An Academic and Community Outreach Conference
MCC IN CANADA: A 50th Anniversary Conference
Location: Convocation Hall, University of Winnipeg
Hosted by: The Chair in Mennonite Studies
Sponsored by: The Mennonite Historical Society of Canada
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Friday, December 13, 2013
MCC IN CANADA: A BOOK LAUNCH
7:30 p.m. Esther Epp Tiessen, keynote address; Repondant/s, TBA
Reception to follow
Saturday, December 14, 2013
8:30 a.m. – Noon: MCC CANADA IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Lucille Marr, Montreal, “Gender and Generation in the MCC Story”
T.D. Regehr, Calgary, “Canadian Mennonite Identity and MCC”
Alain Epp Weaver, Akron, “MCCC and the Global Community”
Paul Bramadat, Victoria, “Religion and the ‘Common Good’ in Canada”
1:00 – 4 p.m. STORIES: SURPRISES, SETBACKS AND SUCCESSES
People: Refugees; Indigenous; Women, Low German Mennonites
Programs: Restorative Justice; Canadian Foodgrains Bank; VS; Ottawa Office
4:00 – 5 p.m. PONDERING THE FUTURE AND COLLECTING THE VOICES
Stefan Epp Koop, “Envisioning MCC in Canada in 2038”
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