Events

Grebel welcomes Rev. Dr. Braxton Shelley as the 2025 Rodney and Lorna Sawatsky Visiting Scholar.

Dr. Shelley's lecture explores the worldview—the history, aesthetics and theology—that gives rise to Black gospel music. Surveying a diverse array of gospel selections, this presentation will clarify what this tradition shares: the belief that musical sound can turn spiritual power into a physical reality.

Attend a gospel music workshop with Rod and Lorna Sawatsky Visiting Scholar Rev. Dr. Braxton Shelley.

This festive gathering brings together local vendors and artisans for a day of community, shopping, and giving back. Discover unique gifts and support small businesses while helping us make a positive impact this holiday season.

Join us for an evening book launch and celebration of the new bilingual collection, From Shore to Shore: Ukrainian Mennonite Poetry in Translation (Pandora Press, 2025).

Join us for the Ontario premiere screening of The Russlaender Migration: From Revolution to Reflection, a documentary film that tells the story of the 1920s migration and its commemoration a hundred years later.

Grebel invites Youth Groups with students in grades 9-12 to join us for a youth night.

Registration is now open! Learn from researchers and practitioners from around the world working in the field of Spirituality and Ageing during these free one hour webinars. 

Poetry put to music and sung! Throughout this series, George Elliott Clarke, former Poet Laureate of Canada, has commissioned 8 composers to transform 90+ Canadian poems into art-songs of all genres.

Join us for an inspiring event centered on Indigenous knowledge, storytelling, and reconciliation with Phyllis Webstad, Founder and CEO of the Orange Shirt Society. Phyllis shares her powerful story of attending residential school and how her orange shirt became a national symbol of remembrance, hope, and a commitment to a better future.

Hosted in partnership with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) and Conrad Grebel University College, this event invites the University of Waterloo community to listen, reflect, and engage in meaningful dialogue on actionable steps toward reconciliation.

Registration is now open! Learn from researchers and practitioners from around the world working in the field of Spirituality and Ageing during these free one hour webinars.