A degree of faith

Manitobans fund private religious schools and universities, but teachers who don’t adhere to doctrine may not have a prayer.

| Enlarge

Manitobans fund private religious schools and universities, but teachers who don’t adhere to doctrine may not have a prayer.

A degree of faith

IS Canadian Mennonite University a public or a private school?

Should a university that restricts the hiring of faculty according to religious beliefs be receiving the same level of scarce public operating money as public colleges and universities?

None of the major players in post-secondary education agrees on those questions.

CMU is now ...

Top FYI News

  • DNA data bank works

    LATE this week, a jury was asked to decide if the past had caught up with Robert Kociuk. He's been on trial and facing the most heinous of allega­tions: that in May of 1984 he raped, stabbed and slashed a vulnerable, 48-year-old woman to death. Beverley Dyke had lived alone in Winnipeg's Wolseley neighbourhood.

  • Opening the door?

    Did the provincial government set a precedent for providing capital grants to private schools by giving Canadian Mennonite University a $150,000 capital grant last summer?

  • Gender-cide

    Imagine you are one half of a young couple expecting your first child in a fast-growing, poor country. You are part of the new middle class; your income is rising; you want a small family. But traditional mores hold sway around you, most important in the preference for sons over daughters.

  • Khalid Mohammed / The Associated Press
An Iraqi police officer casts his vote at a polling centre in Ramadi, Iraq. Early voting in Iraq for detainees, hospital patients and military and security personnel took place Thursday, ahead of the parliamentary elections on Sunday.

    Iraq's election a sign of hope

    There are some bombs going off, but apart from that the election in Iraq tomorrow is a model of its kind. There are more than 6,000 candidates for the 352 seats in parliament, and the country is flooded with foreign observers who will monitor the process. Unlike last time, no major group is boycotting the election -- and nobody knows who is going to win it.

Special coverage

Poll

Should the NHL outlaw head shots?

View Results

View Related Story

Events

March 10, 2010

View all Events

  • 1 of 15

Royal Winnipeg Ballet: Swan Lake

She only appears at twilight....the original supernatural romance. ...

[ View Full Event information ]

Tools

  1. Breaking News Alerts

    Sign up for our new Breaking News Alerts

  2. Winnipeg road closures

    Check if your commute is affected

  3. Editor's Bulletin

    Sign up for daily bulletins

  4. Blogs to Watch

    We pick our favourite local blogs for you to follow

  5. Breaking News Widget

    Create and embed a Winnipeg Free Press breaking news widget on your site or blog

  6. Twitter

    Follow our reporters and news feeds on Twitter