Archive for 2012
The Bridgewater Nova Scotia Leg of the KAIROS Living Courage Tour
June 15, 2012
By Bev McDonal 15/06/12 Lucy loves Tim Horton’s coffee and Claudia sells great soy based cookies! These are things we learned having representatives of two KAIROS partners among us. The two women and Rachel Warden were waiting for me at…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Education and action campaign to raise awareness of Inuit food security issues
June 14, 2012
KAIROS Indigenous Rights Circle member-at-large, Deborah Tagornak, and four other Inuit women met in KAIROS’ Ottawa office today to launch an education and action campaign to raise awareness of the impact on the Inuit of the extremely high cost of…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
KAIROS Policy Briefing Paper – Rio + 20: Whose Green Economy?
June 14, 2012
When the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development convenes in Rio de Janeiro on June 20th marking the twentieth anniversary of the original Earth Summit, government delegations and civil society organizations will debate contrasting visions for a “green economy.” KAIROS…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Where do you get your courage?
June 13, 2012
What keeps you going? Where do you get your courage? These questions have been asked at every meeting Claudia and Lucy have attended so far in Atlantic Canada. And their answer is always the same: “From people like you. Your…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
We are fighting the militarization of our minds and consciences
June 13, 2012
Antigonish Women Centre, Antigonish, NS June 9, 2012. Claudia and Lucy met with a group of people, mostly women, at the Antigonish Women’ Resource Centre, including Lesbia Morales from Guatemala’s Highland Small Farmers Committee (CCDA). Lesbia is on a Canadian…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
The Power of Storytelling
June 13, 2012
Following an early flight to Halifax and then a bus to Antigonish, I arrived at the Coady International Institute in time for the start of the Living Courage event. I was glad I didn’t miss anything. After only four days…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Our Dreams Matter Too
June 11, 2012
On the fourth anniversary of the federal governments’ official apology to the former students of Indian residential schools, KAIROS joined over 500 elementary school students who walked from Victoria Island to Parliament Hill today to call for culturally based equity…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
A Sustainable Energy Policy is Possible
June 11, 2012
In July 2011, federal, provincial and territorial energy ministers called for a public debate on a national energy strategy presenting KAIROS with an opportunity to elaborate on its vision for a just and sustainable energy policy. KAIROS envisions a transition…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Transforming the World: An Ancient Vision
June 11, 2012
Micah 4:1-4, Revelation 21: 1-6 Working for justice can make us hungry. We are hungry for a vision of a world transformed, a vision that can sustain and nourish our efforts. One place to look for that vision is in…
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
Halifax event: It’s better to live with fear than to stop living because of fear
June 8, 2012
St. Andrew’s United Church, Halifax, NS. June 7, 2012. The Living Courage tour got off to a great start in Halifax, with 100 people in attendance at a public forum. KAIROS staff member Alfredo Barahona says that hope, resistance and…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Women of Courage, Canada, and Indigenous rights
June 8, 2012
Canadians do not need to look overseas to witness the impact of violence. This is why the Women of Courage work links North and South and sees responses to violence in one part of the world as contributing to responses…
Post filed in: Africa, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Why “Women of Courage” and why these countries?
June 8, 2012
Why Women of Courage? Not only are women and children frequently the most common victims of armed conflict, but there are also often hidden impacts on women, including high levels of sexual violence, as we heard during last year’s Living…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
First Living Courage II public event: Halifax
June 7, 2012
Tonight the Living Courage tour launches its first public event! The Halifax KAIROS community has been working for months with many local sponsors on a public forum that brings together voices from Colombia, Palestine and Mi’kmaq territory. Here’s a link…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
It’s time for justice: Civil society groups urge Ontario to respect and uphold the rights of Asubpeeschoseewagong Anishnabek Grassy Narrows
June 5, 2012
Representatives of the Grassy Narrows First Nation are in Toronto this week for River Run 2012, a community-led initiative that continues a tradition of “action for justice – for our people, and for the protection of the water, air and…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
KAIROS Times: May 2012
June 5, 2012
Read the May 2012 issue.
