Ecological Justice
MPs pass long-awaited legislation to tackle environmental racism in Canada
March 31, 2023
Advocates celebrate milestone, call on Senate to prioritize Bill C-226OTTAWA| TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Advocates for social justice and equity, environmental protection and public health celebrate passage of Bill C-226, the National Strategy on Environmental…
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Never a Better Time
March 31, 2023
KAIROS Regina invites you on a journey of faith, one that challenges our comfortable lives and changes the very buildings we worship in. On October 15, 2022, they hosted a workshop called, “Creation Care in our Places of Prayer: Energy…
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Unearthing Solidarity: Global Voices on Mining Justice
February 27, 2023
Generally, we consider gold as a noble matter, but we can state that its extraction in the most of the cases is full of violence. – Fr. Dário BossiTwo things stick with me, haunt me, from the webinar, “Unearthing Solidarity:…
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Take Action – Keep up the pressure on Bill C-226 to end Environmental Racism
February 2, 2023
Canada has no strategy to include environmental justice or racism in its environmental assessment or planning – not yet. The federal private member’s Bill C-226, which is before the House of Commons, addresses this shortcoming. Officially called “An Act respecting…
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KAIROS Wish List 2023
February 1, 2023
KAIROS 2023 WISH LIST As we emerge from a year of mounting crises, we are encouraged by the growing calls to center the leadership of Indigenous peoples, women, and youth in decisions related to transitioning to a just and sustainable global…
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Joint statement of the ENSS on Pope Francis’ ‘pilgrimage of peace’
February 1, 2023
Joint statement of the Ecumenical Network on South Sudan on Pope Francis’ ‘pilgrimage of peace’Member organizations of the Ecumenical Network of South Sudan (ENSS), including KAIROS Canada, have released a joint statement calling on the global Church and for governments…
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KAIROS calls for the release of water and land defenders in El Salvador.
January 27, 2023
The flow of the river water cannot be detained for long!KAIROS, along with other 251 Organizations from 29 countries has signed a solidarity statement calling on the Salvadoran government to drop the charges against leading Water Defenders arrested on January…
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Stop the Deportation of Climate Activist and International Student Zain Haq
December 19, 2022
Join those who are urging Canada’s Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Refugees, Sean Fraser, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to immediately suspend and revoke deportation proceedings against Zain Haq.Zain is “a known and respected peaceful activist in our midst, and…
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COP27 may be over but the delegates’ voices continue
December 19, 2022
It’s a few weeks since I returned from COP27, held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, where I accompanied the KAIROS Canada and For the Love of Creation delegation. Delegates included Indigenous partners and youth from Turtle Island, and KAIROS Women, Peace…
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COP 15 on biodiversity as ecological justice
December 19, 2022
The Biodiversity COP 15 in Montreal with 10,000 delegates from around the world is coming to an end. The conference’s objective is to determine the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. The astonishing collapse of the abundance and variety of living beings worldwide…
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Duck Re-Inflating a Deflated Activist
December 8, 2022
Duck re-inflating a deflated activist. Author Kathleen Dean Moore told us this was the first drawing by artist Bob Haverluck that she saw and that it sparked a connection and drew them together.A re-inflation of activists is the purpose of…
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How my trip to Egypt for COP27 brought me a deeper connection to my land, my culture and myself
December 1, 2022
I wasn’t sure COP27 was for me, until key experiences showed me I belonged.I have never been good at saying no.So when I heard of an opportunity to attend this fall’s UN COP27 climate summit, I jumped at the opportunity,…
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On the role of women in climate justice
November 29, 2022
En españolClimate change is a phenomenon that catastrophically affects all of humanity. This world cannot bear any more extractivism and excesses of our lifestyle. And it is also a crisis scenario that acts in a differentiated way on Global South…
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SOBRE EL ROL ESENCIAL DE LAS MUJERES EN LA JUSTICIA CLIMATICA
November 29, 2022
In EnglishEl cambio climático es un fenómeno que afecta a toda la humanidad de una manera catastrófica. Este mundo no puede soportar más extractivismo y excesos de nuestro estilo de vida. Y también es un escenario de crisis que afecta…
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Our messages were loud and clear at COP27: KAIROS
November 28, 2022
Re: “Little to celebrate so far from Canada’s COP27 attendance,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 16, editorial). Global summits are what participants make them, and who participates in them, too. I have just returned from COP27, where I accompanied a 10-member…
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10 days. 40,000 attendees. Youth might have a seat at the table, maybe?
