Archive for 2022
Expedite Canada’s first environmental racism law, civil society urges
September 27, 2022
Prioritize and expedite Canada’s first environmental racism law urge 11 civil society organizations in an open letter on September 16 to members of the House Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development (ENVI). KAIROS is among the signatories, who remind…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Climate anxiety and hope
September 27, 2022
This sounds like the beginning of a joke: six years ago, a psychologist, a public health professor, and a sociology researcher walked into an online chat room. It wasn’t a joke. The three talked about the anxiety they felt over…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Call for bolder ecumenical commitment to justice and peace: reflections from 11th WCC Assembly
September 26, 2022
The recently concluded 11th World Council of Churches Assembly in Karlsruhe, Germany, was quite an experience for the more than 4,000 attendees who participated in the event, in its significance and richness in content. Participants included delegates from WCC member…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Everything’s connected
September 26, 2022
We are approaching the end of KAIROS Climate Action Month. This week we will review the nexus between the climate emergency and colonization, gender, conflict/peace, and migrant justice to name a few interconnected issues. We will also look to how…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Sharing Indigenous knowledge for those willing to listen
September 24, 2022
For numerous generations, Indigenous peoples have had unique, respectful and sacred ties to the land that sustained them. They do not claim ownership of Mother Earth, but rather, declare a sense of stewardship towards the land and all of its…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights
Listening to All My Relations
September 23, 2022
First Nations relationships fully embrace the notion that people and their families are strongly connected to the communities they live in, their ancestors and future descendants, the land they live on, the plants, animals and other creatures that live upon…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights
Resources for September 30
September 22, 2022
September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, or Orange Shirt Day. This day remembers and honours Survivors, families, and communities who continue to be affected by the horrendous legacy of Indian Residential Schools and the related impacts…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights
Introducing Yusra Shafi, youth delegate
September 22, 2022
Let’s meet Yusra Shafi – a KAIROS/For the Love of Creation youth delegate in the COP 27 delegation. She is an international student at the University of Toronto, majoring in Psychology with a minor in Environment & Behaviour. Her heritage…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Introducing Tia Kennedy, youth delegate
September 22, 2022
Meet Tia Kennedy. She is one of the KAIROS/For the Love of Creation youth delegates in COP 27 delegation. Tia is from the Oneida Nation of The Thames and Walpole Island First Nation. She has recently begun working for the…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights
Take Courage
September 21, 2022
KAIROS Regina invites you on a journey of faith, one that challenges our comfortable lives and the buildings we worship in. On October 15, they will host “Creation Care in our Places of Prayer: Energy Retrofits and other Faith-based Climate…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Regional News
UN Day of Peace –Climate Crisis is a peace issue
September 21, 2022
“In order for me to write poetry that isn’t political, I must listen to the birds, And in order to listen to the birds the warplanes must be silent.” — Palestinian poet Marwan Makhoul Today, on the United Nations International Day of…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Ecumenical support for migrant rights and status for all
September 20, 2022
Four denominations involved in the global movement of Churches Witnessing with Migrants (CWWM) wrote to the Canadian government on September 8 in support of permanent residency for migrant workers and the regularization of undocumented migrants. The heads of the Anglican…
Post filed in: Migrant Justice
Clifford Mushquash, Anishinaabe from Pawgwasheen
September 20, 2022
Meet Clifford Mushquash, Anishinaabe from Pawgwasheeng (Pays Plat First Nation) on the northshore of GichiGami (Lake Superior). Clifford is currently completing a Masters in Public Health with a Specialization in Indigenous and Northern Health at Lakehead University. He is committed…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights
Week 4 – COP27 Solidarity- Indigenous Partners
September 19, 2022
During Indigenous Solidarity Week, we turn our attention to the Indigenous peoples and youth members of the KAIROS/For the Love of Creation delegation to COP27 in Sharm E-Sheikh, Egypt in November. Each delegate greets us with a video that will…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Indigenous Rights
Reading the Bible with ecological eyes
September 18, 2022
