May 5 marks the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People, a day set aside to honour the lives that have been lost, the families left in pain, and the strength of Indigenous communities fighting for justice and recognition.

With sorrow, we mark the passing of Pope Francis, a tireless advocate for the marginalized and for our common home. One of his final global calls for economic justice and compassion was inaugurating the Jubilee: Turn Debt into Hope campaign last Christmas Eve. KAIROS honours his legacy of reconciliation, peace and climate justice.

Be part of something powerful! Join us June 12–15 at the People’s Forum in Calgary – a global gathering of pilgrims, activists, and changemakers ahead of the G7 Summit. Together, we’ll build community, share visions, and ignite action for a just Jubilee world. Don’t miss this chance to help shape the future from the ground up. Register by May 4 for Early Bird pricing!

Join the global call for debt justice by organizing a local rally in concert with the G7 Jubilee People’s Forum. On June 15, as Forum participants take to the streets of Calgary to demand action from G7 leaders, communities around the world will rise up with them. Together, we can shine a light on the injustice of crushing debt and call for a more just, sustainable global economy. 

As part of the Jubilee: Turn Debt into Hope campaign, KAIROS and its partners are working to collect as many petition signatures as possible ahead of the G7 Summit in Calgary this June. At this time of writing, Development and Peace ― Caritas Canada has collected more than 8,750 signatures! We spoke with Randy Haluza-DeLay, DPCC’s animator for central Ontario, to learn how his organization is engaging churches, schools, and volunteers in this effort. Here‘s what he had to say, based on his own experience and comments from other animators. 

Civil society’s calls for debt cancellation and climate justice took a step forward April 14-15, thanks in part to the leadership of Global South and Jubilee Canadian advocates at the 2025 Civil 7 Summit in Ottawa. Beth Lorimer, KAIROS’ Ecological Justice Coordinator, and Dean Dettloff, Advocacy Officer for Development and Peace – Caritas Canada, were among over a hundred civil society representatives who gathered in Ottawa with the aim to ensure that pressing social and ecological justice issues are reflected in G7 deliberations and decisions when the leaders meet in Alberta in June.  

In the lead-up to the federal election, nearly 30 national Christian denominations and organizations, including seven member churches of KAIROS, issued a united, non-partisan appeal to all political leaders: protect and strengthen Canada’s global aid commitments. The letter comes at a time when other countries are slashing international assistance budgets, even as global crises intensify. 

During Earth Week, KAIROS joined faith communities across Canada in a unified call for climate justice. The 2025 ecumenical statement urges bold action, rooted in faith and solidarity, to protect our planet and its most vulnerable inhabitants.

May 12 @ 11:30 a.m.

Ottawa

Join KAIROS and others on Monday, May 12 at 11:30 a.m. for a fun, family-friendly rally for climate justice on Parliament Hill! The demonstration is the culminating point of Pilgrimage for the Planet, a two-day bike journey from Montreal to demand Canada sign onto the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Meet the pilgrims and join in on their call to the federal government to take urgent climate action!

This May 24–31, join KAIROS in marking the 10th anniversary of Laudato Si’ with a digital campaign that shines a light on ecological debt—the growing moral and environmental obligation of wealthy nations to the Global South and Indigenous peoples. Rooted in Pope Francis’ vision and aligned with the Jubilee 2025 campaign, this week of education, advocacy and action will amplify the voices of those most impacted by the climate crisis.