Everyone who came made the Gathering a success: from Southern partners to Indigenous people of Turtle Island, from elders to young adults, from migrant workers to low income activists, from Québécois to the coast to the Prairies, from speakers of Spanish, French and English to speakers of Tagalog, Inuit, Gitxsan and Seneca.

Following are the people who put time, care and creativity into particular parts of the Gathering. We will can add to this list so please let us know if we missed anyone; drop us a line at info[at]kairoscanada[dot]org

Before the Gathering…

Local planning committee

Barb Bitzer, Heather Leigh Craig, Diane Gilchrist, Karen Kuhnert, Jayne Little, Allison Piercey

National planning committee

AJ Finlay, Sheryl Johnston, Maggie Knight, Joanne McFadden, Shawn Sanford-Beck, Alison Tracy, Lilia Solano (Global Partner)

Staff planning team

Ed Bianchi, Caroline Foster, Julie Graham, Jennifer Henry, Sheilagh McGlynn, Rachel Warden, Fahira Golich

Young Adult Gathering

All present plus Paul Gehrs, Sheryl Johnston, Sheilagh McGlynn, Allison Piercey, Shawn Sanford-Beck, Bre Woligroski, Alison Tracy

Remembering our Voices gathering against poverty

Canadian Social Development Program Committee (KAIROS); Alfredo Barahona, Jill Carr Harris

At the Gathering…

Southern partners

Wafa Abdulraham (in absentia—Occupied Palestinian Territories), Ramon Bultron (Philippines), Malcolm Damon (South Africa), Mike Karipko (OilWatch Nigeria), Maurice Namwira (Héritiers de la justice, DR Congo), Sharon Ruiz Duremdes (Philippines), Lilia Solano (Peace for Life, Colombia)

Ceremonial leaders and elders

Dan Smoke and Marylou Smoke Asayenes

Music leaders

Becca Whitla, Hannah Lee, Michael St George, David Fines, Alfredo Barahona, In’shallah Choir of Waterloo Lutheran Seminary

Sacred Fire

Josh Shoemaker (Head Firekeeper), Gus Hill, Tony Isaac, Max Meehan, Barton Cutten, Alfredo Barahona. Support and supplies: Emerance Baker, Karen Kuhnert

Interpretation and translation team

Michel Coté, Glenn Crosse, Sandra Fairman, Fabien Leboeuf, and Sr. Bernadette Ward

Worship leaders and planners

Jocelyn Burr, Tim Devlin, Jean-Luc Djigo, Susan Draper, Alison Etter, David Fines, Julie Graham, Renaude Grégoire, Nick Judson, France Laforge, Janette McIntosh, Margie Noonan, David Oliver, Fran Paton, Jean-François Roussel, Shawn Sanford Beck,Vivian Seegers, Kenn Stright, Marcela Villalobos Cid, Gwenda Wells.

Plenary speakers

Omega Bula, Mary Corkery, Denise Couture, Sylvia Keesmaat, Ched Myers, Deo Namwira (on behalf of Maurice Namwira), Sharon Ruiz Duremdes, Lilia Solano, Sheila Watt-Cloutier

Daily plenary facilitators

Stephen Allen, Cheryl Curtis, Paul Gehrs, Hélène Gobeil, Joanne McFadden, Joyce Murray, Henriette Thompson

Chaplains

Rev. Shawn Sanford Beck, Rev. Norine Gullons, Fr. Richard Renshaw

Morning group reflectors

Sr. Joan Atkinson, Fr. Paul Hansen, Anne Marie Jackson, Andrea Mann, Marilyn Manzer, Katharine Masterton, Gail Turner, Miranda Weingartner.

Workshop leaders and planners

Gail Allan, Mary Lou Smoke Asayenes, Alfredo Barahona, Beth Baskin, Ed Bianchi, Jonathan Blais, Ramon Bultron, Paula Butler, Jill Carr-Harris, Mary Corkery, Denise Couture, Cheryl Curtis, Jim Davis, Esther Epp-Tiessen, Calla Evans, David Fines, Caroline Foster, Julie Graham, Renaude Grégoire, Adele Halliday, Gary Hawton, Jennifer Henry, Mike Hogeterp, Jennifer Janzen-Ball, Ray Jones, Adiat Junaid, Mike Karipko, Yunis Kariuki, Joy Kennedy, Harry Kits, Jean Koning, John Lewis, Chris Lind, Robert Massoud/ Zatoun, Maylanne Maybee, Dorothy McDougall, John Mihevc, Clint Mooney, Ched Myers, Anne O’Brien, bob paterson-watt, Jim Profit, Ernie Regehr, Richard Renshaw, Enrique Rivera, Jean-François Roussel, Sharon Ruiz Duremdes, Tom Sagar, Orion Smith, Dan Smoke, Connie Sorio, Sara Stratton, Pierre Viau, Marcela Villalobos Cid, Rachel Warden, Sheila Watt Cloutier, Becca Whitla, Bre Woligroski.

Fair Trade Marketplace

Organisers: Barb Bitzer, Diane Gilchrist, Yunis Kariuki. Vendors: Sue Berlove; Ten Thousand Villages; Zatoun Fair Trade Olive Oil; Sperling Books; DS Imports; Casa Relief; FIDA

Registration team and info table

Caroline Foster, Fahira Golich, Ramya Hemachandra, Jennifer, Henry, Yunis Kariuki, Sheilagh McGlynn