Ecological Justice

UN submission calls on Canada to put safety of human rights and environment defenders above support for mining companies

April 21, 2023

KAIROS calls on Canada to put the safety of human rights and environment defenders (HRDs) above support for mining companies. We are one of the 27 organizations and 39 academics that signed on to a submission regarding this call to…

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A Call to Celebrate

April 5, 2023

What is it that you love about the Earth? Lush green forests, beautiful beaches, fields of wildflowers, the fact that it provides the air we breathe, the food we eat, the very substance of our existence? While every day is…

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KAIROS unpacks Budget 2023

April 5, 2023

Budget 2023 was delivered at a time of high inflation and national debt – and a challenge from Canada’s largest trading partner to step up investment in clean energy.   It was no surprise then that the budget, announced on March…

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The COP27 report from the KAIROS and FLC delegation is out now!

April 3, 2023

A report on the KAIROS / For the Love of Creation delegation to COP27 is now available. The report from this 10-person delegation framed around decolonizing climate action details key outcomes impacts on public engagement in Canada, media coverage, lessons…

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MPs pass long-awaited legislation to tackle environmental racism in Canada

March 31, 2023

Advocates celebrate milestone, call on Senate to prioritize Bill C-226 OTTAWA| TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Advocates for social justice and equity, environmental protection and public health celebrate passage of Bill C-226, the National Strategy on…

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Never a Better Time

March 31, 2023

KAIROS Regina invites you on a journey of faith, one that challenges our comfortable lives and changes the very buildings we worship in. On October 15, 2022, they hosted a workshop called, “Creation Care in our Places of Prayer: Energy…

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Unearthing Solidarity: Global Voices on Mining Justice

February 27, 2023

Generally, we consider gold as a noble matter, but we can state that its extraction in the most of the cases is full of violence. – Fr. Dário Bossi Two things stick with me, haunt me, from the webinar, “Unearthing…

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Take Action – Keep up the pressure on Bill C-226 to end Environmental Racism

February 2, 2023

Canada has no strategy to include environmental justice or racism in its environmental assessment or planning – not yet. The federal private member’s Bill C-226, which is before the House of Commons, addresses this shortcoming. Officially called “An Act respecting…

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KAIROS Wish List 2023

February 1, 2023

KAIROS 2023 WISH LIST  As we emerge from a year of mounting crises, we are encouraged by the growing calls to center the leadership of Indigenous peoples, women, and youth in decisions related to transitioning to a just and sustainable…

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Joint statement of the ENSS on Pope Francis’ ‘pilgrimage of peace’

February 1, 2023

Joint statement of the Ecumenical Network on South Sudan on Pope Francis’ ‘pilgrimage of peace’ Member organizations of the Ecumenical Network of South Sudan (ENSS), including KAIROS Canada, have released a joint statement calling on the global Church and for…

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KAIROS calls for the release of water and land defenders in El Salvador.

January 27, 2023

The flow of the river water cannot be detained for long! KAIROS, along with other 251 Organizations from 29 countries has signed a solidarity statement calling on the Salvadoran government to drop the charges against leading Water Defenders arrested on…

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Stop the Deportation of Climate Activist and International Student Zain Haq

December 19, 2022

Join those who are urging  Canada’s Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Refugees, Sean Fraser, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to immediately suspend and revoke deportation proceedings against Zain Haq. Zain is “a known and respected peaceful activist in our midst,…

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COP27 may be over but the delegates’ voices continue

December 19, 2022

It’s a few weeks since I returned from COP27, held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, where I accompanied the KAIROS Canada and For the Love of Creation delegation. Delegates included Indigenous partners and youth from Turtle Island, and KAIROS Women, Peace…

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COP 15 on biodiversity as ecological justice

December 19, 2022

The Biodiversity COP 15 in Montreal with 10,000 delegates from around the world is coming to an end. The conference’s objective is to determine the post-2020 global biodiversity framework.   The astonishing collapse of the abundance and variety of living beings…

