Fiercely Independent! Reading ‘On My Own: A Journey From A Mennonite Childhood’
What happens when an intellectual is born into a conservative Mennonite family still dealing with the residual effects of the trauma they experienced as a […]
Books and Film
My First Visit To The Mennonite Post
Up until just a few weeks ago, I’d never set foot inside The Mennonite Post & Bookstore. This is really quite strange, because I’ve always […]
‘I Wanted To Understand Winnipeg Better’: 5 Questions With Owen Toews
Owen Toews is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alberta. He received his PhD in geography from the City University of New York (CUNY) […]
I Was Confused By Mennonite Settlement Patterns… Until I Read This
There’s something I’ve been pretty fuzzy on for quite a while: the whole village vs land ownership thing. Okay. So, when the Mennonites arrived here […]
Reading Shirley Hiebert’s Book, ‘Trüdyt’s Daughter’
Lately, I’ve been reading Shirley Hiebert’s book, Trüdyt’s Daughter: A Mennonite Woman’s Memoir. This vivid, unflinching account takes us from the east end of Steinbach […]