Archive for 2018
Crisis in Gaza
May 17, 2018
KAIROS is gravely concerned about the use of lethal military force against protestors in the Gaza strip, and joins people of faith and conscience from around the world in condemning the killing and injury of so many Palestinians, including civilians,…
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Trailblazer: The Great Climate Race
May 9, 2018
Environmental campaigner Ben West and his partner Mari McMillan initiated The Great Climate Race because they believed in encouraging people to make a difference. West’s personal experience of running gave him an idea for helping people to connect to the issue…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Women Voicing their Resistance to Extractivism
May 9, 2018
“They wanted to silence me, but I told them that it’s about time that I am singing. And I am singing very out loud in my community.” –Yvonne Sampear, WoMin, South Africa “Nunca nos callaremos. Es por nuestro derecho y…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
KAIROS women resist mining at international gathering in Montreal
May 2, 2018
More than 40 women, mostly Indigenous, from 15 countries exchanged experiences and strategies of resilience and resistance against mining in their communities at the Women Resisting Extractivism gathering in Montreal from April 27 to 29. In testimony after testimony the…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Spirited Reflection: Wandering from post to post
May 2, 2018
Reflective people question everything. It came as no surprise when I set out to examine my theological assumptions. I am not sure if it was inspired by Phyllis Tickle’s idea that every five hundred years or so the church has…
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
Colombian women speak peace, May 4 in Toronto
May 2, 2018
KAIROS Canada hosts Colombian partner, Organización Femenina Popular for panel on Women, Peace and Security (Toronto, ON) – Two Colombian women peace builders will visit Toronto on May 4 to share their work in empowering women victims of Colombia’s 50-year…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America, Media Releases
Shaping Canada’s New Caregiver Program Post November 2019
May 1, 2018
Canada’s plan to end its Caregiver Program in November 2019 presents a golden opportunity to advocate for improved working conditions and a guaranteed pathway to permanent residency for all migrant workers. In April 2018, KAIROS formally submitted Shaping Canada’s New…
Post filed in: Migrant Justice
KAIROS Times: May 2018
May 1, 2018
Read the May issue of the KAIROS Times
Post filed in: KAIROS Times E-Newsletter
Regional News: Breaking bread togethers brings a great understanding
April 26, 2018
“Open hearts and inquiring minds” came together April 22nd when Trinity Primrose Pastoral Charge hosted a dinner for Muslim friends from Brampton, says Reverend Candice Bist. “We discovered much in common with our Muslim guests, were blessed by their prayers,…
Post filed in: Regional News
KAIROS joins Burnaby Mountain Trans Mountain pipeline protest, April 28
April 25, 2018
KAIROS Executive Director Jennifer Henry to stand in solidarity with members of T’sleil-Waututh, faith leaders and people of faith (Toronto, ON) – KAIROS Canada’s Executive Director, Jennifer Henry, will join members of Tsleil Waututh, faith leaders and other people of…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights, Media Releases, UNDRIP Blog Updates
KAIROS Statement: Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project
April 25, 2018
KAIROS is honoured to have been invited by members of Tsleil-Waututh to stand with them and alongside other faith leaders and people of faith in defence of the lands, waters, and climate we all share. The faith action planned for…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights
Letter to the Editor: First Nations need to be at Trans Mountain negotiating table, says Lorimer
April 23, 2018
Re: “Prime Minister Trudeau’s decision to interrupt his foreign trip to help resolve Trans Mountain pipeline expansion issue a step in the right direction,” (The Hill Times, April 16). While Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may have been right to interrupt his trip to bring B.C. Premier John…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights
Spirited Reflection: For the beauty of the earth
April 18, 2018
Glistening pine needles, sunlight dancing; wind through trees, branches flailing wildly; chipmunks scampering over the forest floor; whitecaps whipping across blue waters; greyed white clouds scudding across blue skies; painters’ brush, daisies, poppies in woods and fields; green hills and…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Spirited Reflections
KAIROS Partner Delegation Participates in the International Gathering Women Resisting Extractivism in Montreal, April 27-30
April 16, 2018
