Civic Life + Learning
The Agora was an ancient marketplace of ideas. I'm James, and I've created this digital agora for my students to explore questions at the intersection of business, economics, and civic life. This is where readings, prompts, and short reflections happen in my courses.
Tradition
Understand the foundations of important concepts and where they come from.
Engage with creative ideas that challenge and enrich tradition.
Innovation
These courses are designed around two big goals:
Current Courses
These courses explore both traditional and novel concepts for institutional life, designed to nurture creativity and critical thinking.
Politics, Society, & the Mass Media
Social Entrepreneurship
The Innovation Lab
About Me
James Magnus-Johnston, PhD (ABD), MPhil, BA
James teaches business, political studies, and economics at Canadian Mennonite University. He's also the Director of the CMU Centre for Resilience, a co-working and experiential learning lab.
James has worked in finance, in public policy, and in communications as an editor and translator in Asia. He completed his MPhil in Economics at Cambridge University, where he studied the growth requirement of the global banking system, and is now building on that body of work at McGill. Learn more or schedule a meeting with James.
Agora Academy
JMJ's teaching platform: a digital marketplace for ideas about business, politics, and society
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