KAIROS launches new resources for the health and safety of migrant agricultural workers
March 24, 2022
KAIROS Canada’s Empowering Temporary Foreign Worker (ETFW) Project will be hosting a special event to launch new resources for temporary foreign workers. These resources, developed with community partners in the project across Ontario and the Maritimes, represent a diverse range…
Post filed in: Migrant Justice
The urgency to defend water from corporate abuse
March 22, 2022
Canada’s weak corporate accountability laws are threatening communities for protecting the water that sustains them. Water is critical for life. Why, then, are Canadian extractive companies allowed to threaten it and those who defend it? Today is World Water Day…
Post filed in: Corporate Accountability, Ecological Justice
L’événement ONU virtuel de KAIROS mettra en lumière le rôle clé des femmes dans la paix et le développement durable, 22 mars
March 8, 2022
8 mars 2022 (Journée Internationale de la Femme) Toronto – Traité no 13 avec les Mississaugas du Crédit QUOI L’intersection des conflits, de la crise climatique et de l’injustice économique et du rôle puissant des femmes dans la paix et…
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KAIROS virtual UN event to spotlight women’s key role in peace and sustainable development, March 22
March 8, 2022
March 8, 2022 (International Women’s Day) Toronto – Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit WHAT The intersection of conflict, the climate crisis and economic injustice and women’s powerful role in peace and sustainable development, will be the focus…
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This International Women’s Day register for a Women of Courage workshop at the UNCSW66
March 7, 2022
FRANÇAIS | ESPAÑOL | ENGLISH | Joignez-vous à nous pour un atelier sur les Femmes de Courage lors de la Commission des Nations Unies sur la condition de la femme (CSW66) Joyeuse Journée Internationale de la Femme! Aujourd’hui, nous reconnaissons…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, En Español, En français, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Urge your MP to ensure women peacebuilders are well funded in 2022/23 Budget
March 6, 2022
The Canadian government made an important promise in 2021. That promise, if fulfilled, will help to effectively address urgent challenges, including the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change and conflict that affect us all, nationally and globally. In the 2021 Throne Speech,…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
KAIROS joins partners in condemning the assassination of human rights defenders Teófilo Acuña Ribón and Jorge Alberto Tafur in Colombia
March 2, 2022
On February 22, Teófilo Acuña Ribón and Jorge Alberto Tafur, two well respected human rights defenders working for land rights in Colombia were killed. Teófilo and Jorge Alberto are two of thirty-three human rights defenders murdered thus far in 2022…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Latin America
Kaji’ Ajpop Strengthens Indigenous Women’s Rights in Guatemala
March 1, 2022
KAIROS has a long history of working with partners in Guatemala on Indigenous rights, environmental and land defense, and gender justice. In 2021, KAIROS began exploring a new partnership and supporting the work of Kaji’ Ajpop, an association that promotes…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, Latin America
Amplifying the call for peace
March 1, 2022
KAIROS joins member churches, global ecumenical movements, partners and people from around the world including from within Russia in calling for an immediate end to all acts of war and military aggression in Ukraine. Canada and the international community must…
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Land defenders’ human rights continue to be violated – this must change
February 28, 2022
On February 6, Gidimt’en land defenders made a submission to the UN denouncing Canada’s violation of Indigenous rights in the development of the Coastal GasLink pipeline. In recent days, there have been several key events pertaining to water and land…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Op Eds
Decolonization is at the heart of effective climate action
February 25, 2022
Photo: Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault, pictured on the Hill on Jan. 31, 2022. Decolonization is at the heart of effective climate action. This means giving space to Black and other racialized people, particularly women, to have a…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Op Eds
Join us for Women of Courage Workshop at UN Commission on the Status of Women #CSW66
February 24, 2022
KAIROS is hosting a virtual parallel event at the 2022 United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW66), on March 22, 2022, at 10.00AM – 12.00PM EST. The workshop, ‘Women peacebuilders build back with environmental and economic security’, will…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Online ecumenical meetings in solidarity with migrant workers
February 24, 2022
An invitation to all churches and church representatives We invite you to be part of a network of solidarity. Migrant workers – on the farms and elsewhere – are feeling the stress of going into the third growing season of…
Post filed in: Migrant Justice, Regional News