Post filed in: KAIROS Times E-Newsletter
Lettre à PM Harper re. visite au Canada du Rapporteur spécial des Nations Unies sur le droit à l’alimentation
June 5, 2012
Monsieur le premier ministre, C’est à titre personnel et en tant que représentants d’organisations dédiées à la protection des droits de la personne et à l’amélioration de la sécurité alimentaire – au Canada et ailleurs dans le monde – que…
Post filed in: En français
Letter to PM Harper re. visit to Canada of UN Special Rapporteur on right to food
June 5, 2012
Dear Prime Minister, We are writing this open letter to you as individuals and representatives of organizations dedicated to strengthening the protection of human rights and food security, in Canada and around the world. We are deeply troubled by the…
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Women of Courage II ready for the East Coast
June 5, 2012
The Women of Courage have arrived! Today, they are in Toronto. On Thursday, the tour begins with a public event in Halifax. Over the next three weeks, these women of courage will visit communities and meet with representatives of Indigenous…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC) report documents the links between residential schools and Indigenous women in custody
May 31, 2012
NWAC Report Gender Matters: Building Strength in Reconciliation KAIROS Board Member Rev. Andrew Johnston joined Native Women’s Association of Canada President President Jeannette Corbiere Lavell at a press conference in Ottawa yesterday to launch Gender Matters: Building Strength in Reconciliation,…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
Justice Thomas Berger Speaks Out on Northern Gateway Review Process
May 23, 2012
In an interview with the CBC on May 15, 2012, Justice Thomas Berger said the federal government is undermining the Northern Gateway review process and taking “an irrational approach” by calling environmental groups that are opposed to it “money launderers…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights
Ongoing Call for Justice from Yinka Dene Freedom Train
May 17, 2012
Forty members of the Yinka Dene Alliance travelled thousands of kilometres from their territories in British Columbia to Toronto to address the May 9, 2012 annual meeting of Enbridge Inc., sponsor of the Northern Gateway tar sands pipeline. The Yinka…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights
Our Dreams Matter Too: An Evening with Cindy Blackstock
May 16, 2012
KAIROS and Centretown United Church invites you to an evening with Cindy Blackstock, Executive Director of First Nations Child & Family Caring Society. Join us to learn more about “Our Dreams Matter Too” – a series of walks for culturally…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
KAIROS joins migrant, labour and community organizations concerned about changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program
May 16, 2012
KAIROS joined migrant, labour and community organizations at a press conference in Ottawa on May 15 to express concerns about the recently announced changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). The changes will allow employers to pay migrant workers…
Post filed in: Migrant Justice
Stop Rape in Conflict Campaign
May 11, 2012
…. it’s vital that women not stay inactive, not submit day after day…On the contrary, we must stand up, act, and denounce. Let’s break the silence, claiming back from those who hold power the use of diverse legal instruments that…
Post filed in: Africa, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Protect Refugees from Bill C-31 joint statement
May 4, 2012
03 May 2012 In March 2012, KAIROS endorsed Protect Refugees from Bill C-31, a joint statement initiated by the Justice for Refugees and Immigrants Coalition, which is comprised of Amnesty International, the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, the Canadian Civil…
Post filed in: Migrant Justice
Civil Society Organization Statement Regarding Talisman Operations in Achuar Ancestral Territory
May 1, 2012
1 May 2012 We, the undersigned, are writing to express our concern about the social and environmental impacts of Canadian multi-national oil company Talisman Energy in the remote Peruvian Amazon Rainforest.
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights
Le temps de KAIROS : avril 2012
April 30, 2012
Lire le numéro d’avril 2010.
Post filed in: En français, KAIROS Times E-Newsletter
Sudan and South Sudan at the brink of war
April 30, 2012
KAIROS and its members are concerned about the recent escalation of fighting between the Republic of Sudan (Sudan) and the Republic of South Sudan (South Sudan). KAIROS joins with the international community in urging the utmost restraint in favour of…
Post filed in: Africa