November 24, 2022
Let me start off by saying that as a youth delegate, I was incredibly privileged to be included on this COP27 delegation. Youth voices have been negated continuously and for too long, and I was honoured to have my perspective…
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The first of many beginnings
November 22, 2022
As COP27 was my first COP, I had so much to learn, and I did – from the diverse cultures, making new friends and learning the latest ideas. For people all over the globe to convene and find solutions to…
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BLOG DIA “SOLUCIONES”– 17 noviembre 2022
November 21, 2022
El jueves 17 de noviembre fue el día llamado de las “soluciones” de la Conferencia de las Partes de la CMNUCC -COP27- en Sharm El Sheikh. Sin embargo, al terminar el día, el texto borrador en proceso de negociación había…
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Climate Action Network Canada weighs in on COP27
November 21, 2022
As the dust settles on COP27, held in Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt, the Climate Action Network-Canada (CAN-Rac) offers its assessment on the climate conference’s outcomes through the following press release, which quotes Radia Mbengue, KAIROS’ Global Partnership Coordinator: Africa and Climate…
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The Court Case of the Creatures by Bob Haverluck
November 18, 2022
For a fresh and funny look at the seriously important work of Reconciliation in the Watershed, immerse yourself in The Court Case of the Creatures by Bob Haverluck. This is a court case like you have never seen before, one…
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Candles for COP27
November 18, 2022
Vigils for Climate JusticeThe experiences were different, from four people on a bridge braving a minus-twenty-degree windchill to a large circle of people gathered on the autumn leaves with robust drumming, but the sentiments are remarkably similar.It all starts with…
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Las Mujeres en la COP27
November 18, 2022
Leia em inglês aquiEste año en la versión número 27 de la Conferencia de las Partes, se estableció por primera vez el día del género, el 14 de noviembre. En materia de participación de la mujer mucho ha cambiado desde…
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Women at COP27
November 18, 2022
Read it in Spanish hereThis year, in the 27th Conference of the Parties, a gender day was established for the first time on November 14. In terms of women’s participation, much has changed since the first COP in 1995, from…
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Tous pour une réponse adéquate aux changements climatiques
November 16, 2022
C’est depuis le jeudi 10 novembre que je participe aux activités de la COP 27. Un grand évènement mondial qui réunit les acteurs politiques, les scientifiques, les chercheurs, et les acteurs de la société civile du monde entier. La COP27…
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Centering Indigenous history and leadership in climate action
November 14, 2022
Hearing stories of colonization from those whose land and people have also been colonized in other parts of the world was, for me, particularly salient in offering a KAIROS Blanket Exercise at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh. It’s important to remember…
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A COP of many firsts but of mounting Indigenous determination
November 14, 2022
It’s my first time coming to Egypt, my first time to be stranded for one night in another country, my first time to attend a big UN conference, and everything is an overwhelming day to day of excitement and discovery.This…
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The urgent need to include youth in climate change decision-making
November 12, 2022
Participating in COP27 is a unique opportunity to learn more about others living in the same world. It has been an honour to meet with the rest of the delegation face-to-face and to share ideas, experiences, and stories.It is exciting…
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Arriving at COP27
November 10, 2022
After a long day of travel, I am ready to take on COP27, although I am cautiously optimistic and mindful about what will actually come out of my experience. Before my departure I did a live interview that touched on…
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