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Nobel Peace Prize laureate to give public lecture at CMU
Thursday, June 6, 2019 @ 9:37 AM
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).
Welty will present the lecture, titled "Imagination, Courage, and Resilience," on Wednesday, June 19 at 7:00 PM in CMU's Marpeck Commons (2299 Grant Ave.). Admission is free. All are welcome to attend.
Read MoreGlobal Anabaptism Conference Lectures with Dr. John Roth (videos)
Monday, June 3, 2019 @ 3:24 PM


May 21-22, 2019
A conference hosted by Canadian Mennonite University and Providence University College and Seminary
Read MoreUpcoming public lecture to explore Anabaptism in Guatemala
Monday, March 11, 2019 @ 9:00 AM
"How do we live as a transnational Mennonite community when some within the community are implicated in the harm done to others? How do we live out the authentic witness of early Anabaptism?" These are some of the questions Dr. Patricia Harms will raise at the 2019 John and Margaret Friesen Lectures at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU).
Read MoreCMU welcomes Dr. Dennis R. Venema as 2019's Scientist in Residence
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 @ 5:12 PM
Were Adam and Eve humanity's first parents? Genetics show that our beginning comes from a population much larger than one couple. Can belief in evolution and Christianity mix?
These are some of the key questions Dr. Dennis R. Venema will address as Scientist in Residence at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) on February 4-6, 2019.
Read More2018 J.J. Thiessen Lecture series with Dr. John Witvliet (3 videos)
Friday, October 19, 2018 @ 8:00 AM
Violence, Injustice, Trauma, and the Ordinary Practices of Christian Worship in a Social Media Age

with Dr. John Witvliet
Director & Professor of Worship, Theology, and Congregational and Ministry Studies at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship in Grand Rapids, MI
Read MoreRehearsing Scripture: Discovering God's Word in Community with Anna Carter Florence (video)
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 @ 10:44 AM
Anna Carter Florence is the Peter Marshal Professor of Preaching at Columbia Theological Seminary and an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA). Dr. Florence is interested in preaching and public proclamation, and preparing leaders who can speakand listen in multiple contexts for ministry.
Her research focuses on testimony, pedagogies of preaching, the creative process by which communities engage and embody scripture, and how other fields—particularly poetry and theatre—offer models for prophetic speech.
Read More2018 CSOP Lecture - A Transformative Spirituality for Peacebuilding
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 @ 8:53 PM
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.
Dr. Fernando Enns is Professor of Theology and Ethics at Vrije Universiteit (Free University) in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Director of the Institute of Peace Church Theology at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Enns is a WCC central committee member, and is the co-moderator of the pilgrimage reference group and of its theological study group.
Read MoreThe TRC, Calls to Action, and the Mountain Before Us: Stories of Hope and Challenge (video)
Tuesday, March 6, 2018 @ 9:15 AM
CMU was honoured to host The Honourable Senator Murray Sinclair on Monday, March 5, 2018 where he spoke to a full house in Marpeck Commons. Senator Sinclair shared stories and insights of the TRC's 94 Calls to Action and commented on the role Canadian communities, churches, and educational institutions have in the pursuite of reconciiliation.
Read MoreThe Honourable Senator Murray Sinclair to speak at CMU about reconciliation efforts across Canada
Wednesday, February 21, 2018 @ 9:35 AM
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.
Read MoreNiigaan James Sinclair | The History of the St. Peters Band Removal (videos)
Wednesday, January 24, 2018 @ 2:48 PM
A lecture by Niigaan James Sinclair on the story of the illegal surrender and forcible removal of the St. Peter's Band and the band's re-location to the present-day reserve of Peguis First Nation.
Niigaan James Sinclair, Anishinaabe (St. Peter's / Little Peguis), is an Assistant Professor in Native Studies at the University of Manitoba.
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