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Hearts of Freedom: Dr. Stephanie Stobbe and team awarded major funding for nation-wide research
Posted in Stories | Friday, October 4, 2019 @ 2:14 PM
Between 1975 and 1980 Canada resettled 69,200 South-East Asian refugees. This project aims to ensure their experiences will be preserved for generations to come.
Dr. Stephanie Stobbe, of CMU's Menno Simons College, together with a team of four senior researchers, has been awarded major funding to complete a three-year research and preservation project that will span the country.
Continue ReadingCMU students, faculty, and staff rally for climate justice
Posted in Stories | Friday, October 4, 2019 @ 11:45 AM
A multitude of CMU students, faculty, and staff took to the streets with over 12,000 people to strike for the climate on Friday, September 27.
The rally was one of thousands happening around the world as part of the Global Climate Strike, a youth-led movement protesting the climate crisis and advocating for environmental justice.
Continue ReadingCMU students expected in numbers at Global Climate Strike
Posted in Stories | Wednesday, September 25, 2019 @ 12:07 PM
The world's youth have declared an international Week of Climate Action. In Manitoba, it all culminates Friday, September 27 on the steps of the Manitoba Legislature, where CMU students will add their voices to public outcry for a future and a hope.
With much of Southern Manitoba under a severe thunderstorm watch, dozens of Winnipeg youth including CMU students and alumni, gathered on Friday, September 20 on the steps of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights to lay their bodies down in protest of a perilous future, thanks to climate change.
Continue ReadingFaculty: In Their Own Words - Dr. Matthew Pauls
Posted in Faculty Profiles | Friday, September 20, 2019 @ 4:03 PM
Dr. Matthew Pauls, Assistant Professor of Music, has taught at CMU since 2015.
What do you love about your work here?
I wear a few different hats, so I see students in different kinds of places: one on one in the voice studio, in a classroom, and then in men's chorus. They each have a very different flavour and I enjoy the variety. I love that because of the size of the institution, you get a chance to get to know students better. In a place like the voice studio, where I don't just teach students for one semester, I get to see them grow over a longer period of time and that's very rewarding.
CMU recognizes distinguished alumni with 2019 awards
Posted in News Releases | Wednesday, September 18, 2019 @ 9:08 AM
A former teacher dedicated to building relationships with Indigenous peoples, a former witness worker invested in intercultural relationships, a long-time pursuer of justice with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC), and a priest and canon theologian in the Anglican church are the recipients of Canadian Mennonite University's (CMU) 2019 Distinguished Alumni Awards.
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