We are creating a healing hearts garden which will be dedicated as part of our annual spring Sunday School service on June 7th which will use Healing Hearts and Planting Dreams as it's theme, as it shares it's learnings with...
After Sunday Service, guest speaker Rev. Maggie McCleod from General Council, will discuss the findings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada and what we can do to achieve reconciliation. All are welcome. For more information, contact Ruth Webster,...
KAIROS, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, and Project of Heart are inviting children and youth across the country to create Heart Gardens to remember and honour former students of Indian Residential Schools...
The Canadian Sanctuary Network, Jewish Refugee Action Network, and Kairos Canada invite you to attend. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/1580210418910410/ A conversation with Hanns Thomae, former director of Refugee Outreach for the Evangelical Church in Berlin and Brandenburg and member oft...
This webinar is presented by the Living Into Right Relations Network, in partnership with EDGE. Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) is mentioned several times in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. What does it mean? How...
Chemical Valley is the climate and pollution crisis of Southern Ontario. It is where nearly 1 million barrels of tar sands are processed each day. It is where fracked gas is processed. It is the place of all of the environmental crises of our times. It is a place of environmental racism: the Valley exists on stolen land, and its people are being slowly killed by pollution. Join us in our fight against environmental racism, climate chaos, and extreme pollution.
PRESENTERS include: - ALMA BRROKS, Maliseet Nation, Grandmother, Wabanaki Confederacy - GLORIA CHICAIZA, Acción Ecológica (Ecuador) - PIYA MACLIING MALAYAO, Igorot tribe, KATRIBU, national alliance of Indigenous peoples organizations and Innabuyog Indigenous Women’s Collective (Philippines) - ELANA NIGHTINGALE and MEEKA...
An opportunity to work toward reconciliation through education. The Blanket Exercise is a teaching tool developed by KAIROS to break down misconceptions about our shared history as Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. The training is in two parts: PART...
Keynote: Bob Watts, Previous Interim Executive Director of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission Storytelling by Waubgeshig Rice, author and journalist from Wasauksing First Nation Presentations by: * Tony Belcourt, former President of the Métis Nation of Ontario * Ashley Wright,...
Would you like to join in the journey of healing and reconciliation? Perhaps the best place to 'reset the relationship' is simply gathering for a meal together with Indigenous neighbours. The national board of KAIROS is partnering with the Katarokwi...
Watch all speaker presentations online Over the past two years KAIROS, Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives, has investigated the ecological and Indigenous rights issues raised by hydraulic fracturing (or fracking), the practice of injecting water, sand and chemicals deep underground at...
The Aboriginal Issues Working Group invites you to join Michael Cheena (Cree), Murray Crowe (Oji-Cree), and Kim McDougall (Oneida/Chippewa). Their individual experiences at residential schools and their life journeys offer different perspectives from which to understand the calls to action...
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) opened hearts and minds, inspired a growing movement to repair the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada, and provided 94 Calls to Action to guide us. This year, the KAIROS Winds of...
Come and meet KAIROS Executive Director Jennifer Henry and Program Manager Ed Bianchi at a lunch hosted by KAIROS Calgary. Hear about KAIROS priorities for 2015-2020: Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples; Reconciliation in the Watershed; Reconciliation with Migrant and Diaspora Communities....
Workshop on advocacy for TRC Call to Action #62 Free Everyone welcome* Refreshments provided Winds of Change Campaign The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) opened hearts and minds, inspired a growing movement to repair the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous...
Everyone is welcome. For more info contact Harold Wells at harold.wells@utoronto.ca or 905.639.4125. Sponsored by Halton Green Screens. Co-Sponsored by IDEA Burlington, Hamilton/Burlington KAIROS Cmte., and Wider Work of East Plains United Church. IDEA: Interfaith Development Education Assoc. KAIROS: Canadian...
Workshop on advocacy for TRC Call to Action #62 Free Everyone welcome* Refreshments provided Winds of Change Campaign The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) opened hearts and minds, inspired a growing movement to repair the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous...
Award winning author Ernie Regehr says in his new book "Disarming Conflict: Why Peace Cannot Be Won the Battlefield" that wars fought over the past quarter century have been a spectacular failure. The overwhelming majority end in military stalemate and...
The Carbon Bubble: What happens to us when it bursts? by Jeff Rubin. An overview of the book will be given to aid the discussion. Everyone is welcome. For more info contact Harold Wells at harold.wells@utoronto.ca or 905.639.4125. Sponsored by...
It’s time to show our newly elected Prime Minister and government that we expect bold action on climate change. Please join us in Ottawa on November 29 for 100% Possible: Marching Together for Climate Solutions and Justice. The transition to...
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...
