by Alex | Nov 16, 2021 | Alumni & Friends Story
By Wendy Epp Our family of four has embraced a rather novel adventure this year. Our sons, Zachary (Grade 12, in his second year) and Lucas (Grade 10), let the magnetic pull of history, tradition, dorm life, enhanced learning and sports draw them to RJC from... 
by Alex | Jun 14, 2021 | Alumni & Friends Story
RJC has pretty much always been a part of my life. My family and the church I grew up attending both had connections to the school going back to its early days. I went to events there as a kid, and when my brother and some older friends of mine attended the school... 
by Alex | Jun 11, 2021 | Alumni & Friends Story
For many students the outdoor education class at RJC was fun, memorable and character building. But for most, the skills aren’t ones they now use in their everyday life. For Emily Hand (2002), however, that is exactly what happened. These days, the best words to... 
by Alex | Jan 4, 2021 | Alumni & Friends Story
Going to RJC was never really a question for both Sarah Unrau and Mackenzie Fast. Both their families had attended the school for generations. They heard the stories and had come to alumni tournaments and musicals as kids. They had seen the community first hand. Now... 
by Alex | Nov 19, 2020 | Alumni & Friends Story
In her popular TED talk, The danger of a single story the Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says that when you talk about a group of people as only one thing, over and over, that is what they become to you. When we have only one narrative we create stereotypes,... 
by Alex | Jun 1, 2020 | Alumni & Friends Story
From the outside, there isn’t much in common between being a hospital pharmacist and being a student at RJC. But for Aleta (Martens ’09) Schellenberg, there’s at least one similarity: community. The work she does as a hospital pharmacist is different than... 
by Alex | May 27, 2020 | Alumni & Friends Story
Many people who live in a city don’t know much about where their food comes from. By participating in Grow Hope, Nathan Janzen (RJC 1991) is doing his part to change that. The program of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank and Mennonite Central Committee brings together... 
by Alex | May 19, 2020 | Alumni & Friends Story
Kate Boyer (RJC 2019) thought they had the wrong person when she heard she would be receiving an award for academic achievement for Indigenous Student Achievement Week at the University of Saskatchewan. “I thought they had the wrong email,” she says, “I didn’t... 
by Alex | Apr 11, 2020 | Alumni & Friends Story
Written by Donna Shultz Originally published by Canadian Mennonite Magazine |April 13, 2020 | Volume 24, Issue 8 While many people are staying home to reduce the spread of COVID-19, some, like Erik and Cara Epp, continue to work because their jobs are considered... 
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