From April 27 to 30, KAIROS delegates from Canada and the Global South will participate in the International Gathering of Women Resisting Extractivism in Montreal. This gathering will bring together more than 40 land and life defenders from around the…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Spirited Reflection: Revaluing Creation – Looking towards Earth Day
April 9, 2018
Humans put value on Creation based on what it can do for us – how can it feed us? How can we sell it to grow the economy? This attitude – our present development model – has led to the…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Spirited Reflections
Take Action: Ask Canada to keep its promise to end fossil fuel subsidies
April 6, 2018
Spring into Action before Global leaders meet for the G7 summit in June. Canada is preparing to host world leaders for the G7 summit in June 2018. This is a golden opportunity to call on the Canadian government to demonstrate climate…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Indigenous & Newcomer Friendships wrapped up in Thunder Bay
April 5, 2018
The final of five Indigenous and Newcomer Friendships events was held on March 22 in Thunder Bay, on the traditional territory of the Fort William First Nation. Entitled Moving Forward Together, it attracted more than 200 people to Dennis Franklin…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
April 22 is Earth Day: Updated Worship Resource
April 5, 2018
The Earth does not belong to us; we belong to the Earth. Humankind did not weave the web of life, we are merely a strand in it. Whatever humankind does to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
KAIROS delegates call for a guaranteed pathway to permanent residency for migrant caregivers
April 5, 2018
KAIROS organized a delegation of migrant caregivers and advocates in Ottawa on March 23 to meet with Members of Parliament, including Jenny Kwan, MP and Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration, and to participate in a consultation…
Post filed in: Migrant Justice
KAIROS Canada Submission to the Arctic Policy Framework Consultation Process
March 29, 2018
KAIROS Canada made its formal submission to the Arctic Policy Framework Consultation Process on February 28, 2018. This submission comes a year after KAIROS participated in the NGO Roundtable on the Framework, on February 7, 2017. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Easter video: Come and witness first light
March 27, 2018
Dear Friends, I invite you to take a moment to watch the KAIROS Easter video. Share it with your family and friends, post it on Facebook and tweet it. Share it on your congregation or community e-lists. Show it in…
Post filed in: Executive Director, Spirited Reflections
MEDIA ADVISORY: Thunder Bay Indigenous and newcomer communities gather for reconciliation, March 22
March 20, 2018
Thunder Bay hosts final KAIROS Indigenous and Newcomer Friendships event (Thunder Bay, ON) – KAIROS Canada, in partnership with local organizations, presents Indigenous and Newcomer Friendships for a Just and Inclusive Community in Thunder Bay on March 22 at Dennis…
Post filed in: Media Releases
Spirited Reflection: Kenosis and Watersheds
March 19, 2018
Photo: Gordon Finney Let the same mind be in you that was in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God as something to be exploited, but emptied himself… Philippians 2.5-7a,…
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
NEW VIDEO! Women Building Peace in South Sudan: Agnes Wasuk Petia and Awak Deng
March 15, 2018
This International Women’s Day, we honoured and celebrated two women of courage: Agnes Wasuk Petia and Awak Deng from the National Women’s Programme of the South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC), a KAIROS partner. The following 5 minute video, Women…
Post filed in: Africa, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Reflecting on the KAIROS Blanket Exercise
March 14, 2018
The KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE) is a tool developed in 1997 by KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives in which participants learn about European colonization of Turtle Island (North America), the accompanying dispossession of Indigenous peoples (reflected by the steady removal…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
Spirited Reflection: Renewing our relationship with the watershed
March 13, 2018
Wherever we live, we are part of a watershed. Watersheds are interdependent ecosystems nested within larger ecosystems, which are also watersheds. Tiny creeks and tributaries are nested within the watersheds around Hamilton, which are nested in the larger Great Lakes/St….
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Spirited Reflections
March 22 is World Water Day
March 12, 2018
If people feel a relational connection to the watershed in which they live, it is easier for them to act in an embodied way upon their responsibilities. – Denise Nadeau Wherever we live in creation we are part of a…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
