KAIROS Blanket Exercise
Indigenous women to lead knowledge exchange in Edmonton on defending women, communities and land from resource extraction
August 27, 2026
Delegates from Abya Yala (Colombia) and Turtle Island (Alberta) will gather in Edmonton to share how they defend women, communities and the environment from the impacts of Canadian resource extraction while advancing Indigenous-led pathways to climate justice and sustainable peace. (Toronto – Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit) – Indigenous…
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Presenting the World Blanket Exercise at WIPCE 2025 – “A powerful healing ceremony”
November 24, 2025
“A powerful healing ceremony.” That’s how Indigenous peoples describe the World Blanket Exercise (WBE) when I and members of the WBE team delivered a 30-minute presentation on it at WIPCE 2025 (World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education), held in Aotearoa…
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Sharing the story of the World Blanket Exercise at global Indigenous conference
September 29, 2025
“Education got us into this mess and education will get us out of it.” The late Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Alfredo Barahona, KAIROS’ KBE Global and Newcomer Coordinator, will be in…
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KAIROS Blanket Exercise receives the Mayworks Traditional Labour Arts Award
November 6, 2023
KAIROS is honoured and delighted to have received the Mayworks Traditional Labour Arts Award for the KAIROS Blanket Exercise. KAIROS representatives, Alfredo Barahona, Caroline Sharp and Cheryl McNamara accepted the award on behalf of the organization during the Mayworks 2023…
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