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Duck Re-Inflating a Deflated Activist

December 8, 2022

Duck re-inflating a deflated activist. Author Kathleen Dean Moore told us this was the first drawing by artist Bob Haverluck that she saw and that it sparked a connection and drew them together. A re-inflation of activists is the purpose…

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How my trip to Egypt for COP27 brought me a deeper connection to my land, my culture and myself

December 1, 2022

I wasn’t sure COP27 was for me, until key experiences showed me I belonged. I have never been good at saying no. So when I heard of an opportunity to attend this fall’s UN COP27 climate summit, I jumped at…

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On the role of women in climate justice

November 29, 2022

En español Climate change is a phenomenon that catastrophically affects all of humanity. This world cannot bear any more extractivism and excesses of our lifestyle. And it is also a crisis scenario that acts in a differentiated way on Global…

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SOBRE EL ROL ESENCIAL DE LAS MUJERES EN LA JUSTICIA CLIMATICA

November 29, 2022

In English El cambio climático es un fenómeno que afecta a toda la humanidad de una manera catastrófica. Este mundo no puede soportar más extractivismo y excesos de nuestro estilo de vida. Y también es un escenario de crisis que…

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Our messages were loud and clear at COP27: KAIROS

November 28, 2022

Re: “Little to celebrate so far from Canada’s COP27 attendance,” (The Hill Times, Nov. 16, editorial). Global summits are what participants make them, and who participates in them, too. I have just returned from COP27, where I accompanied a 10-member…

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10 days. 40,000 attendees. Youth might have a seat at the table, maybe?

November 24, 2022

Let me start off by saying that as a youth delegate, I was incredibly privileged to be included on this COP27 delegation. Youth voices have been negated continuously and for too long, and I was honoured to have my perspective…

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The first of many beginnings

November 22, 2022

As COP27 was my first COP, I had so much to learn, and I did – from the diverse cultures, making new friends and learning the latest ideas. For people all over the globe to convene and find solutions to…

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BLOG DIA “SOLUCIONES”– 17 noviembre 2022

November 21, 2022

El jueves 17 de noviembre fue el día llamado de las “soluciones” de la Conferencia de las Partes de la CMNUCC -COP27- en Sharm El Sheikh. Sin embargo, al terminar el día, el texto borrador en proceso de negociación había…

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Climate Action Network Canada weighs in on COP27

November 21, 2022

As the dust settles on COP27, held in Sharm al-Sheikh, Egypt, the Climate Action Network-Canada (CAN-Rac) offers its assessment on the climate conference’s outcomes through the following press release, which quotes Radia Mbengue, KAIROS’ Global Partnership Coordinator: Africa and Climate…

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The Court Case of the Creatures by Bob Haverluck

November 18, 2022

For a fresh and funny look at the seriously important work of Reconciliation in the Watershed, immerse yourself in The Court Case of the Creatures by Bob Haverluck. This is a court case like you have never seen before, one…

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Candles for COP27

November 18, 2022

Vigils for Climate Justice The experiences were different, from four people on a bridge braving a minus-twenty-degree windchill to a large circle of people gathered on the autumn leaves with robust drumming, but the sentiments are remarkably similar. It all…

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Women at COP27

November 18, 2022

Read it in Spanish here This year, in the 27th Conference of the Parties, a gender day was established for the first time on November 14. In terms of women’s participation, much has changed since the first COP in 1995,…

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Las Mujeres en la COP27

November 18, 2022

Leia em inglês aqui Este año en la versión número 27 de la Conferencia de las Partes, se estableció por primera vez el día del género, el 14 de noviembre. En materia de participación de la mujer mucho ha cambiado…

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Tous pour une réponse adéquate aux changements climatiques

November 16, 2022

C’est depuis le jeudi 10 novembre que je participe aux activités de la COP 27.  Un grand évènement mondial qui réunit les acteurs politiques, les scientifiques, les chercheurs, et les acteurs de la société civile du monde entier. La COP27…

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