Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre oral history project

Classification scheme: Hist.Mss.22.23

Title: Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre oral history project 

Dates of creation: 2023 

Physical description: 18 audio files (.mp3) 

Administrative history: The Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre (TMTC) was incorporated in 1990 to promote graduate teaching, research, and publication in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition; to engage in ecumenical and interfaith dialogue; to be a Mennonite presence on the Toronto School of Theology (TST) campus; and to offer Anabaptist-Mennonite courses at TST. The centre closed in 2023. 

Custodial history: Donated to the Archives in 2024 from the Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre. Received from Susan Fish. 

Scope and content: Interviews conducted by Susan Fish as part of a project to mark the end of the Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre. A recording of the closing ceremony of TMTC is also included. 

Notes: See also Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre fonds, XV-61.  
Original archival description created 2024 by Laureen Harder-Gissing.

File list:  

  1. Michelle Rizoli, 27 Sept 2023, 43 min. 

  1. Phil Enns, 28 Sept 2023, 45 min. 

  1. Daryl Culp, 29 Sept 2023, 40 min. 

  1. Dan Nighswander, 3 Oct 2023, 50 min. 

  1. Christina Reimer, 5 Oct 2023, 39 min. 

  1. Marilyn Rudy Froese, 6 Oct 2023, 27 min. 

  1. Gary Harder and others, [2023?], 1 hr., 29 min 

  1. Alan Hayes, 11 Oct 2023, 35 min. 

  1. Gerald Gerbrandt, 18 Oct 2023, 53 min. 

  1. Jim Pankratz, 18 Oct 2023, 46 min. 

  1. Kim Penner, 18 Oct 2023, 43 min. 

  1. Marcus Shantz, 23 Oct 2023, 35 min. 

  1. Jeremy Bergen, Gerald Gerbrandt, Christina Reimer, Lydia Harder, Irma Fast Dueck, Phil Enns, Kim Penner, Kyle Gingerich Hiebert, Hyejung Yum, Dorcas Gordon, Marcus Shantz, Carol Penner. TMTC closing ceremony, 24 Oct 2023, 1 hr., 29 min. 

  1. Susan Kennel Harris, 31 Oct 2023, 1 hr., 7 min. 

  1. Kyle Gingerich Hiebert, 16 Nov 2023, 48 min.