Indigenous Rights
We Are All Connected
June 1, 2014
Archbishop Desmond Tutu believes transformation is possible if we all work together.
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Coming Back to the Treaty Relationship
June 1, 2014
In his opening remarks at the “So Long as the Rivers Flow” conference in Fort McMurray, Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Chief Allan Adams frames a way forward in the renewal of Treaty 8.
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu: A Voice To be Heard
May 30, 2014
Executive Director Jennifer Henry and Program Manager Ed Bianchi head out to Fort McMurray to attend the “So Long as the River Flows” Conference and hear Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s thoughts on the oil sands, Indigenous Rights, and ecological justice.
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Video Blog: KAIROS ED Jennifer Henry summarizes her experience at UNPFII 2014
May 23, 2014
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
KAIROS to meet Archbishop Tutu at conference spotlighting Indigenous rights and oilsands
May 22, 2014
Toronto –KAIROS Canada will travel to Fort McMurray to meet Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the As Long As the Rivers Flow: Coming Back to the Treaty Relationship in Our Time conference, May 31-June 1. Archbishop Tutu says climate change is…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights, Media Releases
Video Blog: Ebinia Santos at the UNPFII – FPIC, global treaties and displacement
May 22, 2014
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
Video Blog: Ana Guadalupe Matzir Miculax at UNPFII – Guatemala, mining, ‘buen vivir’ and FPIC
May 22, 2014
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Video blog: UNPFII delegate Anne Marie Sam – the land and our way of life
May 21, 2014
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Video blog: Meet ‘Honouring Indigenous Women’s Wisdom’/UNPFII delegate Anne Marie Sam
May 20, 2014
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Video blog: Meet ‘Honouring Indigenous Women’s Wisdom’ / UNPFII delegate Ebinia Santos Rodriguez
May 20, 2014
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APPEAL FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION: Call for justice for the victims of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines
April 16, 2014
According to KARAPATAN, the national alliance of human rights organizations in the Philippines, 169 men and women had been victims of extrajudicial killings under the current government of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III (July 2010 to December 2013.) From…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
Global News Edmonton coverage of Blanket Exercise at a pre-TRC event on March 26 in Edmonton
April 9, 2014
KAIROS staff led participants in the Blanket Exercise at a pre-TRC event on March 26 in Edmonton. Global News Edmonton covered the story in its News Hour Final. KAIROS is grateful to Global News Edmonton for granting KAIROS permission to…
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Prairies North Statement at TRC National Event in Edmonton
April 4, 2014
As part of its Expression of Reconciliation, KAIROS Prairies North presented a quilt blanket as “a symbol of a restored relationship of trust and warmth” between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada.
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TRC Young Adult Engagement Team Final Reflection- What’s Next?
April 3, 2014
In their final reflection from the TRC National Event in Edmonton, KAIROS’ young adult delegates wonder if we are ready to “overcome fear and guilt, and allow ourselves to be transformed by the power of authentic relationship.”
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We Are Part of a Sacred Covenant
April 2, 2014
As KAIROS youth delegate Elyse Brazel explains, in their expression of reconciliation, the 4Rs Youth Summit promised to keep the sacred fires burning and the drums beating beyond the mandate of the TRC.
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Surviving, Thriving, and Refusing to “Get Over It”
March 29, 2014
As KAIROS youth delegate Kaitlyn Duthie-Kannikkatt explains in her blog on Day 3 of the TRC National Event in Edmonton, residential school trauma is not something you can “just get over”!
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Thoughts on Solidarity at the TRC
March 29, 2014
On Day 2 of the TRC National Event in Edmonton, KAIROS youth delegate Elizabeth Kessler explores the meaning of solidarity.
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Truth and reconciliation and our hopeful shared future
March 27, 2014
I am attending the seventh and final National Event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Edmonton (March 27-30). I have been at all but one of these events. I know to prepare myself, that the listening will be…
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TRC Reflection Day 1- Wisdom
March 27, 2014
On Day 1 of the TRC National Event in Edmonton, KAIROS youth delegates Elyse Brazel and Jesse Root reflect on how acknowledging the existence of many “truths” is an important step on the road to reconciliation.
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KAIROS Gears Up for the TRC’s Alberta National Event
March 25, 2014
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC’s) Alberta National Event is taking place in Edmonton from March 27-30, 2014 and KAIROS will be well represented by the Executive Director, three staff, a youth delegation and countless KAIROS volunteers.
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Faithfully Preparing for the TRC Hearing in Edmonton
March 24, 2014
Jesse Root is currently interning at KAIROS as part of his program requirements for his Master of Arts degree in Immigration and Settlement Studies.
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Psalm 23 and Wisteria: a chance for new beginnings or right relationships? – by Carmen Lansdowne
March 24, 2014
First Nations theologian and ordained minister Carmen Lansdowne has written a very personal Lenten reflection. Her openness and honesty call us into our own Lenten journeys, to examine our own hearts, to pay attention to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Spirited Reflections
Sisters are mining for the truth
March 6, 2014
Rachel Warden, gender justice coordinator at KAIROS, draws the relationship between the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) Convention in Toronto, International Women’s Day, and violence against women in this article published in Toronto’s NOW magazine.
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, Latin America
Caring For All Creation: Towards the Healing and Fullness of Our Lands, Waters and Communities
March 4, 2014
KAIROS, BC Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, and others are co-sponsoring a six week study on Caring for All Creation. Find out how you can participate in person in Victoria and Vancouver, or online from anywhere!
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Mountain-top Moments and the Valleys of Reconciliation: Reflections on Matthew 17:1-9 – by Marcie Gibson
February 25, 2014
“Justice Murray Sinclair states, ‘Reconciliation is about forging and maintaining respectful relationships. There are no shortcuts.’ As finishing touches are underway for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s seventh and final National Event in Edmonton, on March 27-30, 2014 (www.trc.ca), I…
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Bringing a message of urgency and hope from Congo to Parliament Hill
February 14, 2014
The KAIROS “Women of Courage” delegation to DRC reunited in Ottawa in December 2013 to brief politicians on the urgent situation in eastern Congo and what Canada can do to help build peace and prosperity. Read more about their recommendations.
Post filed in: Africa, Indigenous Rights
How will you show your love on February 14?
February 7, 2014
On February 14, send a valentine to your elected representative asking them to ‘Have a Heart’ for First Nations children and youth. Shannen Koostachin was a courageous girl from Attawapiskat First Nation who believed “school is a time for hopes…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
URGENT ACTION: Indigenous Partner at Risk in Colombia
January 21, 2014
KAIROS is extremely concerned about the safety of Embera Chamí Indigenous leader, Flaminio Onogama Gutiérre from South West Colombia. Flaminio was in Canada in 2010 as part of a KAIROS sponsored tour. According to reports from Amnesty International, Flaminio is…
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