June 2nd marks the one-year anniversary of the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action. They are viewed as a way for Canadians to redress the legacy of residential schools and advance the process of Canadian...
In Spring of 2016 Grassy Narrows people will travel 1,700 km to Toronto to call on Premier Wynne to finally clean up the 9,000 kg of mercury that were dumped in our river in the 1960’s. Join us as we...
When: Thursday, June 2 from 5.30 p.m.to 7.30 p.m. Where: Friends House 60 Lowther Avenue (St. George Subway, Bedford Rd/Lowther Av) Please RSVP to fgolich@kairoscanada.org by May 30, 2016. Héritiers de la Justice promotes human rights and peace building in...
To mark one year since the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's 94 Calls to Action, let's fill City Hall with over 500 people learning together! RISE is working with a network of organizations across the country to host...
How it works Two scripts are included: one for youth and adults, the other for children and younger teens. The exercise uses blankets to represent the lands of what is now called Canada, and the distinct cultures and nations which...
"This is a once in a generation opportunity. If we all stand together, we can push the government towards a bold climate strategy that’s justice-based, respects the UN Declaration on the rights of Indigenous peoples, aligns with climate science, and...
Last year, during the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) 94 Call to Actions in Ottawa, A7G along with KAIROS Canada, local Blanket Exercise facilitators and youth leaders, brought together over 400 participants to Parliament Hill for a Mass KAIROS...
This Migrant Workers Information Session will identify migrant workers’ needs and challenges, and provide information on how to ensure their provincial and federal rights are protected. For more information contact: migrantecanada@gmail.com 1-888-366-0194
This full-day meeting will be a skill-share and strategy session for migrant workers and people in diverse sectors across Canada that work with and/or advocate for the rights of migrant workers. The objectives of this meeting are: To bring together...
OPEN INVITATION TO ALL: Please join us for a MASS KAIROS Blanket Exercise in front of the Elijah Smith Building (**permit pending**) on Sunday, June 5th at 3pm. KAIROS Canada, Assembly of Seven Generations and local emerging leaders are working...
Friends! Please plan to join us at Kenesserie Camp from June 9-12 for another Cahoots festival of Faith, Social Justice and DIY! Tickets will open March 1st. EarlyBird Ticket - $95 (before April 30th) Regular Ticket - $105 Kids EarlyBird...
Reconciliation is in the wind, a wind heralding change across the country. Join us for this special event and be part of our journey towards Truth and Reconciliation. FEATURING: The KAIROS Blanket Exercise Lead by Dr. Daisy Radigan and Sherry...
Divest Waterloo is partnering with The Centre for Public Ethics at Waterloo Lutheran Seminary, Interfaith Grand River, Faith & the Common Good, Sacred Water Circle, and the Green Awakening Network to bring you an opportunity to learn together and engage...
Christ Memorial Advocacy Committee + KAIROS present: "Honouring the truth, Reconciling for the future" with guest speaker: Dave Mowat, Alderville FN Christ Memorial Church, Upper Hall TEENS AND UP! 12:30 * Lunch 13:10 * Introduction to program 13:20 * Dave...
The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is an experiential way to hear and enterr into the history of Indigenous peoples and settlers inn Canada. It provides a starting point fordoing thework the Truth adn REconnciliationn Commission has asked of all Canadians. Bring...
"Reconciliation is the Achievement of a peaceful coexistence with the restoration of respectful relationships." ~ Wilton Littlechild, TRC Commissionner Pathways to Reconciliation will bring a cross-section of Canadians together to examine work done to date and take steps towards reconciliation....
Join MISN and Franklin Valenzuela, a youth leader visiting Toronto from Guatemala, for a picnic! We're excited to wrap up Spring into Action with a casual social in the park alongside all of the amazing people who support different types...
The Aboriginal Issues Working Group welcomes the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth, Irwin Elman, and Laura Arndt, founder of Feathers of Hope who will join youth from Thunder Bay in a conversation about the issues confronting First Nations young...
After the Last River is coming to Ottawa for a theatrical run at the ByTowne in the three days leading up to Aboriginal Day (June 21). Director Vicki Lean and Producer Jade Blair will be attending the Sunday and Monday...
In acknowledgement of National Aboriginal Day on June 21, UCV’s Social Justice Committee and the CUC’s Truth, Healing and Reconciliation Reflection Guide Task Force has teamed up with KAIROS Canada, an ecumenical organization, to offer an important teaching about the...
KAIROS is hosting a Volunteer Appreciation event for everyone and anyone who helped at all in the preparations or day-of the Toronto Mass Blanket Exercise at Queen's Park on May 30 and all the facilitators/elders/helpers who have been delivering the...
The Giving Tree Unionville and UPC Community Church join KAIROS in bringing you this opportunity to participate - to lean and better understand the Indigenous rights history we're rarely taught. This large, public event will be held outdoors at the...
ONTARIO PREMIERE:: Reserve 107, documentary short Interactive Panel to follow Join us for a Canadian story of reconciliation in action! Indigenous rights and title to the land remains a taboo topic for many across Canada, but in the small town...
If we believe in the inherent rights of Canada’s original people, how can we be moving ahead with Site C dam? If we are concerned about global warming and its impact on farming, how can we be planning to flood...
A public activity designed to build understanding and reconciliation with Canada’s Indigenous communities is coming to Kingston’s Inner Harbour this summer. The interactive learning experience covers 500 years of history in 90 minutes – it is easy to understand, yet...
The World Social Forum (WSF) is an international gathering of civil society groups working for social, economic and ecological justice. Since its inception in 2001 in Porto Alegre Brazil, the WSF has brought together tens of thousands of participants engaging...
Este taller interactivo utiliza mantas, cobijas, colchas y frazadas en su desarrollo y te llevará en un viaje por la historia de la relación entre los pueblos indígenas, los europeos y otros inmigrantes desde el primer contacto a finales del...
Come to the Church of the Holy Trinity to participate in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning experience that teaches the Indigenous rights history we're rarely taught. Blanket Exercise participants take on the roles of Indigenous peoples in Canada....
INDIGENOUS WOMEN leaders from the Philippines, Latin America and coast to coast in Canada will speak about the impacts of RESOURCE EXTRACTION on their communities and their critical role in DEFENDING COLLECTIVE RIGHTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. HEAR from: Alma Brooks,...
Come to the Church of the Holy Trinity to participate in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning experience that teaches the Indigenous rights history we're rarely taught. Blanket Exercise participants take on the roles of Indigenous peoples in Canada....
