Dr. Paul Doerksen | 2025 Kay and Lorne Dick Teaching Excellence Award recipient (video)
Dr. Paul Doerksen, Associate Professor of Theology and Anabaptist Studies and P.M. Friesen Co-Chair in Biblical and Theological Studies, has worked at CMU since 2011. He and Verna Wiebe, Teaching Assistant Professor of Music, are co-recipients of the 2025 Kay and Lorne Dick Teaching Excellence Award.
The award, established in 2022, is granted annually to two faculty members who best exemplify CMU's commitment to excellent teaching.
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CMU students volunteer to rebuild homes after U.S. wildfire
Two years after a wildfire devastated Elk, Washington, ten students from Canadian Mennonite University joined Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) to help residents rebuild their lives and homes from the ground up.
The students spent their reading week on reconstruction projects, sanding drywall, mudding walls, and listening to residents recount the sudden loss of their homes.
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CMU adds faculty member to growing social work program
CMU continues to grow and enrich its Bachelor of Social Work degree program with the addition of Dr. Felicia Owadara, Assistant Professor of Social Work, who joined the faculty on July 1, 2025.
Owadara brings to CMU a particularly global breadth of experience and connections in teaching, research, and practical social work. She has studied in Nigeria (Master of Education from the University of Ibadan), England (Master of Research in Social Policy and Social Work Research from the University of York), and Canada (PhD in Social Work from the University of Manitoba). She has been a social worker in Nigeria's medical system, and she has worked on numerous international research projects.
Continue ReadingFace2Face | Being Peacemakers For a World of Surging Polarization (video)
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Being Peacemakers For a World of Surging Polarization
"Engaging those we're in deep disagreement with doesn't mean pretending everything is okay... It takes time. It's not only talking about issues but getting to know one another as human beings, to share personal stories of pain and hope, to engage journeys together," says Dr. Chris Rice, Mennonite Central Committee alumnus, and co-founding director of Duke Divinity School Centre for Reconciliation.
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