The Season of Creation asks us to listen to the voice of creation. Decolonizing climate action begins with (but does not stop at) listening to the many voices that are muted around climate change and the ethics of earth-keeping. To that…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Introducing Paul Belisario – IPMSD/The Philippines
September 17, 2022
Meet Paul Belisario, Assistant Global Coordinator for the International Indigenous Peoples Movement for Self Determination and Liberation (IPMSDL), a KAIROS solidarity partner. His work focuses on campaigns, mobilization and outreach on the themes of liberation movements and right to self-determination, land rights,…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
How Much Shall We Give
September 16, 2022
KAIROS Regina invites you on a journey of faith, one that challenges our comfortable lives and changes the very buildings we worship in. On October 15, KAIROS Regina will host a one-day hybrid conference called, “Creation Care in our Places…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Regional News
Introducing Hana Elias Anton Kare – Wi’am/West Bank
September 16, 2022
Introducing Hana Kare, a researcher, trainer and peace activist with Wi’am: Palestine Conflict Transformation Centre. Like the other Women, Peace and Security partners, Wi’am is a long-term ecumenical and KAIROS partner, now active in the emerging gender, conflict and climate…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Middle East
KAIROS Blanket Exercise goes global in Australia, Sept 28
September 15, 2022
Internationally coordinated Blanket Exercise at World Indigenous Peoples’ Conference on Education (Toronto – Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit) – An internationally coordinated participatory exercise that highlights the impacts of colonization from Indigenous peoples’ perspectives will be presented…
Post filed in: Indigenous Rights, Media Releases
Introducing Juan Rachael Michael Roberto – SSCC/South Sudan
September 15, 2022
Meet Juan Rachael Michael Roberto, Advocacy Coordinator for South Sudan Council of Churches (SSCC), a long-term ecumenical and KAIROS partner in South Sudan. The SSCC is a Women of Courage partner in our Women, Peace and Security (WPS) program and…
Post filed in: Africa, Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Introducing Chantal Bilulu – Héritiers de la Justice/DRC
September 15, 2022
Meet Chantal Bilulu, Project Manager for Women, Peace and Security (WPS) program at Héritiers de la Justice in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a KAIROS WPS partner. Chantal has 8 years of experience defending, protecting and promoting human rights…
Post filed in: Africa, Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Introducing Noble Wadzah – Oil Watch Africa/Ghana
September 15, 2022
Meet Noble Wadzah, Coordinator of Oil Watch Africa’s chapter in Ghana, Oil Watch Ghana, a KAIROS Global Solidarity partner. Noble’s work focuses on energy transition as expressed in Oil Watch’s Africa campaign: “Leave the Oil in the Soil.” This campaign…
Post filed in: Africa, Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Introducing Kelly Campo – OFP/Colombia
September 14, 2022
Let’s meet Kelly Johanna Campo Becerra, a member of the coordinating committee of the Organización Femenina Popular – Popular Feminist Organization (OFP/Colombia), responsible for the feminist popular economy and environmental programs. She is also a leader in the youth movement…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Introducing Ivonne Yanez – Acción Ecológica/Ecuador
September 14, 2022
Meet Ivonne Yanez. She is a founding member and current president of Acción Ecológica (Ecuador), one of the most well-known and respected climate justice organizations in Latin America, as well as Oilwatch Latin America, an oil activities resistance network. Ivonne…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America
Soutenez les projets de loi pour mettre fin au racisme environnemental et responsabiliser les entreprises
September 13, 2022
In English. La crise climatique et la dégradation environnementale affectent des communautés partout sur la planète, mais certaines communautés le sont plus que d’autres. Depuis des décennies, les industries polluantes et les sites d’enfouissement se sont retrouvés dans des communautés…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, En français
Support bills to end environmental racism and make corporations accountable
September 13, 2022
En français. The climate crisis and environmental degradation are taking their toll on communities worldwide. But some communities are impacted more than others. For decades, polluting industries and landfill sites have ended up in Indigenous, Black, Brown and other racialized…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Reflections from WCC 11th Assembly by Jackcilia Salathiel
September 12, 2022
The opening prayer in the evening of the WCC assembly in Karlsruhe, under the big canopy tent outside, moved me to tears when the Greek Orthodox Bishop in his turn to pray started by saying, “I bring to you greetings…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Week 3 – COP27 Solidarity- Global Partners
September 12, 2022
One of the ways to Decolonize Climate Action is to listen thoroughly to Indigenous peoples and people from the Global South, and to the organizations that represent them. What they are saying is necessary for effective climate action. This week,…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
