Archive for 2015
Final Declaration and Action Points from Gendered Impacts Workshop
August 4, 2015
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
UN human rights report shows that Canada is failing Indigenous peoples
July 23, 2015
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
Women of courage gather in the Philippines to discuss mining and its impacts
July 23, 2015
KAIROS is excited to support the participation of Indigenous women from Canada and Ecuador in the International People’s Conference on Mining in the Philippines, July 30-August 1, as well as in solidarity visits to mining affected communities before and after…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Canadian Mines Ministers Conference in Halifax: Provinces & Territories Must Act To Avoid Mine Waste Disasters
July 20, 2015
(Halifax) While Energy & Mines Ministers from across Canada are meeting in Halifax for their annual conference, a coalition of more than 50 environmental, First Nations, and community organizations today sent a letter to all Canadian Mines Ministers urging them…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Philippine Learning Tour Executive Summary Report
July 17, 2015
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Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
KAIROS Times: July 2015
July 16, 2015
Read the July 2015 issue.
Post filed in: KAIROS Times E-Newsletter
Repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery – Watch Video
July 16, 2015
Jennifer Henry presents at the ELCIC National Convention.
Post filed in: Video Playlists & Photo Albums
International People’s Conference on Mining (IPCM) in the Philippines, July 29-August 1, 2015
July 16, 2015
Connie Sorio, KAIROS’ Ecological Justice and Asia-Pacific Partnerships Coordinator, will attend the International People’s Conference on Mining (IPCM) in the Philippines, July 29-1 August 2015. Connie represented KAIROS on the 2015 IPCM coordinating committee. The IPCM is a major gathering…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Strength for Climbing: Steps on the Journey of Reconciliation
July 16, 2015
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Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
SAVE THE DATE! Gendered Impacts: Indigenous Women speak about Resource Extraction, a KAIROS BC Symposium, October 13, 2015
July 15, 2015
“ In a lot of countries women are on the frontline of this resistance and logically so because they are the ones who know by heart and by their Indigenous knowledge how mining, for example, is going to impact on…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Wildfires in Western Canada
July 9, 2015
Wildfires raging in Western Canada have led to large-scale destruction and displacement, including Saskatchewan’s largest evacuation on record. As of Thursday, July 9, more than 13,000 people in Saskatchewan have been displaced from their homes, disproportionately affecting those already experiencing…
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Watch the video: 25 Years Later, Impacts of the Oka Crisis – The 1990 Occupation of Kanehsatà:ke & Kahnawà:ke
July 7, 2015
Post filed in: Video Playlists & Photo Albums
La vérité, la réconciliation et le jour du Canada
June 30, 2015
Lettre de la directrice générale de KAIROS, le 1er juillet 2015 En ce jour où les Canadiennes et les Canadiens se rassemblent pour célébrer notre pays, je place ma fierté non en qui nous sommes, mais en qui nous pouvons…
Post filed in: Executive Director
Truth, Reconciliation and Canada Day
June 30, 2015
( cliquez ici pour le message en français) Message from Jennifer Henry, KAIROS Executive Director, on Canada Day On this day, when Canadians gather to celebrate our country, I will place my pride not in who we are, but in…
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Reflection for National Aboriginal Day – June 20, 2015 by Melanie Delva
June 26, 2015
Melanie Delva, a non-Indigenous Anglican, reminds us that we’re to not be self-congratulatory about our involvement in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission process; rather. WE need to pursue reconciliation because we are broken.
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
Nuclear Waste Dump Must Not Proceed Without the Free, Prior and Informed Consent of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation
June 25, 2015
In its final report the Truth and Reconciliation Commission calls for implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples no less than 15 times. Whether all levels of government and their agencies revise their practices to conform…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
The Stones Will Cry Out by Jennifer Henry
June 24, 2015
Spirited Reflection offered at the Orientation Assembly of Development and Peace, Otterburne, Manitoba, June 12, 2015 Jennifer Henry is the Executive Director of KAIROS And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.” Jesus…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Spirited Reflections
Reflection on the TRC: Canada MUST make reconciliation happen with the same bravery and trust as that shown by survivors and witnesses
June 24, 2015
By Vernie Diano During the mass blanket exercise hosted by KAIROS on the grounds of Parliament Hill, I was impressed that it was young people playing the drums, an important cultural tradition of Indigenous peoples in Canada. They sang…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
Reflection on my participation in the TRC: A time of deep gratitude and hope
June 24, 2015
By Ana Guadalupe Matzir Miculax The histories of Guatemala and Canada are similar – histories of trying to erase our customs, languages, traditional clothing and dance; our way of life and world view; and, our relationship with nature. The result…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
ROJeP Declaration on extractive industries in Quebec
June 22, 2015
In June 2015, ROJeP (Réseau œcuménique justice et paix), the Quebec-based ecumenical network and KAIROS partner, issued the following public declaration on extractive industries in Quebec. This statement comes on the heels of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and is…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Photos of Time for Reconciliation KAIROS Gathering, Walk for Reconciliation, Mass Blanket Exercise and Heart Gardens
June 19, 2015
Follow KAIROS Canada’s board Heart Gardens: Honouring Memories, Planting Dreams on Pinterest. Follow KAIROS Canada’s board Walk for Reconciliation on Pinterest. Follow KAIROS Canada’s board KAIROS Blanket Exercise on Pinterest. Follow KAIROS Canada’s board Time for Reconciliation KAIROS Gathering on…
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Churches gather to support democracy and peace building in Congo
June 16, 2015
Two years ago, Peter Lamont was deeply moved by testimony from Eliza, a rape survivor. The retired military judge was in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) representing the Presbyterian Church in Canada with the KAIROS’ delegation. Prior to his…
Post filed in: Africa
A Time for Hope and Solidarity
June 16, 2015
Guatemalan partner Ana Guadalupe Matzir Miculax joined us in Ottawa for the KAIROS Time for Reconciliation gathering and the closing ceremony of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), May 29-June 3 in Ottawa. An important part of our work with…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America
KAIROS Times: June 2015
June 15, 2015
Read the June 2015 issue.
Post filed in: KAIROS Times E-Newsletter
The Voice of the Bell by Diane Munier
June 12, 2015
Diane Munier is a tearcher and member of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Ottawa. May 31st, 2015 Wellington Street, Ottawa 1:00 pm “Can you see anything? Are they coming yet?” Elizabeth, our church administrator, and I squinted up the street….
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Spirited Reflections
Joint statement by the Coalition for the Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples
June 12, 2015
…calls on federal, provincial and territorial governments “to follow the lead of the TRC in calling for the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples to be used as a valuable framework for the reconciliation of Indigenous and non-Indigenous…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Media Releases
