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CMU composer gives new life to opera City Workers in Love
Thursday, September 17, 2026 @ 6:12 PM
Construction workers singing opera? It's a combination likely to elicit a double take, but it's at the heart of the 1992 comic opera City Workers in Love.
Composed by CMU Associate Professor of Music Neil Weisensel with a libretto by the late Michael Cavanagh, the one-act comic opera tells the story of a street repair crew and their pursuits of love and public service during a typical day.
Continue ReadingNew Assistant Professor of Education helps shape first Education cohort
Wednesday, September 16, 2026 @ 9:28 AM
As CMU welcomes the first students into its Bachelor of Education (BEd) program this fall, a new faculty member is helping shape what the program—and the educators who emerge from it—will become.
Ikeoluwapo Baruwa, Assistant Professor of Education, joined CMU in June, bringing teaching and research experience from both Nigeria and Canada.
Continue ReadingNew podcast offers real talk for Canadian music therapists
Wednesday, August 26, 2026 @ 11:55 AM
CMU professors Lee-Anne Dowsett and Michelle Yaciuk know the music therapy world inside and out. On their new podcast, they're pulling back the curtain on what it really takes to work in the field.
The duo launched the first episode of Music Therapy Unplugged: Real Talk for New Professionals on August 4. The subsequent six episodes that make up the first season will be released biweekly on Tuesdays on the podcast's website, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts.
Continue ReadingCMU professor helps expand education access for displaced people
Monday, August 17, 2026 @ 3:38 PM
Dr. Stephanie Stobbe, Professor of Business and Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies at CMU, is helping lead a major seven-year-long research initiative focused on equitable access to education for displaced people.
The project, titled "Equitable Opportunities for Research and Tertiary Education for People with Lived Experiences of Displacement," received $2.5 million in funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
Continue ReadingSunday at CMU: August 2026
Sunday, August 2, 2026 @ 12:00 AM
A Theology of Communications
This month on Sunday at CMU, we're rebroadcasting sermons from David Balzer, Associate Professor of Communications and Media at CMU. David is an alumnus of Mennonite Brethren Bible College and holds a Master of Arts in Speech Communication from California State University in Fresno. He worked for more than a decade in broadcast radio and developed CMU's Communications and Media degree program. In this series, he delves into some key points of a theology of communications, considering how we might develop a biblical response to our unique technological era.
Listen NowSunday at CMU: July 2026
Sunday, July 5, 2026 @ 12:00 AM
Lived and Living Faith in the Letter of James
This month on Sunday at CMU, we feature a new sermon series from Dr. Sheila Klassen-Wiebe, Associate Professor of New Testament at CMU. She is an alumnus of Canadian Mennonite Bible College and holds a PhD in Biblical Studies from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. Sheila wrote a commentary on the letter of James for the Believers Church Bible Commentary series, which was published earlier this year. This month on the program, she explores several topics and texts in the letter of James that have to do with faith that is lived and living.
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Sunday, June 14, 2026 @ 12:00 AM
Eternal Life
This month on Sunday at CMU, we are hearing new sermons from Andrew Dyck, Assistant Professor of Christian Spirituality and Pastoral Ministry at CMU. He is an alumnus of Mennonite Brethren Bible College, a predecessor of CMU, and holds a PhD in Christian spirituality from the Free University Amsterdam, through the International Baptist Theological Study Centre. In this series, he reflects on what Jesus means by eternal life and why that matters for us today.
Listen NowLearning research from the inside out
Wednesday, May 20, 2026 @ 12:09 PM
As part of Research Month at CMU, stories throughout May are highlighting the people, partnerships, and projects shaping research across the university. For students working alongside faculty as research assistants, that work means gaining hands-on experience while contributing to meaningful research projects.
Behind the scenes of any published academic paper is an army of research assistants (RAs) who help aggregate, organize, and shape the research itself.
Continue ReadingCMU professor receives grant for innovative AI research
Friday, May 15, 2026 @ 12:41 PM
Dr. Tim Rogalsky, Associate Professor of Mathematics at CMU, has received a Manitoba Solutions Grant for approximately $150,000 over two years from Research Manitoba. It will fund a project titled, "Ethical AI for Manitoba: The MHS Agentic Chatbot Project," led by Rogalsky and his co-investigator Dr. Gordon Goldsborough of the Manitoba Historical Society (MHS).
Continue ReadingSunday at CMU: May 2026
Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 12:00 AM
Approaching the Holy Mountain
This month on Sunday at CMU, we are hearing new sermons from Greg Wiebe, Executive Coordinator for the Office of the Vice President Academic and Adjunct Professor of Theology at CMU. Greg is an alumnus of CMU and holds a PhD in early Christian theology from McMaster University. He is an ordained deacon in the Orthodox Church of America. In this series, we take the journey from Easter to Pentecost and reflect on the meaning of the feast in light of the hymns and traditions of the Orthodox Church.
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