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STREAMS OF JUSTICE
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MEDIA ADVISORY: KAIROS brings unique mass history lesson to provincial legislatures
May 19, 2016
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To better understand the present, they walk through Alaska’s past
March 20, 2020
“Truthful, undeniable and powerful.”“Very eye-opening.”“Incredibly powerful and healing.”“I felt like everyone I knew needed to go through it.” Those are just a few of the responses from Alaskans who have experienced the Alaska Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning tool launched…
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Graduate students at the University of Guelph partake in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise
February 3, 2017
A glimpse into the effects of the University of Guelph Aboriginal Initiative Last March, the University of Guelph announced it would be hiring five new Aboriginal professors and increase financial support for Indigenous scholars and graduate students. “This initiative will…
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KAIROS Times: February 2017
February 2, 2017
KAIROS’ 2017 Wish List Education for Reconciliation Update – MLA will present the petition in the Alberta Legislature Hundreds of Catholic school students participate in KAIROS Blanket Exercise at Mary Ward Centre KAIROS Blanket Exercise deepens RCMP Alberta Division’s cultural…
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The history of Indigenous Peoples as told through blankets
July 17, 2017
The history of Indigenous peoples on the northern part of Turtle Island, what is now known as Canada, was told through a Kairo Blanket Exercise at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Southampton on June 21. Reverend Graham Bland of St….
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KAIROS Mass Blanket Exercises to hit capital cities across Canada: May 28 to June 6
May 5, 2016
Original published in Windspeaker on May 5, 2016 Written by Andrea Smith Exact dates and locations for all the Mass Blanket Exercises: www.kairoscanada.org/MBE In honour of the one-year anniversary (June 2) of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s release of its calls…
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Discomfort, ‘real feelings’ felt by Yellowknifers during exercise about history of Indigenous North Americans
May 11, 2017
‘Blanket exercise’ represents Aboriginal people being separated from their original home and traditions Peter Workman is determined to learn — even if it makes him feel uncomfortable. “I’m part of a generation that didn’t receive a lot of training or…
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800 students learn to “combat racism and ignorance” through the KAIROS Blanket Exercise
August 17, 2018
The blankets represent land in Canada and the participants are the Indigenous people or European settlers Photo: Students were placed into groups and were asked to pick and sit on a blanket of their choice. The blankets represent land in Canada,…
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The KAIROS Blanket Exercise goes global at the World Indigenous Peoples Conference
September 7, 2022
An internationally coordinated KAIROS Blanket Exercise that highlights the impacts of colonization from Indigenous peoples’ perspectives will be presented in in Adelaide, Australia on September 26 during the World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education. This World KAIROS Blanket Exercise amalgamates scripts…
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First-year law students participate in KAIROS Blanket Exercise
January 12, 2017
Interactive exercise walks law students through history as they learn how Canadian law throughout the years has affected Indigenous individuals and communities. Photo (L to R): Blanket exercise facilitators Jodi Stonehouse, Koren Lightning-Earle and Dr. Tracy Bear, pictured here with…
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Reflecting on the KAIROS Blanket Exercise
March 14, 2018
The KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE) is a tool developed in 1997 by KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives in which participants learn about European colonization of Turtle Island (North America), the accompanying dispossession of Indigenous peoples (reflected by the steady removal…
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Spirited Reflection: Another session of the KAIROS Blanket Exercise
May 29, 2017
It’s over. The Narrator has finished speaking. The room falls quiet. The few participants, still standing, glance at each other. The Narrator then asks everyone to think back to what the room looked like at the beginning of the Exercise…
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KAIROS Blanket Exercise deepens RCMP Alberta Division’s cultural awareness
January 11, 2017
Marilyn McSporran couldn’t forget the moment years ago when one of her husband’s colleagues in the RCMP made an ugly remark about Indigenous peoples. When an Elder in Saddle Lake, Alberta gently encouraged her to introduce the KAIROS Blanket Exercise…
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More than 1,000 people engage in Mass KAIROS Blanket Exercises across Canada
June 10, 2016
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An exercise in understanding: the KAIROS Blanket Exercise
May 3, 2017
The floor of Wallace Hall is criss-crossed with colourful blankets. Participants move from blanket to blanket, greeting each other quietly, occasionally trading items – a cornhusk doll for a braid of sweet grass, a piece of leather for a dreamcatcher….
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Blanket Exercise Workshop
In 1996, the Aboriginal Rights Coalition worked with Indigenous elders and teachers to develop an interactive way of learning the history most Canadians are never taught. The Blanket Exercise was the result; it has since been offered thousands of times…
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“These Blankets Hold History”
April 27, 2017
In March, I had the privilege of spending two and a half weeks in Alberta and Saskatchewan sharing the KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE) with various organizations and communities who were interested in using the exercise to further their understanding of…
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Kitchi Blanket Exercise
Kitchi Blanket Exercise, June 2, 2017 More that 800 people converged on Parliament Hill for the largest Blanket Exercise ever. The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is a visual and experiential way to represent colonization in Canada and its impact on Indigenous…
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Centering Indigenous history and leadership in climate action
November 14, 2022
Hearing stories of colonization from those whose land and people have also been colonized in other parts of the world was, for me, particularly salient in offering a KAIROS Blanket Exercise at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh. It’s important to remember…
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‘Walk with me’ – a lesson plan towards reconciliation
March 2, 2020
Education is key to reconciliation and the key to good education is a lesson plan that sticks. The Blanket Exercise is one such lesson plan. Developed by KAIROS, the Blanket Exercise is based on a method that uses participatory education to weave storytelling and land-based learning…
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KAIROS Blanket Exercise wrapped into RCMP cadet training
December 4, 2017
Training educates cadets on history and experience of Indigenous people Photo: RCMP Academy instructors take part in a blanket exercise in Regina this morning. These instructors will reproduce the exercise for new RCMP cadets as part of cadet training, as of…
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Understanding the impact: the KAIROS Blanket Exercise at Algoma University
September 8, 2016
Algoma U students, staff and faculty take part in emotional history lesson: The KAIROS Blanket Exercise, a first at Sault school Shirley Horn, Algoma University chancellor, and Craig Chamberlin, Algoma University president, took part in an interactive Blanket Exercise dealing…
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Sharing the story of the World Blanket Exercise at global Indigenous conference
September 29, 2025
“Education got us into this mess and education will get us out of it.” The late Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. Alfredo Barahona, KAIROS’ KBE Global and Newcomer Coordinator, will be in…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Canadian Roots Exchange and KAIROS bring unique mass history lesson to Queen’s Park
May 13, 2016
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KAIROS Blanket Exercise goes global in Australia, Sept 28
September 15, 2022
Internationally coordinated Blanket Exercise at World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education (Toronto – Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit) – An internationally coordinated participatory exercise that highlights the impacts of colonization from Indigenous peoples’ perspectives will be presented…
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Patchwork of colonization: Blanket Exercise explains colonization effectively
August 4, 2016
About 200 people took part in the Blanket Exercise at the Manitoba Legislative Building in early June. On a Saturday in early June, about 200 people gathered in front of the steps of the Legislative Building to participate in…
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