Archive for 2015
Support BC First Nations’ Opposition to Northern Gateway
June 8, 2015
This past week, the KAIROS community was deeply engaged in the release of the findings and recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). Justice Murray Sinclair, Chair of the Commission, urged us forward, saying “We have described for you…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Human Rights Tribunal finds Ottawa retaliated against First Nations Child Rights Worker
June 8, 2015
In a landmark ruling Friday, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal concluded that the Department of Aboriginal and Northern Affairs Canada retaliated against Dr. Cindy Blackstock of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada because of a…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Media Releases
2014 KAIROS Annual Report
June 8, 2015
The 2014 annual report of KAIROS’ activities and financial performance.
Post filed in: Uncategorized
Hundreds of school children to honour residential school survivors in moving Heart Garden ceremony at Rideau Hall, June 3
June 2, 2015
(Ottawa, ON) –Hundreds of school children will join Indian Residential School survivors on June 3 at Rideau Hall in what promises to be a moving conclusion to the ceremonial close of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). A joint initiative of…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Media Releases
#time4reconciliation: Moving Forward, Together
May 31, 2015
Watch video on the Walk of Reconciliation, Ottawa, May 31, 2015
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Video Playlists & Photo Albums
Powerful events mark close of Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Ottawa
May 26, 2015
(Toronto, ON) – KAIROS Canada invites everyone to be part of a series of powerful events leading up to and complementing the close of the historic Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). KAIROS’ Time for Reconciliation intergenerational gathering will feature leading…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Media Releases
KAIROS events to mark the close of the historic TRC
May 16, 2015
Canadians from coast-to-coast invited to be part of a vital conversation on decolonization (Toronto, ON) – KAIROS Canada invites everyone to be part of a powerful conversation about right relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples through a series of events…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Media Releases
KAIROS Times: May 2015
May 15, 2015
Read the May 2015 issue.
Post filed in: KAIROS Times E-Newsletter
Amidst ongoing violence, Colombian Church partners reaffirm their commitment to the peace process
May 15, 2015
Deep in our hearts and minds we have felt the presence of the Risen Christ in our midst. We have also powerfully felt the presence of the children, youth, women and men who have been murdered and disappeared in this long internal…
Post filed in: Latin America
Gendered Impacts: Indigenous Women and Resource Extraction
May 15, 2015
The report highlights KAIROS’ work with Indigenous women and organizations to increase understanding and awareness of how resource extraction impacts Indigenous women, as well as the role of women in protecting collective rights and the environment.
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Respecting Mother Earth like we do our own mothers by John Dillon
April 23, 2015
Originally posted on rabble.ca.
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights, Spirited Reflections
KAIROS Times: April 2015
April 15, 2015
Read the April 2015 issue.
Post filed in: KAIROS Times E-Newsletter
What is at Stake for Indigenous Women when FPIC is not respected?
April 12, 2015
Vernie Diano from Innabuyog, a KAIROS partner in the Philippines, attended the 59th session of the UN Commission of the Status of Women (CSW) in New York last month. In the following statement, made at an event organized by the…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Locked Doors by Charmila Ireland
April 12, 2015
Charmila Ireland is a Master of Divinity student at Knox College, a member of Knox Presbyterian Church in Teeswater, Ontario, and a former intern at Project Ploughshares. It has been a busy few weeks in the church. Palm branches were…
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
KAIROS calls on the Government of Canada to implement recommendations to end violence against Indigenous women
April 8, 2015
The recent acquittal of the man accused of Cindy Gladue’s murder sparked protest rallies across the country as many people saw the decision as yet another example of how Canada’s justice system is failing Indigenous women and girls. While news that…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Hopeful Signs, Alarming Realities on the Road to Climate Justice Policy Briefing Paper #41
April 6, 2015
Although climate change is already devastating the lives of millions of vulnerable people, Rev. Olav Tveit, General Secretary of the World Council of Churches, reminds us: “Despite all the negative conditions, we have the right to hope, not as a…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Easter is a conspiracy of hope
April 1, 2015
Watch KAIROS’ Easter video message Dear Friends, Every year I approach Easter in the same way, hungry for the renewal it offers. This weekend, in my church, with my community, in song and story, I will be tangibly reminded of…
Post filed in: Executive Director, Spirited Reflections
Media Advisory: KAIROS invites children to create Heart Gardens in honour of children lost to the Indian Residential School system
April 1, 2015
(Toronto, ON) – KAIROS Canada invites children and youth in parishes and congregations from coast-to-coast to create hearts for a Heart Garden in remembrance of Indigenous children who attended the Indian Residential Schools. A Heart Garden will be planted at…
Post filed in: Media Releases
Good Things Can Come to Those Who Wait—and Weep by Stephen Bede Scharper
March 31, 2015
Stephen Bede Scharper, Roman Catholic, is a former editor with Orbis Books and Novalis Publishing, and currently associate professor of environment and religious studies at the University of Toronto. If good things come to those who wait, they also can…
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
Media Advisory: KAIROS and Canadian Roots bring unique history lesson to Sackville
March 26, 2015
KAIROS’ Blanket Exercise expands with train-the-trainer session at Mount Allison University Sackville, NB – On March 28, in partnership with Canadian Roots, KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives will bring a unique history lesson to Mount Allison University at 9:30 am….
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A Spirituality of Advocacy by Esther Epp-Tiessen (MCC)
March 24, 2015
Solidarity. Integrity. Respect. Humility. Lament. Hope.
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
I am a Witness
March 24, 2015
*March 24 – new video added!* The First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and the Assembly of First Nations have filed a human rights complaint against the Government of Canada regarding child welfare services for First Nations children and…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
Make Us Brave and Keep Us Tender by Lauren Hodgson
March 23, 2015
As we mark Palm and Passion Sunday Lauren Hodgson of the United Church of Canada tells us how we need to be both brave in our struggle for justice and tender with ourselves as we speak truth to power.
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
Abundance of Life in Reconciled Relationships by George C. George
March 16, 2015
George C. George, student at Emmanuel College, tells us that we’re to not be “ecological exiles”, but embrace the abundance of life that is reconciled with God’s creation.
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Spirited Reflections
The women who defend the community and land
March 12, 2015
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
KAIROS Times: March 2015
March 12, 2015
Read the March 2015 issue.
Post filed in: KAIROS Times E-Newsletter
Cross and Wilderness by Maylanne Maybee
March 9, 2015
Maylanne Maybee of the Anglican Church of Canada tell us that the sign of the cross lifted up may bring healing and life. Or maybe it won’t be the cross at all. Rather, it will be through words or touches…
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections