Posts Tagged "blanket exercise"
KAIROS Blanket Exercise brings understanding and empathy
October 26, 2016
Participants take part in a blanket exercise, an interactive learning experience that teaches indigenous rights history, at the St. Albert United Church. “Those with blue cards, please step off the blankets.” And with those words, I was asked to take…
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Announcing… a KAIROS Blanket Exercise Youth Exchange with Guatemala
October 19, 2016
KAIROS will take 2 First Nations, 2 Métis, 2 Inuk and 2 settler youth (18-30 years old) to Guatemala in May 2017 and facilitate 2 Guatemalan youth coming to Canada in June 2017 to find common ground across borders through…
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Blanket Exercise unfurls Indigenous history for Saskatoon leaders
September 22, 2016
The City of Saskatoon recently hosted a blanket exercise for a group of community leaders. (Submitted by Neal Kewistep) ‘Often there’s a lot of guilt and shame that comes up,’ says activity leader The City of Saskatoon is using blankets…
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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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Reflection on the Spanish version of the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, at the World Social Forum
August 12, 2016
“Participants (of the Spanish version of the KAIROS Blanket Exercise at the World Social Forum in Montreal) very quickly make connections between the history of colonization in Canada and the history of colonization in Latin America.” Alfredo Barahona, Indigenous, Migrant &…
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Spanish KAIROS Blanket Exercise connects colonial dots
August 4, 2016
Despite the parallels between the history of colonization in North, Central and South America, if you ask Latin American expats what they know about Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Indian Residential Schools, most will answer “not much.” In an…
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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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Educación para la reconciliación: el ejercicio de la manta indígena
July 28, 2016
Radio Canadá Internacional entrevistó a Alfredo Barahona sobre uno de los talleres de KAIROS. Alfredo explica que el taller es pedagógico e interactivo y que promueve un mejor entendimiento de las relaciones históricas y contemporáneas entre los pueblos indígenas y…
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The KAIROS Blanket Exercise “equips us for those reconciling conversations & relationships”
June 24, 2016
Watch this short video, a testimonial to the power of the KAIROS Blanket Exercise The KAIROS Blanket Exercise “doesn’t bring about reconciliation on its own, but it does equip us for those reconciling conversations & relationships in a much healthier…
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Employees from Innovation, Science & Economic Development Canada Learn Canadian History from an Indigenous Perspective
June 21, 2016
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More than 1,000 people engage in Mass KAIROS Blanket Exercises across Canada
June 10, 2016
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KAIROS Group in Winnipeg pushes for residential school history lesson
June 9, 2016
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Look at some great photos of Mass KAIROS Blanket Exercises in Whitehorse, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Regina, Ottawa, Toronto & Charlottetown
June 5, 2016
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Kenora Fellowship Centre holds KAIROS Blanket Exercise on anniversary of Truth and Reconciliation Commission
June 3, 2016
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‘We need to listen to what the First Nations people are telling us’ – KAIROS Blanket Exercise helps teach history from Indigenous perspective
May 29, 2016
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“A dialogue was started” – KAIROS Blanket Exercise at Richmond Hill United Church
May 27, 2016
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Media Advisory: 94 Calls for Justice! The journey for reconciliation starts here.
May 18, 2016
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An exercise in Aboriginal history at Queen’s University
May 15, 2016
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PODCAST: How the KAIROS Blanket Exercise came to be. Radio Interview with Katy Quinn.
May 13, 2016
Radio interview with Katy Quinn on April 25, 2016
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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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Pauline Johnson Collegiate staff and students participated in a KAIROS Blanket Exercise to work toward understanding and reconciliation
May 2, 2016
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Blanket exercise illustrates hurtful acts to indigenous peoples
April 27, 2016
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Unlearning racism against Indigenous peoples in one generation
March 21, 2016
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KAIROS Blanket Exercise workshop opens eyes at youth conference in Sudbury
March 20, 2016
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NEW RESOURCE! Enfolded in the Creator: Blanket Exercise Worship Service Edition
March 18, 2016
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Listen to podcast: Thunder Bay students take part in KAIROS’ Blanket Exercise
January 6, 2016
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The Calling Lake Blanket Exercise
March 4, 2015
Last month in Calling Lake, community members wove their oral history and unique perspectives into the Blanket Exercise. Storyteller, hunter, trapper and respected member of the Calling Lake community, Brian Cardinal, reflected on this process in a powerful story.
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