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Climate: Daily Worries

Are we all hypocrites? Jonas talks to James Magnus-Johnston (CMU Teaching Assistant Professor) and Anna Bigland-Pritchard (CMU '15) about life in a world where not enough is being done to address the climate crisis.

Anna's "Self-Care as Creation Care" workbook: https://fortheloveofcreation.ca/resources/

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Faculty: In Their Own Words – James Magnus-Johnston

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?

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Centre for Resilience: meeting 21st century needs

Canadian Mennonite University's Centre for Resilience is now open for business.

The Centre for Resilience (CFR) is a co-working lab on the fourth floor of CMU's historic building at 500 Shaftesbury Blvd. that will incubate and nurture social enterprises. Faculty, students and staff celebrated the grand opening of the $1.7 million centre on April 13.

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Sunday@CMU: May 2018

Theme: James and Paul: The Politics of Identity at the Turn of the Ages
Speaker: Dr. V. George Shillington, Professor Emeritus of Biblical and Theological Studies

George Shillington presents a four-part sermon series based on his book, James and Paul: The Politics of Identity at the Turn of the Ages (Fortress Press, 2015). Plus: Face2Face On Air interviews with CMU students, faculty, and alumni.

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Canadian Mennonite University (CMU)’s Centre for Resilience is now open for business.

The Centre for Resilience (CFR) is a co-working lab that will incubate and nurture social enterprises. Faculty, students and staff celebrated the grand opening of the $1.7 million centre on April 13.

"We're thankful for the opportunity to create a space designed to meet the needs of the 21st century," says James Magnus-Johnston, director of the centre. "The CFR will maximize the impact of social entrepreneurs, and allow students to work on complex, real-world problems."

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CMU Centre for Resilience official opening (video)

Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) has unveiled the completion of a $1.7 million Centre for Resilience on April 13, 2018, thanks in part to investments by the governments of Canada and Manitoba.

Special guests included Doug Eyolfson, Member of Parliament for Charleswood–St. James–Assiniboia–Headingley; Honourable Ian Wishart, Manitoba Minister of Education and Training, and Honourable Heather Stefanson, Manitoba Minister of Justice and Attorney General.

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Faculty: In Their Own Words – Dr. Sheila Klassen-Wiebe

Dr. Sheila Klassen-Wiebe, Associate Professor of New Testament, has taught at CMU and CMBC (one of CMU's predecessor colleges) since 1993.

What are you teaching right now that you're most excited about?

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The CMU Centre for Resilience: nurturing enterprise for social change

Although it is months away from opening, exciting things are already happening at CMU's Centre for Resilience (CFR).

James Magnus-Johnston, director of the centre, is in talks with numerous groups who are interested in being a part of the CFR, which will incubate and nurture social enterprises.

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Canadian Mennonite University announces new faculty appointments

Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) is pleased to announce three new faculty appointments, all to start in their roles on July 1, 2017.

Dr. Jonathan Dueck, Vice President Academic and Academic Dean: Dueck holds a PhD from the University of Alberta in Music (Ethnomusicology). He is currently Assistant Professor of Writing and Deputy Director of Writing in the Disciplines at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C., an interdisciplinary position that gives Dueck the opportunity to work with scholars and students in a variety of different faculties. He previously taught at Duke University, the University of Maryland, and the University of Alberta.

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CMU announces $1.7 million Centre for Ecological and Economic Resilience

Canadian Mennonite University is pleased to announce the creation of a new centre that will incubate and nurture social enterprises.

The Centre for Ecological and Economic Resilience will develop policy, design, and enterprise innovations for a resilient economy that improves social equity and environmental protection.

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