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Spirited Reflection: Where there is darkness, be light
December 23, 2018
Advent is a time to pause and reflect on the action of God in our lives. It is both an opportunity and a challenge to set aside the busyness of this time of the year and pay attention to the…
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What difference will your Christmas donation to KAIROS make? A BIG ONE….
December 22, 2018
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KAIROS Christmas video for sharing
December 21, 2018
“This Christmas, let’s settle only for great joy—not for the few, the powerful, the privileged—but for all. Peace and goodwill for all peoples.” Dear Friends, With Christmas approaching, I would like to share with you a short video message and…
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Spirited Reflection: A story of women’s solidarity
December 18, 2018
From 1987 to 1989, I worked with wives of theology students at the United Church of Zambia Theological College in Kitwe, Zambia; their education ranged from Grades 5 to 12. While there, I led a weekly Bible Study session with…
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Needs Improvement: Educators make progress on Indigenous curriculum, but more work to do
December 14, 2018
In the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s call to include more study on Indigenous issues in school curriculum, it appears educators across the country are taking the recommendations to heart. In its second report card on how Canadian…
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NEW VIDEO: KAIROS Women of Courage at the heart of peacebuilding (1:30 min)
December 10, 2018
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Spirited Reflection: The time to act for justice is now
December 10, 2018
Following on the Scripture readings: Jeremiah 23: 1-6; Luke 4: 16-21 Jeremiah was one of the Hebrew prophets who insisted that living in right relationship with God was not enough. They knew that because the root of spiritual life is…
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Canadian youth speak up at COP24
December 7, 2018
Earlier this morning in Poland, Jessica Steele, one of KAIROS’ delegates to COP24 spoke at a Canadian youth press conference organized by BCCIC. Jessica spoke of how women, particularly Indigenous women disproportionately bear the brunt of climate impacts and Indigenous…
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KAIROS Times: December 2018
December 6, 2018
Hot off the press! The December 2018 KAIROS Times Newsletter.
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Migrant Worker Story: Meet Teresa
December 6, 2018
After Teresa filed a report against her farm employer for sexual assault, he asked her how much money it would take for her to retract her statement. In the spring of 2014, Teresa (not her real name) was attacked by…
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“We’re definitely not the best nation in the world,” school children learn about colonialism
December 5, 2018
“Getting to the truth was hard, but getting to reconciliation will be harder. It requires that the paternalistic and racist foundations of the residential school system be rejected as the basis for an ongoing relationship. “Reconciliation requires that a new…
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Canadian ecumenical community supports women’s participation at COP24
December 3, 2018
Today marks the official start of COP24 – the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) – in Katowice, Poland and Jessica Steele and Georgine Kengne are there representing KAIROS Canada under…
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The KAIROS Blanket Exercise in Ireland
December 3, 2018
A KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE) team travelled to Ireland in November to facilitate the exercise for Trócaire, a development and emergency relief agency that works “to support the most vulnerable people in the developing world, while also raising awareness of…
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MEDIA RELEASE: Two women frontline climate activists lend their voice at COP24
December 3, 2018
KAIROS-led delegation is sole Canadian church presence and will participate in new UNFCCC Gender Action Plan (Toronto, ON) – Two women climate activists representing KAIROS Canada under the accreditation of The United Church of Canada are in Katowice, Poland as…
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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…
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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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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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#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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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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KAIROS at COP24 in Poland
October 31, 2018
KAIROS is pleased to announce that Jessica Steele and Georgine Kengne will represent KAIROS as United Church accredited delegates to COP24, the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP24) in Katowice, Poland from December 3-14, 2018. The United Church of Canada (UCC) is the only…
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Ontario mustn’t backslide on education about Indigenous issues
October 29, 2018
It was déjà vû. When the Ontario government cancelled curriculum-writing sessions this summer on truth and reconciliation, I was immediately taken back to 1998 when I was part of a team writing curriculum for the Ontario Ministry of Education. At…
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Spirited Reflection: Ancestors, spirits and reconciliation
October 29, 2018
Reconciliation is a huge task, a deep responsibility, a seven-generation work of covenant renewal. Reconciliation involves decolonization and reparation. It calls for a massive act, or series of acts, of confession and (hopefully) forgiveness. There are no short cuts, and…
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Migrant Worker Story: Meet Luzviminda
October 25, 2018
My name is Luzviminda Alicbusan. I’m a caregiver. I came to Canada from the Philippines in 2008. After completing the 24-month live-in requirement, I submitted my permanent resident application in 2011. In 2014, I received the Procedural Fairness Letter. In…
Post filed in: Migrant Justice
