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Listening an act of service for alumna
Wednesday, January 2, 2019 @ 12:00 AM
As a journalist, Katie Doke Sawatzky (CMU '10) does a lot of listening. For her, it's an act of service.
"At the end of the day, you're just talking to people and listening, which I think is why I wanted to pursue journalism in the first place," she says. "I was interested in pursuing this line of work because you come at it from a stance of compassion."
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Tuesday, January 1, 2019 @ 12:00 AM
Theme: Jesus Heals the Bleeding Woman
Speaker: Karen Schellenberg
Karen Schellenberg, a Winnipeg pastor and alumna of CMU's Graduate School of Theology and Ministry, presents a four-part sermon series exploring the story from Mark 5: 24-34 where Jesus heals the bleeding woman.
Listen NowFaculty: In Their Own Words – James Magnus-Johnston
Saturday, December 1, 2018 @ 12:00 PM
James Magnus-Johnston, Assistant Professor, Business and Director, Centre for Resilience has taught at CMU since 2013.
What do you love about your work here?
Continue Reading‘Be open-minded about newcomers’
Thursday, November 15, 2018 @ 3:19 PM
Compassion and patience are key when relating to newcomers.
That was one of the main messages at a Face2Face community discussion at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) on November 7.
Continue ReadingFace2Face | Whose Neighbour Am I? Newcomers to Canada (video)
Thursday, November 8, 2018 @ 12:00 AM
Ours is a world in which millions of people flee danger and seek the possibility of new beginnings in lands and cultures foreign to their upbringing. Ours is also a world beset by various 'tribalisms' and perceptions of 'the other' whose presence for some feels unsettling. In Canada, a land of plenty, we have been gifted by, and have much to learn from the many newcomers and asylum seekers who now live, work, and study with and among us. Join in a conversation that will challenge and enrich our understanding of the neighbours that we are as we seek to foster understanding of our shared humanity.
View DetailsSunday@CMU: November 2018
Thursday, November 1, 2018 @ 12:00 AM
Theme: CMU's 2018 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients
CMU's Distinguished Alumni Awards celebrate alumni who embody CMU's values and mission of service, leadership, and reconciliation in church and society. The awards are presented to alumni from CMU and its founding colleges. This month on Sunday@CMU, we are featuring the speeches given by this year's award recipients.
Listen NowSpeaking our Peace
Wednesday, October 31, 2018 @ 8:00 AM
Sahar Vardi and Tarek Al-Zoughbi live less than 20 kilometers away from each other—Sahar in Jerusalem, and Tarek in the West Bank city of Bethlehem to the south. A literal wall, checkpoints and cultures of mutual hatred separate the regions each call home.
The two activists, who met only weeks ago, are pushing toward new paths of peace. Sahar, a 28-year-old Jewish Israeli, did prison time for refusing military duty in protest of her country's 51-year-old occupation of the Palestinian territories. She now works as a peace advocate with the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).
Continue ReadingCelebrated Canadian pianist to give concert at Canadian Mennonite University
Monday, October 29, 2018 @ 9:20 AM
Jane Coop, one of Canada's most respected and cherished pianists, will present an exciting program of Beethoven and Rachmaninoff on Canadian Mennonite University's newly acquired Bösendorfer Imperial concert grand piano.
The concert is at 7:30 PM on Wednesday, November 14 in the Laudamus Auditorium at CMU, 500 Shaftesbury Blvd.
Continue ReadingBlazers shutdown Bobcats to win MCAC Women’s Soccer Championship
Monday, October 29, 2018 @ 9:17 AM
Goals from Susanna Derksen and Camille Plett lifted Women's Soccer to their first MCAC Conference Championship win since 2009 on Sunday afternoon, but beating the two-time defending Champions and top-seeded Brandon Bobcats was no simple task.
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Continue ReadingDefense wins championship: Blazers men’s soccer edges undefeated Bobcats in final
Monday, October 29, 2018 @ 9:14 AM
Generally thought to be unlucky, the thirteenth season turned out to be just the opposite for Men's Soccer as CMU lifted their first MCAC Conference Championship Trophy since 2005 on a 1-0 win over Brandon University on Sunday afternoon at the Ralph Cantafio Soccer Complex.
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