Archive for May 2010
The Blanket Exercise: walk in someone else’s shoes all the way back to the first meetings of Europeans and Indigenous Peoples
May 28, 2010
By Rev. Curtis Korver
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
G8 Action Call from the Canadian Council of Churches and KAIROS
May 24, 2010
The Canadian Council of Churches is hosting the Interfaith Summit of World Religious Leaders in Winnipeg: read all about it here, or visit the website at www.faithchallengeG8.com The Canadian Interfaith planning committee is asking Canadians to “urge our government to…
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Les députés reportent le débat sur le projet de loi sur les mines
May 21, 2010
Le député libéral John McKay continue de faire face à un barrage de critiques de la part du lobby minier au sujet de son modeste projet de loi pour interdire au gouvernement de financer les opérations minières irresponsables. Son projet…
Post filed in: En français, Media Releases
La Campagne « Dignité pour toutes»
May 21, 2010
Je crois que d’être libéré de la pauvreté est un droit humain. Je crois à l’égalité de toutes les personnes. Je crois que nous avons toutes et tous droit à une sécurité sociale et économique. Je crois à la…
Post filed in: En français
KAIROS Times: May 2010
May 21, 2010
Read the May 2010 issue.
Post filed in: KAIROS Times E-Newsletter
KAIROS launches G20 Climate Justice Tour
May 19, 2010
http://www.kairoscanada.org/en/ecojustice/climate-change-the-g20/
Post filed in: Media Releases
L’appui à la Déclaration des Nations Unies par le Canada doit être en harmonie avec les droits humains
May 18, 2010
Les organisations des peuples autochtones, confessionnelles et de droits humains ont accueilli avec joie, lors du discours du Trône, l’annonce selon laquelle le gouvernement canadien prendra des mesures en vue d’appuyer la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des…
Post filed in: En français
Winnipeg to host 2010 World Religions Summit
May 12, 2010
About 80 high profile religious leaders from around the world will gather in Winnipeg from June 21- June 23 to listen and report to one another but most importantly collaborate on sending a unified message to government leaders of the…
Post filed in: Media Releases
World Week for Peace in Israel-Palestine, May 29 to June 4 2010
May 7, 2010
World Council of Churches calls on us to work for peace For more than 40 years, Palestinians in the West Bank, Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem have been suffering under the Israeli occupation. Day-to-day life is interrupted by the separation…
Post filed in: Middle East
Sudan Clings to Precarious Peace
May 6, 2010
“For the first time in 24 years, Sudan has held multiparty elections. The vote, which took place between April 11 and 15, fulfilled one of the key conditions of the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) which ended Africa’s longest running…
Post filed in: Africa
Update on the IMF, the G20 and the Robin Hood Tax*
May 5, 2010
For more info on the Robin Hood Tax >> In the lead up to the June G20 summit, the International Monetary Fund has issued an interim report on financial reform that the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors discussed…
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Big Footprints Lead to Small Steps
May 5, 2010
Quaker farmer Robert Fensom attended a “Carbon Sabbath” workshop facilitated by Ian Thomson in Salmon Arm, BC, and here he reflects on his ‘footprint’. Click here to read the full article >> One foot in front of the other: it’s the…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Canada Should Embrace UN Declaration without Conditions or Qualifications
May 4, 2010
Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Ninth Session United Nations, New York 19-30 April 2010 Agenda item 5 Half-day discussion on North America April 22, 2010 Joint Statement by Assembly of First Nations; Inuit Circumpolar Council Canada; Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami; Native…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Media Releases, UNDRIP Blog Updates
KAIROS Briefing Paper #24: An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Adopt a Financial Transactions Tax
May 1, 2010
A growing number of politicians, civil society organizations, economists and some financiers have become strong advocates of a global Financial Transactions Tax (FTT). An FTT is a tiny tax on financial market transactions such as equity, bond, derivative or foreign exchange…
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