Archive for November 2018
Spirited Reflection: Living Hope
November 30, 2018
Jeremiah: 33: 14-16 Luke 21: 25-36 As we begin this Season of Advent, the passage in Jeremiah is a message of hope and promise. The One who will come will bring justice and righteousness. God will not abandon the people….
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Women of Courage: Perspectives from inaugural Global Partners gathering
November 30, 2018
KAIROS is truly honoured to have hosted ten partners at the inaugural Women of Courage: Women, Peace and Security global partners gathering in Toronto and Ottawa, November 19 – 27. The gathering highlighted the critical role that women’s grassroots organizations…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
NEW RESOURCE: Canada’s golden opportunity for a just transition to clean energy
November 30, 2018
KAIROS Media Briefing Papers are written to help inform public discourse on key domestic and foreign issues. Download this resource.
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Streams of Justice: KAIROS Atlantic Gathering 2019
November 29, 2018
All are welcome to join us for a diverse, inter-generational gathering May 2 – 5, 2019 at Mount Allison University in what is known as Sackville, NB, part of the greater territory of Mi’kma’ki, to learn about the work of…
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Migrant Worker Story: Meet Ryan
November 22, 2018
Ryan Aporbo was desperate when he lost his job as a restaurant cleaner amid Alberta’s economic recession and faced possible removal to his native Philippines. Then the temporary foreign worker said he found an ad from Toronto-based A&L Hammer Workforce…
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Ecumenical Community writes PM regarding recent Supreme Court decision
November 21, 2018
On November 9, in response to the Mikisew Cree First Nation v. Canada Supreme Court of Canada decision, KAIROS Canada and Mennonite Church Canada (MCC) wrote to the Prime Minister urging him to ensure that Indigenous Peoples are fully involved…
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Spirited Reflection: Women of Courage – making visible the women who work for peace
November 21, 2018
I am not a theologian, but when I hear the passage from Luke 19 and Jesus’s words as he enters the city of Jerusalem: “If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace….
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Spirited Reflections
#HearMeToo: women-led grassroots organizations are best chance to end violence
November 19, 2018
Research by UN Women also tells us that only five per cent of international funds are allocated to programs targeting gender equality and women’s empowerment in fragile states. Canada can change this chronic underfunding by investing in the best chance for sustained peace…
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Spirited Reflection: Pondering the apocalypse
November 14, 2018
Mark 13:1 As he came out of the temple, one of his disciples said to him, “Look, Teacher, what large stones and what large buildings!” 2 Then Jesus asked him, “Do you see these great buildings? Not one stone will…
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KAIROS Women of Courage global partners visit Toronto and Ottawa, November 19-27
November 12, 2018
KAIROS Canada will host an inaugural Women of Courage: Women, Peace and Security partners gathering from November 19 – 27, 2018 in Toronto and Ottawa, bringing together for the first time our five international partners: Héritiers de la Justice –…
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Migrant Worker Story: Meet Maria
November 8, 2018
When Maria came to Canada she was envisioning a bright future in her dream country. She came under the Caregiver Program hoping that after two years of working as a live-in caregiver she would be able to apply for permanent…
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Winds of Change: Education for Reconciliation update in BC
November 7, 2018
On October 30, 2018 a delegation consisting of Janet Gray (BC-Yukon KAIROS Regional Representative) Susan Draper (KAIROS Victoria), Rev. Laura Kavanagh (KAIROS national steering committee member), Ruth D’Hollander (Aboriginal Neighbours), and Indigenous leaders and educators, Nella and Alex Nelson, met…
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Trailblazer: Salal + Cedar, a watershed discipleship community
November 7, 2018
While the just transition to a clean energy economy requires new technology and new ways of understanding our planet, it also calls on us to embrace new ways of knowing one another; to living in right relations with each other…
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Spirited Reflection: Finding Rev Saul in Muddy Waters
November 7, 2018
In my work with Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) over the past 10 years, I have become very aware of the influence that Christianity has had in colonization around the world. Through the voices of our partners from Colombia, Iraqi Kurdistan,…
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KAIROS Times: November 2018
November 2, 2018
Hot off the press! The November 2018 KAIROS Times Newsletter.
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Spirited Reflection: Unbinding All Saints
November 1, 2018
Recently, news has come to us from a global partner, news of the increased threat of violence to them for their important work for human rights and peace. The situation is so fraught that I feel unable to share the…
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