Keyword: Rudy Wiebe

Step inside CMU’s special collections room

Monday, July 29, 2024 @ 3:35 PM

Step inside the doors of Canadian Mennonite University's (CMU) library, and you'll find yourself at the institution's heart. Each shelf holds stories of the past, present, and future, ready to be explored. The CMU library is more than just a resource; it's a place where curiosity thrives and community bonds are strengthened.

Over 135,000 items are in CMU's collection, but a significantly smaller subset sits in the special collections room. It's a place where Professor of English Paul Dyck says the utility and value of printed books will remain eternal.

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2019 CMU PAX Award Presentation to Rudy Wiebe (video)

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 @ 12:58 PM

Rudy Wiebe, is best known for his novels set in the Canadian prairies and his representations of Indigenous people. He was awarded the Governor General's Award for Fiction twice, for The Temptations of Big Bear (1973) and A Discovery of Strangers (1994) and won the Charles Taylor Prize for Of This Earth: a Mennonite Boyhood in the Boreal Forest (2006).

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CMU to honour writer Rudy Wiebe with 2019 PAX Award

Tuesday, March 12, 2019 @ 9:19 AM

Renowned writer Rudy Wiebe will receive the 2019 Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) PAX Award.

CMU President Dr. Cheryl Pauls will present the award to Wiebe on Thursday, April 4, 2019 at Spring at CMU, an annual fundraiser in support of the university.

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