Media Releases

MEDIA ADVISORY: KAIROS spotlights Indigenous women, migrant rights and climate justice at World Social Forum

August 1, 2016

Ottawa, ON –KAIROS Canada and its partners will help spotlight Indigenous women, migrant rights, and climate justice at the World Social Forum (WSF) in Montreal during panel discussions and activities, August 10 to 12. The WSF (August 9 to 14)…

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Paddle for Peace with ROLLING JUSTICE BUS – Awaken the Giant Tour

July 4, 2016

Fort St. John, BC-   On Saturday, July 9, 2016 over 45 members of the Rolling Justice Bus community will gather with thousands of other British Columbians to participate in the annual Paddle for the Peace. This diverse group of people…

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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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