by its strong sense of community. I made a few friends within the first few days of university, not knowing that they would become life-long friends of mine. I remember the short presentations on how to prepare for the academic year and ensure success, along with the campus tours led by faculty members that helped ease the transition. Before long, I was familiar with all the buildings and rushing to my first few classes.
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Read More#myCMUlife | Where creativity and community thrive
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 @ 8:43 AM
CMU prides itself on its tight-knit and welcoming community, with plenty of opportunities to interact with peers outside of classes, whether you live on campus or you're a commuter student. One of the driving forces behind these events is the Arts & Entertainment committee.
As the title implies, the Arts & Ents committee is responsible for providing fun events all throughout the year for students to take part in at no extra cost to the students. One consistent event that has remained solid throughout the years is the coffeehouse, usually put on multiple times a year. Coffeehouses are a chance for students to showcase their music or any other forms of performance. As a university with a diverse demographic of students, it's nice to see what kind of projects your fellow students have been creating in their free time.
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Read MoreDr. John Brubacher | 2024 Kay and Lorne Dick Teaching Excellence Award Recipient (video)
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 @ 3:47 PM
Dr. John Brubacher, Associate Professor of Biology, has worked at CMU since 2008. He and Lynda Loewen, Teaching Assistant Professor of Psychology, are co-recipients of the 2024 Kay and Lorne Dick Teaching Excellence Award.
The award, established in 2022, is granted annually to two faculty members who best exemplify CMU's commitment to excellent teaching.
Read More#myCMUlife | How do CMU students spend their reading week?
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 @ 9:00 AM
Reading week is something that every student looks forward to. Whether you're visiting home or staying on campus, it is a time for relaxing, hanging out with friends and family, catching up on sleep, having fun, and, well, reading.
Good study habits are important, but what second-year student and Poettcker Hall resident Shusmita Shovona took away from the fall semester reading week was the chance to have a fun time with the different residence events that were planned out. "My favourite events were the movie screening and sleepover in the lecture hall, and gargon." For context, gargon is a student-created game where you run around the north side castle at nighttime with an objective that changes every year, while being chased by enemies.
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Read MoreHow a local professor spent 20 years exploring the meaning of 'Oh My God'
Thursday, February 13, 2025 @ 10:22 AM
Does the phrase "Oh my God" offend you? Have you ever wondered how it became something that people blurt out multiple times a day?
David Balzer, an associate professor of communications and media at Canadian Mennonite University and a storyteller at heart, is preparing to release an audio documentary that will answer all of these questions and more.
"I was doing the radio show [God Talk] and I had some friends at the University of Manitoba. They wanted to do something creative on campus and I got this idea to do a live show out of the university centre," said Balzer. "And so we're trying to pick a theme and during that week I was going to campus that week and I'm like, what could we do that would kind of bridge between our interest about who God is and culture and this phrase, 'oh my God' came up in my thinking."
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Read More#myCMUlife | Finding purpose through music
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 @ 1:36 PM
If you would have asked me back in 2020 where I saw myself in five years, your guess would've been as good as mine. I've always been indecisive, but with the world in disarray, nobody knew what the future had in store. However, I do know my response would have involved doing something I'm passionate about, helping others, and making a difference. Still, I wouldn't have believed it if you'd told me I would be back at school, studying music no less, and just ten minutes down the road from me. Yet here I am, a CMU student looking to become a music therapist.
I have always had a passion for music and art. My mom is an artist, so she raised us surrounded by all kinds of music and art. My favourite childhood show was The Wiggles—need I say more? One of the only after-school activities I was ever in was elementary school choir, and I sang in school talent shows even though my anxiety made it extremely scary. Looking back now, I realize I should have taken band in middle school. I was a bit scared of the commitment to something so foreign, since reading music wasn't something I felt confident doing. Plus it felt like I didn't have the time for the early mornings and late after-school practices. So, I just continued to sing literally everywhere I went, if I could, and I began collecting instruments in hopes of learning how to play on my own (unsuccessfully, I might add). Because when I sing or play, I feel something deep inside connecting me to the music.
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