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Sunday@CMU: August 2020
Sunday, August 9, 2020 @ 12:00 AM
Theme: Voices of the CMU Community
This month on Sunday@CMU, we are hearing from voices of the CMU community. This includes the student speeches from this year's C. Henry Smith Oratorical Peace Contest, Face2Face On Air segments created by communications and media students, and performances from this year's 15th annual Verna Mae Janzen music competition.
Listen NowFace2Face community conversation unpacks the complexities of polarization
Friday, February 28, 2020 @ 1:10 PM
How do we respond to the strong rhetoric of polarization that is gripping our world? How can we listen and talk to people that are different from us, and why does it matter if we do?
More than 180 people gathered in Canadian Mennonite University's (CMU) Marpeck Commons on February 10 to discuss these questions. The Face2Face event, hosted by CMU, was titled, "Us and Them: How did we become so polarized?"
Continue ReadingFace2Face | Us and Them: How did we become so polarized? (video)
Monday, February 10, 2020 @ 11:00 PM
View DetailsUs and Them: How did we become so polarized?
Monday, January 27, 2020 @ 4:11 PM
Us versus them. Left versus right. One religion versus another. Who have we become? At Canadian Mennonite University's upcoming Face2Face conversation, four panelists will reflect on the polarization prevalent in our society today and how we can engage with people whose opinions are opposite from ours.
The public is invited to attend the discussion, titled, "Us and Them: How did we become so polarized?" It will take place on Monday, February 10 at 7:00 PM in Marpeck Commons (2299 Grant Ave.) and will be simultaneously livestreamed. Admission is free and all are welcome.
Continue ReadingDealing with death together is better than alone
Wednesday, February 20, 2019 @ 11:57 AM
It will happen to all of us, but we don't like to talk about it.
Death and dying were the topics of conversation at the final Face2Face community discussion held at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) on February 8.
Continue ReadingFace2Face | Let's Talk about Death...it won't kill you (video)
Monday, February 11, 2019 @ 8:11 PM
View DetailsDeath: Are we afraid of it or obsessed with it?
Thursday, January 31, 2019 @ 9:00 AM
Four panelists who deal with death in their everyday lives will explore the different ways humans wrestle with death and how our understanding of it can change the way we live now.
"There are only two experiences that are absolute guarantees in life: birth and death. That just feels important to talk about," says David Balzer, Assistant Professor of Communications and Media at CMU and moderator of the event. "I'm going to risk something that may sound cliché, but perhaps reflecting on the meaning of death will give us a better sense of the meaning of living. I think it can."
Continue Reading‘Be open-minded about newcomers’
Thursday, November 15, 2018 @ 3:19 PM
Compassion and patience are key when relating to newcomers.
That was one of the main messages at a Face2Face community discussion at Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) on November 7.
Continue ReadingFace2Face | Whose Neighbour Am I? Newcomers to Canada (video)
Thursday, November 8, 2018 @ 12:00 AM
View DetailsFace2Face | Whose Neighbour Am I? Treaty One and Mennonite Privilegium (video)
Thursday, October 11, 2018 @ 9:00 AM
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