Archive for 2019
Climate Action Month Day 5: Marrying social justice with a clean energy transition is essential
September 5, 2019
The economic strategy to address the climate crisis must contribute to the global enhancement of human rights and equity. Otherwise, the move to a sustainable energy economy may adversely impact people in countries where poorly regulated corporate activity is already…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Green energy must be backed by strong corporate accountability
September 5, 2019
The climate crisis requires industrial mobilization on a scale not seen since the Second World War. While Canadian governments have moved at snail-like speed to fully address the emergency, in just a few weeks thousands of Canadians gathered in town-halls…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Climate Action Month Day 4: Climate emergency poll
September 4, 2019
With Arctic ice melting, seas rising, storms intensifying, forests burning, and drought exacerbating hunger, there is no doubt that climate change is causing enormous devastation in all parts of the globe. In 2015, Canada and 193 other nations endorsed the…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Climate Action Month Day 3: From the Chapeau community
September 3, 2019
Indigenous Rights are deeply connected to climate justice. Wherever in the world you see disturbance and harm caused by natural resource exploitation, Indigenous human rights are infringed upon, and sacred places, honoured since time immemorial, are abused and desecrated. KAIROS’…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
The Chapeau Gallerie Regionale
September 3, 2019
The Chapeau Gallerie Regionale in Chapeau, Quebec is creating safety for community by taking others into safety, surrounded by the warmth of community and a love infused with genealogical expertise and local history. The sprawling brick heritage home that houses…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights
Climate Action Month Day 2: Introducing water week
September 2, 2019
Today’s resource: The water walkers challenge us to take responsibility for the protection of the “giver of life” so that all future generations can enjoy clean water. Did you know that First Nations communities in Canada are at a disproportionately high risk for…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Access to clean water is a non-negotiable human right
September 2, 2019
Anishinaabe Grandmother Josephine Mandamin co-founded the Mother Earth Water Walk in 2003 by walking more than 17,000 km around the Great Lakes. A member of the Wikwemikong First Nation in Ontario, Grandmother Josephine’s concern over the pollution of rivers and lakes motivated her to raise awareness of the need…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
What is Climate Action Month?
September 1, 2019
September is Climate Action Month at KAIROS. Through this month, we explore the climate crisis and highlight the work of our members and networks. On each day in September an event, blog post, environmental challenge – or some combination of…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Climate Action Month Day 1: Launching the calendar
September 1, 2019
Today’s Resource: September is Climate Action Month at KAIROS! Throughout the month, we will highlight the work that our members, networks and others are doing to address the climate crisis. Every day, we will share resources and post events, blogs,…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
KAIROS Joins Amnesty International Canada urging the federal government not to appeal ruling on goods from illegal Israeli settlements
August 27, 2019
KAIROS supports Amnesty International Canada’s request that the Canadian government not appeal the recent, important Federal Court decision – in Kattenburg v. Canada (Attorney General) – that goods imported into Canada from the Israeli settlements in the West Bank and East…
Post filed in: Middle East
Choose Life: Protecting our oceans in these times
August 22, 2019
This reflection from the Christian tradition is drawn from a sermon at the Church of the Holy Trinity Toronto on August 18, 2019. That sermon was based on four readings: “This day I call the heavens and the earth as…
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
Youth taking the lead on reconciliation
August 14, 2019
Nearly three-quarters of Indigenous youth in Canada believe they will see meaningful reconciliation in their lifetime, an online poll has revealed. The Canadian Youth Reconciliation Barometer, a study done by Environics Institute for Survey Research and released in early July,…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
Spirited Reflection: Intergenerational social change
August 9, 2019
August 12 is designated International Youth Day by the UN, an annual celebration of young women’s and men’s roles as essential partners in change, and an opportunity to raise awareness of challenges and problems facing the world’s youth. If you’re reading…
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
OFP inaugurates a House Museum for Collective Memory and Human Rights in Barrancabermeja
August 8, 2019
On Thursday, July 25th in Barrancabermeja, Colombia, the Organización Femenina Popular (OFP) inaugurated the Casa Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres de la región del Magdalena Medio, or the House Museum of Memory and Human…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America
A special call for Spirited Reflections for Climate Action September 2019!
