Join us for a parade of lights! **NO CANDLES please** At the end of this month, world leaders will meet in Paris to start negotiating the next global climate deal. The Twenty-First Conference of Parties (COP21), is our best chance...
Order tickets via Eventbrite: http://www.eventbrite.com/e/truth-and-reconciliation-commission-final-report-tickets-19785088733?aff=efbevent The event will mark the end of the Commission’s six year mandate. The Commission is a component of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement. Its job is to inform all Canadians about what happened in...
The evening will include music, stories and reflections on John. As well, the event will include a book launch of "Fully Human, Fully Alive: Johnny's Story" which was written by friends and family as a memorial and reflection book. The...
A time to mingle and share drinks and yummy appetizers. Jennifer Henry will speak to us about her work with KAIROS, its new "Winds of Change" campaign, and highlight the successful Blanket Exercise, one of the educational tools we are...
Participate in the Blanket Exercise Explore the 500 year relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples through an experiential activity and conversation. If you are planning to attend, please contact us by January 26 so we can have a good estimate...
Campaign Training on Media Outreach The months ahead will be critical in building political will to ensure that all children learn the history and contributions of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Media engagement will lend urgency to our call. Please join...
Join this month's Winds of Change campaign update. This is an online event. We will be pleased to welcome special guest, Kelly Crawford, author of the teacher’s guide for the ‘We are all Treaty People’, a kit produced by the...
Come and join Victoria Freeman and Zachary Smith to discuss the treaty relationships that could or should shape relations between settlers,newcomers and Indigenous peoples in the Toronto area.
This forum aims to build relationships of solidarity with workers who are coming to Canada from all over the world in search of a better life for their children, and to facilitate a process that will support all efforts to...
People of faith in Oromocto and neighbouring communities in New Brunswick come together in an educational conversation around Temporary Foreign Workers, the issues they face and the barriers in building relations with people in host communities. Join us to identify...
The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is an interactive learning experience that teaches the Indigenous rights history we’re rarely taught. See http://www.kairosblanketexercise.org for more information. This event is sponsored by the Aboriginal Rights Solidarity Group from Trinity St. Paul's, Bloor St. and...
Interested in Reconciliation? Come and learn the true history of Canada. Co-sponsored by the Centre for Aboriginal Student Services, York University. “Education is what got us here and education is what will get us out.” Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of...
We are excited to be sharing the KAIROS Blanket Exercise with a large group of students from A.Y. Jackson at the end of this month.
The event is co-hosted by Unifor Sam Gindin Chair in Social Justice and Democracy, Ryerson University. Located on the 7th floor, Cara Commons The Good Jobs for All Coalition (GJFA) is an alliance of community, labour, social justice, youth and...
Educación Para la Reconciliación: La Historia Oculta de los Pueblos Indígenas en Canada. Este taller interactivo te llevará en un viaje por la historia de la relación entre los pueblos indígenas con los europeos y otros inmigrantes en Canadá, desde...
Winds of Change continues to build momentum and we have some exciting updates to share! We also have the wonderful and inspiring youth leader, Gabrielle Fayant as our speaker. Gabrielle Fayant was instrumental in conceptualizing and leading the Mass Blanket...
Join Toronto Urban Native Ministry and the Toronto Centre/East KAIROS Group for an evening with special Guest Speaker Jonathon Hamilton Diabo, Director of First Nations House at the University of Toronto. The theme for the evening is Education for Reconciliation,...
Interested in Reconciliation? Join us for a KAIROS Blanket Exercise in collaboration with the Native Students’ Association (UofT). Elder Andrew Wesley will open the event. Light refreshments to start; pizza to follow exercise. Please register, space is limited: bit.ly/1RTDAuF KAIROS...
The publication of the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) is a momentous event. Its hundreds of pages put into full display the Residential School system, one of the key mechanisms establishing the colonial-settler reality of what is...
March 24, 2016, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education ROOM 5-210/220 FREE SCREENING! RSVP to: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-pass-system-at-oise-tickets-22977750069 From the Northwest Resistance of 1885 and for over 60 years, the Canadian Government denied many Indigenous peoples of the prairies the basic freedom...
The Good Friday Walk for Justice is a walk for social justice that honours the social and economic justice mission of the church. As Jesus stood against the domination systems of his time, so we acknowledge those who are poor,...
Jennifer Henry, Executive Director of KAIROS, will be the speaker at the closing station of the annual Ecumenical Good Friday Walk for Justice in downtown Toronto. All are welcome. http://www.goodfridaywalk.ca On the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the New...
Come celebrate our third annual event. We will be hosting this years event to continue to share the message of what RECONCILIATION means from a youth perspective. This is UN1TY Entertainments call to action! Come be part of this all...
Special program for invited highschool students.
In Call to Action 48, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) calls on churches and faith groups to "adopt and comply with the principles, norms and standards" of the UN Declaration as a framework for reconciliation. On Wednesday...
In Call to Action 48, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) calls on churches and faith groups to "adopt and comply with the principles, norms and standards" of the UN Declaration as a framework for reconciliation. On the...
Two KAIROS Blanket Exercises booked for two grade 5 classes.
From the Northwest Resistance of 1885 and for over 60 years, the Canadian Government denied many Indigenous peoples of the prairies the basic freedom to leave their reserves, all the while knowing there was no basis in law for the...
Grand River Stewardship Workshop Welcome by Ava Hill Six Nations Elected Chief Presentations: Know Your Watershed History Paul General Six Nations Wildlife & Resources Manager We All Are Water Watchers Arlene Slocombe Executive Director, Wellington Water Watchers Reconciliation InThe Watershed...
Presented by KAIROS York Region A lively forum of community leaders exploring the issue of homelessness, and making recommendations on solving the problem. Come and join us to learn more about this critical issue. A short film will be shown,...
