Media Releases

Canada is haunted by colonialism

June 23, 2015

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Joint statement by the Coalition for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples

June 12, 2015

…calls on federal, provincial and territorial governments “to follow the lead of the TRC in calling for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to be used as a valuable framework for the reconciliation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous…

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Human Rights Tribunal finds Ottawa retaliated against First Nations Child Rights Worker

June 8, 2015

  In a landmark ruling Friday, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal concluded that the Department of Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Canada retaliated against Dr. Cindy Blackstock of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada because of a…

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Hundreds of school children to honour residential school survivors in moving Heart Garden ceremony at Rideau Hall, June 3

June 2, 2015

(Ottawa, ON) –Hundreds of school children will join Indian Residential School survivors on June 3 at Rideau Hall in what promises to be a moving conclusion to the ceremonial close of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). A joint initiative of…

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Powerful events mark close of Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Ottawa

May 26, 2015

(Toronto, ON) – KAIROS Canada invites everyone to be part of a series of powerful events leading up to and complementing the close of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). KAIROS’ Time for Reconciliation intergenerational gathering will feature leading…

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KAIROS events to mark the close of the historic TRC

May 16, 2015

Canadians from coast-to-coast invited to be part of a vital conversation on decolonization (Toronto, ON) – KAIROS Canada invites everyone to be part of a powerful conversation about right relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples through a series of events…

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