Katrina Brooks (CMU '15, BA English) teaches at Qiqirtaq Ilihakvik High School in Gjoa Haven, Nunavut

In God’s Country: Alumna finds joy and purpose teaching in Canada’s far north

Gjoa Haven is situated on William Island, Nunavut, a little over 2,000 kilometres north of Winnipeg. As the crow flies, it's about as far from here to Vancouver. But the Mercator effect is truer to life in Canada than ninth-grade social studies would have us believe: in significance if not in substance, distances expand toward the Pole. While the realities of life up north can be harsh, for Katrina Brooks, a 2015 alumna of CMU's Bachelor of Arts in English now teaching at Gjoa Haven's Qiqirtaq Ilihakvik High School, this expansion of space and consciousness is a taste of what it feels like to be in God's country.

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Sunday@CMU

Sunday@CMU: March 2020

Theme: Living in Hope

Speaker: Karl Koop

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Face2Face community conversation unpacks the complexities of polarization

Face2Face community conversation unpacks the complexities of polarization

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?"

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The Ministry Quest 2020 group of students and leaders gathered at  St. Benedict's Monastery to share stories, seek God's voice, and encourage one another in a time of focussed vocational discernment.

Ministry Quest, In Review: students and leaders reflect on biennial vocation discernment retreat

"I was grateful to spend time with a group of young adults who care so deeply about the church; it was a great encouragement to me!" – Kathy McCamis

Late last month, 12 students joined five leaders from CMU and the wider church for a weekend apart from daily routines. They gathered at St. Benedict's Monastery near Winnipeg to share stories, seek God's voice, and encourage one another in a time of focussed vocational discernment.

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Heroes and helpers theme of March 15 Mennonite Community Concert

Heroes and helpers theme of March 15 Mennonite Community Concert

2:00 PM at Jubilee Place, 173 Talbot Ave. Admission by donation.

In 1815, Ludwig von Beethoven composed his Eroica Symphony, to celebrate the general spirit of heroism in the world.

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