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United Church launches emergency appeal for hurricane matthew relief
October 13, 2016
Toronto: The United Church of Canada is launching an emergency appeal to provide humanitarian relief to Haiti, Cuba, and nearby Caribbean countries devastated by the impact of Hurricane Matthew. Donations made through the United Church are directed to ACT Alliance…
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The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) withdraws from KAIROS
October 13, 2016
KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives accepts, with regret, the decision of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) to withdraw from membership. We acknowledge the long history of CCCB collaboration in Canadian ecumenical social justice coalitions and, since 2001, in…
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Temporary Foreign Worker Program: a KAIROS response
October 12, 2016
In May 2016, KAIROS participated in the federal government’s review of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) by making a submission to the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities. The…
Post filed in: Migrant Justice
Spirited Reflection: Living Jeremiah through a hurricane
October 11, 2016
Like many of us, there is a sense of calm and re-assurance that I get from those familiar words of Scripture: “for I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to…
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Short animated primer on Fracking
October 11, 2016
In February, 2015, KAIROS issued a discussion paper entitled “Ethical Reflections on Fracking” that employs an ethical framework to explore major issues raised by the practice of hydraulic fracturing for the extraction of shale oil and natural gas. We are…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Video Playlists & Photo Albums
Living well this Thanksgiving
October 7, 2016
“Buen vivir means living well based on the knowledge of our peoples, not living better at the cost of others.” ~David Choquehuanca, Aymara, Bolivia This Thanksgiving I am holding fast to this vision of who we could be together, as Canadians,…
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Convenant Chain Link VII, October 14-15, 2016 – Register Now!
October 5, 2016
Hope for the Future: Education for Reconciliation The Truth and Reconciliation Commission has said that “education is the key to reconciliation”. All across Canada, people are responding to the need to address Indigenous history and issues both in and out…
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KAIROS online info-hub to aid inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
October 4, 2016
On October 4 – a day when Indigenous and non-Indigenous people gather to remember missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG) – KAIROS Canada launched the MMIWG Information Hub on kairoscanada.org, offering resources and updates related to the national…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights
International solidarity with women in defense of land and the environment in latin america
September 29, 2016
Angélica Choc with photo of Adolfo Ich; Photo: mimundo.org KAIROS joins over eighty organizations from Canada, the US, Europe and Guatemala, in signing the following statement expressing international solidarity with women defenders in Latin America, and all people who are…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
KAIROS stands with Organizacion Femenina Popular (OFP) in Colombia
September 29, 2016
KAIROS stands with the Popular Feminist Organization (OFP), our partner in Colombia, as they prepare for the plebiscite on October 2 when Colombians will vote on the recently signed final Peace Accord. The OFP is currently working and praying for…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: BC-Yukon KAIROS urges municipal leaders to vote to halt Site C dam construction
September 27, 2016
At the Union of British Columbia Municipalities convention, September 26-30, BC-Yukon KAIROS is urging that municipal leaders support resolution B31. Resolution B31 reads as follows: Whereas the proposed 60 meter high dam project at Site C on the Peace River…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights, Media Releases
KAIROS Times: September 2016
September 23, 2016
Read the September 2016 issue.
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The Harvesting Freedom Caravan is coming to Toronto on September 25, 2016 at 7:30 a.m.
