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2022 CSOP Lecture: "Choosing Love in the Wake of Wounding"
Wednesday, June 8, 2022 @ 10:45 AM
Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) will host its annual Canadian School of Peacebuilding (CSOP) lecture on June 16 at 7:30 PM in Marpeck Commons. Acclaimed professor, activist, and thought-leader Dr. Johonna McCants-Turner will give this year's public lecture.
Presenting "Choosing Love in the Wake of Wounding," McCants-Turner will be discussing how women of colour and practitioners in the transformative justice movement respond to violence by creating space for healing and accountability without punishment.
Continue Reading2022 John and Margaret Friesen Lecture Series "Reading Mennonite Writing Now" (videos)
Friday, March 4, 2022 @ 10:19 AM
View Details2021 J.J. Thiessen Lecture Series - Mediation and the Immediate God (videos)
Thursday, October 28, 2021 @ 2:10 PM
View Details2020 CSOP Lecture - The Myth of Religious Violence
Wednesday, June 17, 2020 @ 8:56 PM
View DetailsAnnouncing the 2020 John and Margaret Friesen Lectures: What if Mennonites Had Never Left the Netherlands?
Tuesday, March 3, 2020 @ 3:53 PM
What if the 16th-century Dutch and North-German ancestors of so many North American Mennonites had decided not to flee their homes? What if they had not scattered, and not been variously shaped by atrocities like those of tsarist Russian tyranny, communist revolution, or Nazi war? What would Mennonites be like today if they had never left the Netherlands?
Continue ReadingAstrophysicist is CMU’s 2020 Scientist in Residence
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 @ 12:00 AM
Dr. Deborah Haarsma (PhD) is no stranger to frontier work. She has studied galaxy clusters, the curvature of space, and the expansion of the universe using telescopes around the world and in orbit. Privately, her research in astrophysics takes her to the very edge of human knowledge and comprehension.
Continue ReadingRev'd Dr. David Widdicombe Lecture (video)
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 @ 7:54 PM
View Details2019 CSOP Lecture - Imagination, Courage, and Resilience
Wednesday, June 19, 2019 @ 8:13 PM
View DetailsNobel 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.
Continue ReadingGlobal Anabaptism Conference Lectures with Dr. John Roth (videos)
Monday, June 3, 2019 @ 3:24 PM
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