Cheryl Pauls
Biography:
CHERYL PAULS has been President of Canadian Mennonite University since November 2012 and has been affirmed for a third term. She joined the faculty of CMU's predecessor colleges in 1994 to teach piano performance and music theory and led the CMU School of Music before becoming President.
A pianist, collaborating musician and lecture-recitalist, Pauls is best known as a player and proponent of new music. She holds degrees from the University of Manitoba (BMus), the University of Winnipeg (BA) and the Mennonite Brethren Bible College, now CMU (Bachelor of Religious Studies). Her research links music theory and performance with memory, physiology, liturgy and cultural expression. As President she has been a strong proponent of Indigenous education, and under her leadership CMU began hosting the Peguis First Nation post-secondary Indigenous transition program.
Activities:
- 2025-05-01 – Social Media Disinformation: How to Prevent, Identify, and Combat
- 2026-10-17 – Youth at Risk in Winnipeg