September 23, 2016
If you want to support migrant justice please come to the Food Terminal in Toronto at 7:30 AM on Sunday, September 25 and welcome the Harvesting Freedom Caravan. Yes, you read right, it is at 7:30 AM! But don’t worry,…
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Blanket Exercise unfurls Indigenous history for Saskatoon leaders
September 22, 2016
The City of Saskatoon recently hosted a blanket exercise for a group of community leaders. (Submitted by Neal Kewistep) ‘Often there’s a lot of guilt and shame that comes up,’ says activity leader The City of Saskatoon is using blankets…
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MEDIA RELEASE: KAIROS online info-hub to aid inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women
September 21, 2016
(Toronto, ON) – On a day when Indigenous and non-Indigenous people gather to remember missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls (MMIWG), KAIROS Canada launches the MMIWG Information Hub on kairoscanada.org, offering resources and updates related to the national inquiry…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, Media Releases
Spirited Reflection: Building for peace by Pam Peters-Pries
September 15, 2016
On September 21, the world will celebrate the International Day of Peace, established in 1981 by the United Nations General Assembly. The theme for this year’s Day of Peace is “The Sustainable Development Goals: Building Blocks for Peace”. The UN’s…
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Site C legal challenge on UNDRIP anniversary shows Indigenous rights are a long ways away
September 13, 2016
Nine years ago today, on September 13, 2007, the United Nations took an important step towards reconciliation with Indigenous peoples when the General Assembly voted 144-4 to adopt the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. While 11 countries…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Op Eds, UNDRIP Blog Updates
Letter to the Globe & Mail editor: Carbon credit protest
September 9, 2016
Carbon credit protest The deal between the Ontario, Quebec and Mexican governments to purchase carbon offsets was made despite the strong objections of Mexico’s indigenous people, who are adamantly opposed to selling carbon credits (Provinces Sign Greenhouse Gas Agreement With…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Understanding the impact: the KAIROS Blanket Exercise at Algoma University
September 8, 2016
Algoma U students, staff and faculty take part in emotional history lesson: The KAIROS Blanket Exercise, a first at Sault school Shirley Horn, Algoma University chancellor, and Craig Chamberlin, Algoma University president, took part in an interactive Blanket Exercise dealing…
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Truth and reconciliation in Nova Scotia’s classrooms, a progress report
September 6, 2016
KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – When the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC) on the horrible legacy of residential schools was released late last year Premier Stephen MacNeil confirmed his commitment to implement its recommendations. KAIROS, a Canada-wide ecumenical movement…
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Meeting at the intersection, discussing with Jennifer Henry on the World Social Forum
August 22, 2016
Jennifer Henry is Executive Director of KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives. She participated as a panelist in the workshop “Laudato Si‘, a Call for Change” co-organized by CIDSE, Development and Peace and Franciscans International. On that occasion she reflected on…
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The spirit of Berta Cáceres: The power and playful defiance of Indigenous women at the World Social Forum
August 18, 2016
“Berta Caceres had three qualities that made her such a powerful advocate and activist for her people and for the environment. She was Indigenous, a woman and a feminist.” Honduran journalist, Felix Molina was speaking at a vigil for his…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Op Eds
Carbon trading threatens Indigenous peoples
August 17, 2016
The federal government admits that Canada is not on track to meet its official targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, Environment Canada says the gap between actual emissions and the goal of trimming emissions to 30 percent below…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Op Eds
Gendered Impacts of Extractivism and Alternatives: A Convergence of Ideas
August 16, 2016
On August 11 at the World Social Forum, KAIROS and Mining Watch Canada drew a diverse and passionate group from across Canada, South America and Africa to their panel ‘North-South Dialogue on Extractivism, Resistance and Alternatives’. Jamie Kneen (MiningWatch) along…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights
Reflection on the Spanish version of the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, at the World Social Forum
August 12, 2016
“Participants (of the Spanish version of the KAIROS Blanket Exercise at the World Social Forum in Montreal) very quickly make connections between the history of colonization in Canada and the history of colonization in Latin America.” Alfredo Barahona, Indigenous, Migrant &…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
VIDEO: Alma Brooks, Maliseet grandmother, speaks on the gendered impacts of resource extraction
August 12, 2016
“What befalls the earth, befalls the women of the earth. When the land and water are ravished and poisoned and destroyed, the women are deeply affected. As Indigenous women, the connection to our homeland is not only physical, it is…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights
Those at the heart of the resistant movement: Report from the Indigenous women, territory and mining workshop
August 11, 2016
On August 10 at the World Social Forum, KAIROS joined a panel facilitated by Fédération des femmes du Québec (FFQ) to speak about the struggles that Indigenous women face in defending their land and resources from corporate extraction. Indigenous leaders…
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KAIROS at the opening march of the World Social Forum 2016
August 10, 2016
Late in the afternoon on August 9, tens of thousands of activists from Canada and abroad met at the edge of Parc La Fontaine, waving banners of all colours, excited to begin the opening march for the World Social Forum…
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