August 6, 2019
In Line with – the Global Climate Strike, Sept. 27the UNITED NATIONS UN Climate Change Summit 2019, Sept. 23we have named September as Climate Action Month- KAIROS is calling for Spirited Reflections focussed on climate justice. If you are willing…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Spirited Reflections
Town of Okotoks to acknowledge traditional territories
July 31, 2019
An Okotoks town council meeting took a step forward on July 15, as Mayor Bill Robertson opened with an acknowledgement of Treaty 7. The acknowledgement will precede all future Town of Okotoks events, following a KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE) on…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
Blanket Exercise boosts staff awareness about colonization effects on Indigenous patients
July 23, 2019
It moves some to tears. Others are shocked, yet hopeful. Anger, guilt and shame can also come with the heightened awareness hospital staff members have after taking part in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise. The interactive exercise – developed by KAIROS, an…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
Write your MP to denounce human rights violations in the Philippines
July 22, 2019
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NEW VIDEO: KAIROS Prezi on Temporary Foreign Workers (9:03 min)
July 19, 2019
Post filed in: Migrant Justice, Video Playlists & Photo Albums
A story of results by KAIROS partner Héritiers de la Justice: Gender equity in Inheritance
July 16, 2019
During a recent partner visit to Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Jim Davis, Africa Partnership Coordinator, was asked by Chantal Bilulu, Women and Children’s program coordinator of KAIROS partner Héritiers de la Justice, to share the following story of impact….
Post filed in: Africa, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Canadian subcommittee on human rights releases report on women human rights defenders
July 16, 2019
KAIROS welcomes the release of “Raising Her Voice: Confronting the Unique Challenges Facing Women Human Rights Defenders,” the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development’s report on women human…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Government of Canada turns back on communities harmed by Canadian mining overseas, loses trust of Canadian civil society
July 11, 2019
KAIROS supports the resignation of all fourteen civil society and labour union representatives of the government’s Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Body on Responsible Business Conduct Abroad (Advisory Body). KAIROS is a member of the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA). ———————————————————————- Ottawa, July 11,…
Post filed in: Corporate Accountability, Ecological Justice, Media Releases
KAIROS partners in Colombia
July 10, 2019
This is the second of two blogposts on KAIROS’ recent visit to Colombia. Read the first blog post There is nothing post-conflict about Colombia KAIROS partners on the ground, the Mesa Ecuménica por La Paz (Ecumenical Forum for Peace, MEP) and…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America
There is nothing post-conflict about Colombia
July 10, 2019
This is the first of two blogposts on KAIROS’ recent visit to Colombia. Read the second blogpost KAIROS Partners in Colombia First there are the facts and figures: Since the Colombian government and the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) signed…
Post filed in: Latin America
Reflexión: Loque significa caminar en tierra robada; una reflexión sobre el ejercicio de mantas de KAIROS
July 9, 2019
Como hija de inmigrantes nicaragüenses, no soy ajena a las historias de dictaduras respaldadas por los Estados Unidos y tampoco sus masacres. Las historias contadas durante el ejercicio de mantas de KAIROS en su versión guatemalteca me hicieron llorar de…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Spirited Reflections
Spirited Reflection: What it means to walk on stolen land
July 9, 2019
The Guatemalan KAIROS Blanket Exercise (adapted from the Canadian version) was recently held in Toronto. Two others have commented on the impact of the exercise— one as a settler, one as a First Nations woman, and now, a third as…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Spirited Reflections
September is Climate Action Month
July 8, 2019
KAIROS is promoting September as Climate Action Month to explore the climate crisis and highlight the work of our members and networks. On each day in September, an event, blog post, environmental challenge – or some combination of all three!…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights, Spirited Reflections
Exchanges and collaboration: KAIROS in Ecuador
July 3, 2019
“Un pueblo no existe sin territorio.” Indigenous people cannot exist without their territory. Fany, a Shuar woman from Ecuador, made this declaration during the talking circle of the pilot of the first version of the Ecuadorian blanket exercise held this…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America
