A Message from President Cheryl Pauls

The phrase, CMU25 in 2025, has a ring. And with joy we honour the 25-year story of a remarkable learning community and thousands of alumni whose lives call us forward.

Yet the 25-year account is only part of the picture, for CMU is entrusted with gifts and vision that see in far grander spans.

  • CMU lives and learns on lands and waters cherished and stewarded since ancient times by Anishinaabe, Cree, and Dakota First Nations and the homeland of the Red River Métis Nation. We are grateful for the generous provisions of Treaty 1 as covenanted before Creator in 1871, and we call one another to the justice and the joy of living, all of us, as treaty people.
  • CMU was made from colleges founded some 80 years ago by Mennonite churches and communities throughout Canada. These in turn drew on educational ventures with 100- and 150-year stories in this land and so too from peoples in the Anabaptist faith tradition that reaches the 500-year milestone this year and in which CMU continues to be nourished.
  • CMU exists by means of The Canadian Mennonite University Act (1998, 2022), with purposes including, "to further the intellectual, spiritual, moral, physical, and social development of, and a community spirit among, its students, graduates, and staff for the betterment of society."

We look forward to sharing far-seeing stories with you this year. Watch this space for accounts of alumni from each graduating class.

 

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Alumni Stories

From Student to Teacher: A Journey of Faith, Learning, and Community

From Student to Teacher: A Journey of Faith, Learning, and Community

Kenny Wollmann is a high school educator, teaching primarily Bible, theology, and world religions—but not in a typical classroom.

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Evan Klassen (CMU ’02) graduated with a Bachelor of Christian Studies during CMU’s early years as a merged university. Now Executive Director of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre, he continues to carry forward the rigour, curiosity, and commitment to community that shaped his time at CMU.

Rigour, Curiosity, and the Arts: A CMU Story of Leadership

CMU was a place of transition, community, and discovery for Evan Klassen, Executive Director of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (MTC).

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Aaron Janzen (CMU ’08) completed a BA in Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies. His CMU education nurtured his sense of justice and care for creation, shaping his career in environmental conservation. Now a senior field campaigner with Oceans North, he works to protect marine and freshwater ecosystems in collaboration with northern communities.

From peacebuilding to conservation: A CMU alum’s journey of justice, community, and care for creation

Aaron Janzen knows being an environmentalist is as much about working with people as it is with the land.

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Anna-Marie Janzen (CMU '12) completed a BA in Peace and Conflict Transformation Studies. Her CMU experience deepened her commitment to community and sustainability, shaping her path as founder of Reclaim Mending, where she helps people repair rather than replace—reducing waste and strengthening connections.

Stitching Together Community and Sustainability

Anna-Marie Janzen's earliest childhood memory is sewing.

She recalls sitting on the kitchen floor with her grandmother, playing with giant, oversized plastic needles and shaped cards as her grandma taught her the fundamentals of stitching and threading.

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Gindalee Ouskun (CMU ’17) graduated with a major in Communications and Media. Now Marketing Coordinator at APTN and a professional photographer, she credits CMU with helping her find confidence, creativity, and her voice as an Indigenous storyteller.

Through the Lens: How CMU Helped an Indigenous Storyteller Find Her Voice

Gindalee Ouskun points to the great paradox in her life—she is shy and introverted, yet her work is public-facing and relational.

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