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Sunday@CMU: October 2025
Sunday, October 5, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
Peace with Creation
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are hearing from CMU alumna Zoe Matties. Zoe is Manitoba Program Manager for A Rocha Canada, a Christian environmental organization dedicated to caring for creation through conservation research, education, and community engagement. She graduated with an International Development Studies major, and holds a Master of Science in Food Systems and Society. In this new series of reflections, Zoe is exploring Peace with Creation, the theme of this year's Season of Creation—a period in the liturgical calendar dedicated to prayer, education, and action to protect the gift of God's creation.
Read MoreFrom peacebuilding to conservation: A CMU alum’s journey of justice, community, and care for creation
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 @ 8:00 AM
Aaron Janzen knows being an environmentalist is as much about working with people as it is with the land.
The self-described "social scientist type-person," graduated from CMU in 2008, majoring in Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies (PACTS).
Read MoreSunday@CMU: May 2025
Sunday, May 4, 2025 @ 12:00 AM
Difference and Disagreement: Lessons From Scripture and a Tradition of Peacebuilding
This month on Sunday@CMU, we're hearing from Valerie Smith, Associate Registrar for Graduate Studies at CMU. She was previously Co-Director of CMU's Canadian School of Peacebuilding for its first 10 years, and co-edited the book, Voices of Harmony and Dissent, a collection of writing by peacebuilders who were instructors at the school. Valerie is also an alumna of Canadian Mennonite Bible College, a predecessor of CMU, and holds a Master of Divinity from Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary. In this series, she explores themes of difference and disagreement through lessons from scripture and traditions of peacebuilding.
Read MoreSunday@CMU: May 2024
Sunday, May 5, 2024 @ 12:00 AM
Voices of the CMU Community
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are featuring the voices of CMU students. Listen to speeches from the 2024 C. Henry Smith Oratorical Peace Contest and performances from this year's 19th annual Verna Mae Janzen music competition finals.
Read MoreWinnipeggers teach anger management course to Palestinians (Winnipeg Free Press)
Tuesday, August 15, 2023 @ 4:25 PM
For people living in the Palestinian territories, anger and frustration are daily experiences. That's why two Winnipeggers went there in late July to teach a course on conflict-resolution skills.
Karen Ridd, who teaches conflict resolution studies at Canadian Mennonite University, and Izzy Hawamda, a teacher at Maples Collegiate and an instructor at CMU visited An-Najah University in Nablus in the West Bank.
The goal was to teach the 22 students who signed up for the course about ways to deal with their anger, both internally and inter-personally, and to help others manage their frustrations with daily living under occupation.
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Read MoreSunday@CMU: July 2023
Sunday, July 2, 2023 @ 12:00 AM
Voices of the CMU Community
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are featuring the voices of CMU students. Listen to hear excerpts of speeches from the 2023 C. Henry Smith Oratorical Peace Contest and performances from this year's 18th annual Verna Mae Janzen music competition finals.
Read MoreUkraine and armed conflicts: Pursuing justice and peace
Monday, April 17, 2023 @ 1:30 PM
Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and the United Nations (UN) held a student seminar in New York City this past November called, "Ukraine and Armed Conflicts: Pursuing Justice and Peace." This event was created for undergraduate students in Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies or other related fields. As two CMU students who took part in this seminar, we have written a reflection on the event.
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Read MoreCMU alumna transforms dream for justice through peace program
Monday, March 20, 2023 @ 10:30 AM
CMU alumna Odelia Duffus wanted to be a lawyer after she graduated high school. Six years later, she's liaising with the court—but not in the role she expected.
Duffus is a mediator and caseworker with Mediation Services, a Winnipeg-based organization offering conflict resolution and training to workplaces, families, and communities. She wants to make a safer and more just future for all people involved in conflict, by navigating it in ways alternative to conventional punishment. Through mediation, she acts as a neutral third party that hears each side's perspective and helps create an agreement that benefits everyone and an appropriate solution.
Read MoreCMU student's award-winning speech encourages us to live with “an attitude of abundance”
Thursday, December 8, 2022 @ 12:00 AM
"The kingdom of God [that Jesus] preached about was one of banquets. It is a kingdom that starts with faith the size of a mustard seed and grows like yeast mixed with flour. You are invited; come and join the feast."
So says current Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) student Danika Warkentin in her award-winning speech titled, "Join the Feast."
Read MoreSunday@CMU: July 2022
Tuesday, July 5, 2022 @ 12:00 AM
Theme: Voices of the CMU Community
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are featuring the voices of CMU students. We will hear excerpts of speeches from the 2022 C. Henry Smith Oratorical Peace Contest and performances from this year's 17th annual Verna Mae Janzen music competition finals.
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