Archive for 2021
Spirited Reflection: Live your truth
February 25, 2021
We have dealt a lot over the last 12 months. It has turned out to be a year of rapid change, deep transformation, and a battle of the mind. Many issues and big headline stories from COVID to Trump. Friends and families isolated and…
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
Request for collaboration for supporting temporary foreign workers
February 23, 2021
The Request for Collaboration is now closed due to overwhelming response. Thank you for your interest. For those who have already submitted a request we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Post filed in: Migrant Justice
MEDIA RELEASE: Faith groups unite for Canadian climate advocacy campaign
February 18, 2021
For the Love of Creation’s faith-in-action campaign will run until October 2021 Unceded Algonquin Territory [Ottawa, ON]: February 17, 2021—A coalition of 35 Canadian churches and faith-based organizations have come together for an unprecedented, months-long campaign of personal environmental action coupled with federal climate advocacy. For the Love of…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Media Releases
History of migrant workers’ outreach at Carlisle/Kilbride United Churches
February 18, 2021
Every year they arrive from Mexico, Central America, South America and the Caribbean islands. Our migrant workers come to our shores to labour in our local nurseries and crop farms to provide the workforce so essential to the economy…
Post filed in: Migrant Justice, Regional News
MEDIA RELEASE: Federal funds aid KAIROS and partner support to agriculture workers
February 17, 2021
$2.1M in funding to assist temporary foreign workers who are affected by COVID (Ottawa, ON) – KAIROS Canada is pleased to announce that the Government of Canada has awarded it $2.18 million to support and to assist temporary foreign workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, with a focus on the agricultural sector. Funded by the Government of Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program,…
Post filed in: Media Releases, Migrant Justice
Ecumenical Forum for Peace pens open letter to Colombian President
February 16, 2021
“The escalation of the armed conflict and the expansion of violence in addition to the health crisis are putting some human groups and communities at serious risk of extinction—t heir survival is in peril. All this is aggravated by the systematic murder of ethnic…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America
This is what we fought for: An open letter in support of #UNDRIP
February 10, 2021
An open letter in support of implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples For more than two decades, Indigenous leaders and human rights advocates fought to have the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples adopted…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
Experiential KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE) goes virtual
February 10, 2021
KAIROS launches “impactful” online KBE (Ottawa, ON) – KAIROS Canada launches its virtual KAIROS Blanket Exercise (vKBE) after six months of development, offering participants an alternative to the in-person KBE during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Hosted on the Zoom platform, the vKBE has incorporated new interactive and engaging elements that visually and emotionally demonstrate the history of…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Media Releases
Dr. Sherry Pictou on indigeneity, feminism, and resource extraction
February 5, 2021
“I have been working with KAIROS through the MERE project in advocating for accountability and [for a more substantive, authoritative role for] the recently appointed Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise, a position that basically remains advisory. My concern is this:…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
NEW! Backgrounder: Self Determination & Free, Prior and Informed Consent
February 3, 2021
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
KAIROS 2021 Wish List
February 3, 2021
As Canada continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, we recognize that we are in a ‘kairos’ moment. In that spirit, KAIROS Canada wishes the following in 2021… That the Canadian government, provinces and territories: Work with Indigenous family members and survivors, gender-diverse people, and Indigenous…
Post filed in: Calls To Action, Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, Migrant Justice
KAIROS regional gatherings continue
February 1, 2021
Each online event is hosted and presented by people in the region. Everyone is welcome! Check out what’s happening next: Manitoba / NW Ontario KAIROS Regional Online Gathering 2021 This gathering is centered on Treaties 1 and 2 Territories, ancestral…
Post filed in: Regional News
KAIROS supports Global Launch of Investigate PH
February 1, 2021
Investigate PH is an independent, international investigation on human rights violations in the Philippines KAIROS joins churches and civil society organizations and leaders from around the world in participating in InvestigatePH, an independent global initiative concerned with the current state of human rights situation…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
NEW Resource: Understanding Bill C-15 (UNDRIP)
January 29, 2021
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, UNDRIP Blog Updates
Ecumenical letter to Minister Garneau calls on Canada to respond to escalating human rights violations in the Philippines
January 29, 2021
KAIROS, the Anglican Church of Canada and the United Church of Canada, in solidarity with partners, the National Council of Churches in the Philippines (NCCP) and the Ecumenical Voice for Human Rights and Peace in the Philippines (EcuVoice), have written a letter to the Minister…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights
Trailblazer: Fridays for Future Canada
January 27, 2021
“I show up to strike, because I am steadfast in my belief that we will achieve a just and equitable world.” Aminah Attar, FFFTO In August 2018, in the weeks leading up to a Swedish election, then 15-year-old Greta Thunberg started a school…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Share your story on COVID’s impact on Education for Reconciliation
January 25, 2021
KAIROS needs your help. We would love to hear your answers to the following questions to guide our plans to fully realize Education for Reconciliation, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s (TRC) Call to Action 62. If you are able to please respond to the following (as a teacher, parent or student). We would love to hear from you! Please forward this…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
An urgent call for peace and justice in the Democratic Republic of Congo
January 20, 2021
In response to growing impunity, unrest, and violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and concerns raised by our partner, Héritiers de la Justice and other members of Congolese civil society, KAIROS wrote a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs urging the Canadian government to reinforce the international community and civil…
Post filed in: Africa, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
MEDIA RELEASE: Indigenous Elders lead online interactive sessions to foster Reconciliation
January 12, 2021
KAIROS launches winter series of KBE Teaching & Sharing Circles, January 19 (Ottawa, Ontario) – Fostering positive relationships between Indigenous & non-Indigenous peoples through truth, sharing and open dialogue is the aim of a KAIROS online series called KBE Teaching & Sharing Circles, which begins its winter sessions on Tuesday, January 19 at…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Media Releases
Called to a Sacrificial Love
January 6, 2021
2 Kings 2:1-12; Psalm 50:1-6; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6; Mark 9:2-9 Reflection by Leona Lortie During the Season of Epiphany, we reflect on the appearance of Christ to the world. This time is intertwined with the incarnation, the profound event of…
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
A Ceremony of Gratitude
January 5, 2021
Is. 40: 21-31; Psalm 147: 1-11, 20c; I Cor. 9: 16-23; Mark 1: 29-39 Reflection by Sister Mary-Ellen Francoeur After reading the Scripture of this Sunday, what popped up for me was the Ceremony of Tobacco Offering described by Richard…
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Gratitude for the Fish and the Birds
January 5, 2021
Deuteronomy 18:15-20; Psalm 111; 1 Corinthians 8:1-13; Mark 1:21-28 By Henriette Thompson “And God said, ‘Let the waters bring forth swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the dome of the sky.’ …’And God saw…
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Steadfast Love in a Time of Flux
January 4, 2021
Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Psalm 62:5-12; I Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20 Reflection by Matthew Diegel Each of our readings speaks of uncertain times, times on the edge of change. Jonah enters the great city of Nineveh and begins to proclaim the…
Post filed in: Spirited Reflections
