The children at St. John’s have created a heart to be planted in the Heart Garden in Ottawa. The children will also be planting a heart garden in our church’s Memorial Reflection Garden. The hearts will be made of garden...
The Walk for Reconciliation is designed to transform and renew the very essence of relationships among Aboriginal peoples and all Canadians. It sounds so simple, but just the act of gathering and walking and sharing our stories can join us...
There are many things that can be done across Canada to demonstrate a nationwide commitment to reconciliation. The Parkdale United Church at 2919 8 Avenue Northwest in Calgary, will be planting a Heart Garden at 11AM on Sunday May 31,...
St. Andrew's United Church, North Bay Worship Service at 1:30PM and Recoonciliation Walk at 2:15PM.
At 2 PM gather at Council Fire Native Cultural Centre at 439 Dundas Street E in Toronto. At 2:30PM travel west on Dundas, north to University and end at Queen’s Park. For more information visit their facebbok page at: https://www.facebook.com/events/376437345889687/
Assembly of Seven Generations (A7G) has been inspired by the Blanket Exercise, created by KAIROS, to hold a mass scaled exercise on Parliament Hill to help educate and reconcile the relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people. As the closing of...
We pause to pray as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Report is released on June 2, 2015: For the Commissioners, staff and those who have written the report For those whose experience and testimony shaped it For those...
Creating a New Way Forward, Release of The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Findings & Recommendations Seating is limited. Register now at: vanpanel.eventbrite.ca LIVE BROADCAST & PANEL DISCUSSION Tuesday, June 2, 2015 | SFU Woodwards, Vancouver, BC Vancouverites are...
‘‘When a woman is no longer silent, she is no longer alone in her struggle.’’ KAIROS invites you to meet Chantal Bilulu, Coordinator, Héritiers de la Justice, Democratic Republic of Congo When: Thursday, June 4 @ 7 p.m. Where: Trinity...
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...