Strengthening the livelihoods of Palestinians through agriculture in the West Bank
February 23, 2022
The agricultural sector, considered the cornerstone of Palestinian economic development, has not been able to play its strategic role because of the dispossession of land and the denial of access to agricultural areas, water resources, domestic and external markets as…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Middle East
Support the Brunette River 6 and their action for a livable climate
February 11, 2022
Join KAIROS in rallying in support of the Brunette River 6. Ruth Walmsley, Janette McIntosh, Catherine Hembling, Tim Takaro, Bill Winder and Zain Haq face charges of “criminal contempt of court” and 14 to 28 days in jail for peacefully…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
KAIROS wish list 2022
February 1, 2022
As Canada and the world grapples with multiple crises, including pandemic related impacts and extreme weather events fueled by global heating, KAIROS calls on all levels of government in Canada to prioritize a just and equitable recovery. This includes a…
Post filed in: Calls To Action, Corporate Accountability, Ecological Justice, Gender Justice/Women of Courage, Indigenous Rights, Migrant Justice
Start 2022 by calling on Canada to pass corporate accountability legislation
January 20, 2022
Thank you for being an advocate for corporate accountability in 2021. Whether you participated in KAIROS’ Women Resisting Extractivism film club, attended the launch of MERE Hub Brazil and/or the Testimonio and Storytelling event, read the report “Wolastoqiyik and Mi’kmaq Grandmothers-Land/Water Defenders Sharing and Learning Circle: Generating Knowledge for Action,”…
Post filed in: Corporate Accountability, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
What is the glue that has kept this ecumenical initiative together? #KAIROS20
January 4, 2022
A twentieth anniversary is an occasion to celebrate, to reflect and to give thanks. KAIROS has not only survived but thrived. What is the glue that has kept this ecumenical initiative together? I believe there are several ingredients. For the…
Post filed in: #KAIROS20 Anniversary
Thank you for supporting KAIROS in 2021
December 27, 2021
KAIROS is blessed with so many inspiring grassroots partners in Canada and globally who are doing incredible work thanks to faithful supporters like you. Every day KAIROS works for Indigenous rights, migrant rights, ecological sustainability, gender justice, human rights, and…
Post filed in: Executive Director
KAIROS honours the life and work of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
December 26, 2021
“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of…
Post filed in: Africa
Migrant food providers thanked through gratitude dinners
December 22, 2021
As the end of the year draws near, organizations in Ontario held dinners to show support and gratitude to the temporary foreign workers who play a vital role during the harvest season. As the migrant workers prepared to head home…
Post filed in: Migrant Justice
20 years of kairos moments for migrant justice #KAIROS20
December 21, 2021
I started working for KAIROS in November 1997 when it wasn’t yet called KAIROS. I was employed by the Inter-Church Action for Development, Relief and Justice (ICA), which served as the ecumenical funding arm of the churches and was one of the ten ecumenical organizations that became KAIROS in 2001. I served as…
Post filed in: #KAIROS20 Anniversary, Migrant Justice
Letter to the Editor: The Canadian Energy Regulator’s outlook for a net-zero 2050 is alarming
December 16, 2021
Beth Lorimer is the KAIROS Ecological Justice Program Coordinator, and their letter to the editor was published in The Globe and Mail today: “The level of oil and gas production in the Canadian Energy Regulator’s outlook for a net-zero 2050…
Post filed in: Ecological Justice
Call on the International Criminal Court to resume investigation in the Philippines
December 13, 2021
KAIROS and member churches and church organizations have sent an open letter to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, calling on him to re-open the investigation for crimes against humanity committed under the auspices of the War on Drugs in the Philippines. Such an investigation is needed to…
Post filed in: Asia-Pacific, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
Women’s rights organizations deliver change globally #16DaysOfActivism
December 13, 2021
Women’s rights organizations across the globe commemorated the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence with campaigns, events, activities, and mobilizations. Whether virtually or through in-person actions, the Women of Courage: Women, Peace and Security partner organizations drew attention to not only the daily and structural forms of violence but…
Post filed in: En Español, En français, Gender Justice/Women of Courage
KAIROS launches Women of Courage podcast
December 10, 2021
Today, we are extremely proud to launch a new audio podcast, Women of Courage. This podcast series will provide an additional effective and accessible platform to highlight the voices and work of partners – women-led human rights organizations, women peacebuilders, land defenders and environmental activists, in discussions of current and…
Post filed in: Gender Justice/Women of Courage
