Canadian Mennonite University

A Time of Reckoning: Telling the CMU Story

October 27–28, 2023

A two-day symposium featuring short reflections and dialogue with CMU faculty, alumni, and church voices on what CMU is today and where it's going in light of its mission.

 

This symposium was funded in part by the Council of Independent Colleges and Lilly Endowment Inc.

Symposium

October 27-28, 2023

Introduction

Embodying the CMU Project
Part 1
Part 2

 J.J. Thiessen Lecture featuring Dr. Willie James Jennings

 

Telling the CMU Story

CMU and the Korean Anabaptist Movement: Talking to Alumni

Hold in Common Project
Church and External Voices
Alumni Voices
Wrap-up Comments by Dr. Willie James Jennings, round-table panel discussion
 

Student Project: Ten stories of CMU alumni (audio)

As an extension of the A Time of Reckoning symposium that took place at CMU in October 2023, this student-led media project is one way of reflecting CMU's story from 2000 to 2023. Every now and then, it's good to consider what we say we're doing, what we think we're doing, and what is actually going on.

This project invited two upper-level Communications and Media students, Chidinma Samuel and Kara LeBlanc, to creatively explore the lived experience of alumni from the past 23 years to gain insight into "what's actually going on?".

Samuel and LeBlanc were invited to exercise creativity in presenting a diversity of voices to tell the CMU story. They worked in an audio documentary format, capturing vignettes from 10 randomly selected alumni representing grads from across CMU's 23 years.

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