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Nobel Peace Prize laureate to give public lecture at CMU
Dr. Emily Welty, member of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, which won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, will give a public lecture at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) later this month as part of its annual Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP).
Canadian Mennonite University signs MOU with Filipino peacebuilding institute
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) has entered into a collaboration agreement through a memorandum of understanding with the Mindanao Peacebuilding Institute Foundation, Inc. (MPI). The memo states the intention of cooperation for collaboration on mutually beneficial grant opportunities, curriculum development, and activities for the advancement of programming between the two entities.
CSOP Participant Profile: Carol McNaughton
Carol McNaughton spent a semester in South Africa with Outtatown, Canadian Mennonite University's (CMU) discipleship program, and has dedicated herself to peacebuilding ever since.
"I did Outtatown right after high school and that kind of sucked me into the Mennonite world I would say." She began working at Camp Valaqua, a Mennonite camp in Alberta, and participated in Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) programs like Serving and Learning Together, where she spent a year in Cambodia. The 25-year-old now works full-time as the Peace Program Coordinator at MCC Alberta.
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Learning power and vulnerability at CSOP
For the first time in my degree, I took a class purely on a recommendation, and man alive am I glad I decided to.
After some conversation and discernment, my academic advisor told me that she thought I should take Arts Based Approaches to Social Change from the Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP). I liked the idea of getting some credits out of the way and having an excuse to come back to Winnipeg mid-summer. The course sounded mildly interesting, and though not related to the direction my Interdisciplinary degree seemed to be taking, I decided to just do it.
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Peacebuilding school brings together participants from around the world in its tenth year
"This course is challenging my life! What a gift."
This sentiment was voiced by nearly 100 participants, students and professionals who came from around the globe, as they reflected on their time spent in the Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP) earlier this month.
2018 CSOP Lecture - A Transformative Spirituality for Peacebuilding
The World Council of Churches (WCC) project, Pilgrimage of Peace and Justice, calls on churches everywhere to walk together, to view their common life and journey of faith, as part of the pilgrimage of justice and peace, and to join together with others in celebrating life and to take steps toward transforming injustices and violence.
Hutterites learn about the Islamic faith at Canadian School of Peacebuilding
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The Honourable Senator Murray Sinclair to speak at CMU about reconciliation efforts across Canada
The Honourable Senator Murray Sinclair will present a public lecture at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) next month.
Sinclair will give the lecture, titled "The TRC, Calls to Action and the Mountain Before Us: Stories of Hope and Challenge," in Marpeck Commons (2299 Grant Ave.) on Monday, March 5 at 7:00 PM. Admission is free. All are welcome to attend.
Lawyer-turned-activist from Iraqi Kurdistan excited to share what he’s learned at the CSOP
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‘Everybody is accepted’ at the CSOP, Jordanian peacebuilder finds
Duha Alassaf is passionate about peacebuilding.
"Peacebuilding is a subject that should be mandatory in schools and universities for how to deal with others," she said. "If people only knew peacebuilding, we wouldn't have these conflicts and wars."
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