Archive for 2014
Archbishop Desmond Tutu: A Voice To be Heard
May 30, 2014
Executive Director Jennifer Henry and Program Manager Ed Bianchi head out to Fort McMurray to attend the “So Long as the River Flows” Conference and hear Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s thoughts on the oil sands, Indigenous Rights, and ecological justice.
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights
What do migrant workers say?
May 27, 2014
Recent news about problems with the Government of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Workers Program (TFWP) has largely ignored the voices of those most affected – migrant workers and their families. KAIROS is concerned that the federal government’s response to flaws with…
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Freedom and Bondage – by Tim Wray
May 26, 2014
Tim Wray, Lutheran (ELCIC) speaks about our freedom in God from being bound to the power of the status quo.
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
Video Blog: KAIROS ED Jennifer Henry summarizes her experience at UNPFII 2014
May 23, 2014
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
KAIROS to meet Archbishop Tutu at conference spotlighting Indigenous rights and oilsands
May 22, 2014
Toronto –KAIROS Canada will travel to Fort McMurray to meet Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the As Long As the Rivers Flow: Coming Back to the Treaty Relationship in Our Time conference, May 31-June 1. Archbishop Tutu says climate change is…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights, Media Releases
Video Blog: Ebinia Santos at the UNPFII – FPIC, global treaties and displacement
May 22, 2014
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
Video Blog: Ana Guadalupe Matzir Miculax at UNPFII – Guatemala, mining, ‘buen vivir’ and FPIC
May 22, 2014
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Video blog: UNPFII delegate Anne Marie Sam – the land and our way of life
May 21, 2014
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Video blog: Meet ‘Honouring Indigenous Women’s Wisdom’/UNPFII delegate Anne Marie Sam
May 20, 2014
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Video blog: Meet ‘Honouring Indigenous Women’s Wisdom’ / UNPFII delegate Ebinia Santos Rodriguez
May 20, 2014
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KAIROS Delegates at the UNPFII – intro video blogs!
May 19, 2014
Delegate Alma Brooks arrived early with us and Ana Guadalupe from Guatemala and Mila from the Philippines have been here for the first week so we were able be begin our orientation. We have also had the opportunity to film…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, UNDRIP Blog Updates
Indigenous women from Canada and the Global South unite at the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Rights to defend the rights of their communities
May 15, 2014
Toronto, ON – Canadian Indigenous leaders will join their counterparts from Guatemala, the Philippines, Nicaragua and Panama for the Honouring Indigenous Women’s delegation to the 13th UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), May 19-23 to deepen the understanding of…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Media Releases, UNDRIP Blog Updates
Mother to Mother: I Didn’t Know But Now I Do – by Karen Kuhnert
May 12, 2014
Karen Kuhnert of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC) has created this visual and poetic Spirited Reflection for Mother’s Day. She writes: I was asked to write 500 words, but at this time of acknowledging the thousands of missing…
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KAIROS Times: May 2014
May 10, 2014
Read the May 2014 issue.
Post filed in: KAIROS Times E-Newsletter
A Deacon’s Musing|Solidarity – by Richard Manley-Tannis
May 5, 2014
Richard Manley-Tannis, a diaconal minister with the United Church of Canada, explores the idea of solidarity with the particular lens of the Easter season.
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
The Moral and Financial Case for Divesting from Fossil Fuels: Briefing Paper #38
May 5, 2014
The movement is growing for withdrawing investments from oil, natural gas and coal companies that contribute to climate change, and among the churches in Canada Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church in Toronto has shown leadership. The latest KAIROS Briefing Paper -…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Justice for the Watersheds
May 2, 2014
An Evening with Indigenous Elders and Activists Francois Paulette (Dene) and Alma Brooks (Maliseet)
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
An Expression of Solidarity in Response to the Death of Merilyn Topacio Reynoso
May 1, 2014
In this expression of solidarity in response to the fatal attack against Merilyn Topacio Reynoso, a young Guatemalan activist, KAIROS affirms its commitment to intergenerational work and youth activism, and to working for a world where young people have the…
Post filed in: Latin America
Resurrection: Trust Needed – by Sean Neil-Barron
April 28, 2014
Sean Neil-Barron brings fresh insights to the familiar passage known as The Road to Emmaus. “I don’t think it’s a coincidence that important things happen over food. First dates, family fights, communion – in sharing food together we enter into…
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
Sacred Water: An Easter Reminder
April 22, 2014
Anglican priest, Laura Marie Piotrowicz, reflects on the celebration of Holy Week just passed: As we, the church, continue to journey through the Easter season, we carry with us the importance and significance of water. We are challenged to examine…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Spirited Reflections
Kairos Times: April 2014
April 17, 2014
Read the April 2014 issue.
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APPEAL FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION: Call for justice for the victims of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines
April 16, 2014
According to KARAPATAN, the national alliance of human rights organizations in the Philippines, 169 men and women had been victims of extrajudicial killings under the current government of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III (July 2010 to December 2013.) From…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
KAIROS Partner and Honorary Witness Naty Atz Sunuc Video Message to the TRC
April 14, 2014
Sunuc was invited by the Commissioners to attend the National TRC National Event in Edmonton. Work and family commitments in Guatemala prevented her from attending, but she sent this video message. In her message, Naty talks about the TRC’s profound…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Global News Edmonton coverage of Blanket Exercise at a pre-TRC event on March 26 in Edmonton
April 9, 2014
KAIROS staff led participants in the Blanket Exercise at a pre-TRC event on March 26 in Edmonton. Global News Edmonton covered the story in its News Hour Final. KAIROS is grateful to Global News Edmonton for granting KAIROS permission to…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
Impossible Hope: Excerpt from a Sermon on Ezekiel 37: 1-14 and John 11: 1-44 – by Jennifer Henry
April 8, 2014
This week’s Spirited Reflection is by KAIROS Executive Director, Jennifer Henry. The images of death in the Scriptures are striking, but so are the signs of hope: transformation is God’s signature.
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Prairies North Statement at TRC National Event in Edmonton
April 4, 2014
As part of its Expression of Reconciliation, KAIROS Prairies North presented a quilt blanket as “a symbol of a restored relationship of trust and warmth” between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada.
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
TRC Young Adult Engagement Team Final Reflection- What’s Next?
April 3, 2014
In their final reflection from the TRC National Event in Edmonton, KAIROS’ young adult delegates wonder if we are ready to “overcome fear and guilt, and allow ourselves to be transformed by the power of authentic relationship.”
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
We Are Part of a Sacred Covenant
April 2, 2014
As KAIROS youth delegate Elyse Brazel explains, in their expression of reconciliation, the 4Rs Youth Summit promised to keep the sacred fires burning and the drums beating beyond the mandate of the TRC.
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights