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Face2Face: Journey to Renewed Covenants
The Manitoba Screening of ‘Reserve 107: Reconciliation on the Prairies’ with Director Brad Leitch took place on September 23, 2016 and was followed by audience conversation with film participants.
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Read More"Festschrift" honours CMU President Emeritus Gerald Gerbrandt
CMU Press is pleased to announce the release of a Festschrift honouring Dr. Gerald Gerbrandt, who served as Canadian Mennonite University’s first sole President.
Titled A University of the Church for the World: Essays in Honour of Gerald Gerbrandt, the Festschrift—a German word for a collection of writing that is meant to honour a scholar—is a series of essays that reflect on what it means to be a Mennonite university.
Read MoreCMU Discussion Series Kicks Off with Screening of Award-Winning Documentary
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) will host the Manitoba premiere of the new documentary short Reserve 107: Reconciliation on the Prairies during its first Face2Face community discussion event of the 2016-17 school year.
The documentary explores Indigenous rights and title to the land in the small town of Laird, SK, where an old injustice is providing new opportunities for dialogue, friendship, and a fierce determination to right the wrongs of the past.
Read MoreCMU Recognizes Distinguished Alumni with 2016 Awards
A former penitentiary warden, an international development worker, a pastor-academic committed to leadership development, and a 30-year-old who combines filmmaking with peacebuilding are the recipients of Canadian Mennonite University’s (CMU) 2016 Distinguished Alumni Awards.
CMU President Cheryl Pauls is pleased to present the awards to Peter Guenther, Adrienne Wiebe, Ron Toews, and Brad Leitch on Saturday, September 24.
Read MoreFaculty: In Their Own Words – Dr. John Brubacher
Dr. John Brubacher, Assistant Professor of Biology, has worked at CMU since 2008.
What do you love about your work here?
Read MoreJohn Ralston Saul – Living with Uncertainty: The Road to Peace
Living with Uncertainty: The Road to Peace
Canada is more and more isolated from its allies because, without exception, the United States and European countries are shaping themselves towards internal divisions and external fear. They remain caught up the in old 19th Century idea of how nations function. You can see this in Europe on their handling of the refugee crisis. One of the curiosities of the continent is that every year over the last 70 years it has received large numbers of immigrants, and yet it has never been able to admit that this would require massive changes in how they imagine themselves. In many ways, this crisis is all about an immigration continent which cannot admit that reality, and so, has no immigration policy. Only by embracing concepts of uncertainty can they find ways to live together, both within their countries and with their neighbours.
Read MoreCSOP Participant Profile: Darnell Barkman
When it comes to peace work in the Philippines, Darnell Barkman is on the front lines.
Barkman and his wife, Christina, are Mennonite Church Canada Witness Workers, giving pastoral leadership to PeaceChurch Philippines, an Anabaptist church they helped plant in Metro Manila.
Read MoreCMU students reflect on their involvement with Freedom Road campaign
"It almost feels too good to be true."
That’s how Samantha Klassen feels now that the City of Winnipeg, the Province of Manitoba, and the Federal Government have voiced their support for the construction of a permanent road for Shoal Lake 40 First Nation.
Read MoreCMU announces addition of MBA program
Canadian Mennonite University is pleased to introduce the second of two new graduate studies programs to launch for the 2015/16 academic year. In addition to the recently unveiled Master of Arts in Peacebuilding and Collaborative Development, CMU announces its participation in a Collaborative Masters of Business Administration program.
The Collaborative MBA is an accredited online program jointly offered by Eastern Mennonite University, Goshen College, Bluffton University, and CMU. Built on six core values—honouring community, leading as service, upholding justice, planning for sustainability, global citizenship, and growing spiritually—classes are delivered in synchronous (live video conferencing) and asynchronous (online learning/information sharing outside of the constraints of time and place) to accommodate both learning and employment
Read MoreCMU announces new graduate studies program
Canadian Mennonite University is pleased to announce a new Masters of Arts in Peacebuilding and Collaborative Development, which will bridge the fields of peacebuilding-conflict resolution studies and development-transformational justice studies.
CMU's new MA program builds on the institution's strong undergraduate programming in the areas of peacebuilding, conflict resolution, and international development and reflects one of CMU's core values: educating for peace and justice.
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