Ecological Justice
Spirited Reflection: For the beauty of the earth
April 18, 2018
Glistening pine needles, sunlight dancing; wind through trees, branches flailing wildly; chipmunks scampering over the forest floor; whitecaps whipping across blue waters; greyed white clouds scudding across blue skies; painters’ brush, daisies, poppies in woods and fields; green hills and…
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Spirited Reflection: Revaluing Creation – Looking towards Earth Day
April 9, 2018
Humans put value on Creation based on what it can do for us – how can it feed us? How can we sell it to grow the economy? This attitude – our present development model – has led to the…
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Take Action: Ask Canada to keep its promise to end fossil fuel subsidies
April 6, 2018
Spring into Action before Global leaders meet for the G7 summit in June. Canada is preparing to host world leaders for the G7 summit in June 2018. This is a golden opportunity to call on the Canadian government to demonstrate climate…
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April 22 is Earth Day: Updated Worship Resource
April 5, 2018
The Earth does not belong to us; we belong to the Earth. Humankind did not weave the web of life, we are merely a strand in it. Whatever humankind does to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are…
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KAIROS Canada Submission to the Arctic Policy Framework Consultation Process
March 29, 2018
KAIROS Canada made its formal submission to the Arctic Policy Framework Consultation Process on February 28, 2018. This submission comes a year after KAIROS participated in the NGO Roundtable on the Framework, on February 7, 2017. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau…
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Spirited Reflection: Renewing our relationship with the watershed
March 13, 2018
Wherever we live, we are part of a watershed. Watersheds are interdependent ecosystems nested within larger ecosystems, which are also watersheds. Tiny creeks and tributaries are nested within the watersheds around Hamilton, which are nested in the larger Great Lakes/St….
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March 22 is World Water Day
March 12, 2018
If people feel a relational connection to the watershed in which they live, it is easier for them to act in an embodied way upon their responsibilities. – Denise Nadeau Wherever we live in creation we are part of a…
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World Day of Prayer 2018 focuses on climate change
March 2, 2018
Photo by Tali Folkins: Beth Lorimer, Ecological Justice Program Coordinator for KAIROS Canada, delivers a reflection at a service for World Day of Prayer 2018 at St. Andrew’s United Church, Toronto, Friday, March 2. Our exploitative attitude toward creation has…
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Trailblazer: Sheila Watt-Cloutier
February 23, 2018
Looking back, Sheila Watt-Cloutier sees connections between her personal struggles as an Inuk girl and her public leadership decades later, addressing the environmental crises that afflicted her people. At the age of ten, when she was sent for schooling away…
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KAIROS’ Ecological Justice Coordinator to deliver climate reflection at World Day of Prayer 2018, March 2 in Toronto
February 22, 2018
(Toronto, ON) – A reflection on the impacts of climate change and actions to preserve Creation for the next generation will be delivered by Beth Lorimer, KAIROS Canada’s Ecological Justice Program Coordinator during the World Day of Prayer 2018 at…
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Water Song: Unlearning colonial geographic boundaries towards alignment with watersheds and reconciliation
January 20, 2018
Nibi, Gizaagi-igo Water, we love you Gimiigwechiwenimigo We thank you Gizhawenimigo We respect you Nibi Nagamowin (The Water Song) by Doreen Day When I first learned the Anishinaabe Water Song, I realized that I had never expressed those sentiments to…
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Trailblazer: The Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-operative
January 16, 2018
Creating an Energy Revolution through Community Investing The Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-operative (OREC) is a leader in community-financed renewable energy. In realizing its goal to “generate decentralized renewable energy in Eastern Ontario,” it enters into partnerships with property owners, installing…
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Letter to the Editor: Canada won’t make progress on GHGs if expansion of oil sands continues
January 15, 2018
Re:“Trudeau’s biggest challenge over next several years will be to cut GHGs,”(The Hill Times, David Crane, Jan. 8).There is no denying it. Canada will not make progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions if exploration and expansion of the oil sands continues,…
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Letter to the Editor: Canada doesn’t need more pipelines
January 7, 2018
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says the province’s carbon tax will diversify industry, reduce pollution and help Alberta win approval for pipelines. This thinking will not help Canada meet its climate targets. Although carbon pricing will reduce demand on fossil fuels,…
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COP23 and the Just Transition to a Clean Energy Economy
November 29, 2017
The twenty-third session of the Conference of the Parties (COP23) and UN Climate Change Conference was held in Bonn, Germany from November 6 to November 17. The talks focused on how to maintain momentum from the Paris Agreement and how…
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Federal, Provincial Governments Must Fund Treatment Facility for Mercury Poisoning in Grassy Narrows
November 28, 2017
In an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, prominent human rights and environmental organizations today are urging the federal and provincial governments to ensure people from the Grassy Narrows First Nation have access to…
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Reconciliation through the lens of our local watersheds
November 6, 2017
This fall, KAIROS brought together close to 200 people in workshops across the country to talk about reconciliation through the lens of our local watersheds. Through a series of presentations, small group discussion, mapping, and active reflection, participants built understanding…
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Open Letter to the Government of British Columbia: Upholding the rights of Indigenous Peoples means stopping Site C
November 3, 2017
The Site C dam is a project that should never have been approved. As the British Columbia Utilities Commission has now concluded after a long overdue review of the cost and purpose of this project, completing Site C offers little…
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Trailblazer: Melina Laboucan-Massimo
November 3, 2017
Growing up in a First Nations community in northern Alberta with neither paved roads nor running water, Melina Laboucan-Massimo noticed a pattern. Once young people reached their teenage years many would need to leave the community, either to find jobs…
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Letter to the editor: Clean up pollution now in Indigenous communities
October 26, 2017
Decades of neglect, Oct. 24 The environmental commissioner of Ontario is right to condemn years of inaction by government in addressing toxic pollution in Indigenous communities. The lack of information being provided to communities about their exposure to deadly toxins…
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Water flows, connects and knows no borders
October 25, 2017
I hadn’t realized how maps shape ones perspective of place and in turn how one then relates to that place. On October 14th, I attended a KAIROS event in Halifax on the topic of Reconciliation In Our Watershed. At one…
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Letter to the editor: Locals, women most affected by corporate harm, least heard
October 25, 2017
Re: “House subcommittee hearings on mining in Latin America a public disservice,” (The Hill Times, Oct. 18, p. 15). KAIROS too is alarmed that the voices of people affected by Canadian mining operations have not been heard during the current…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: KAIROS spotlights new economy trailblazers
October 23, 2017
Melina Laboucan-Massimo kicks off blog series on day one of Bonn climate conference (Toronto, On) – On the day U.N. climate talks begin in Bonn, Germany, KAIROS Canada launches a new blog series called, New Economy Trailblazers, showcasing individuals who…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Reconciliation in the Watershed comes to Regina, October 21
October 4, 2017
Local residents invited to renew relationships with watershed & Indigenous peoples (Regina, SK) – Connecting the local ecology with Indigenous rights, and identifying ways to renew relationships with Indigenous peoples and the Southern Saskatchewan watersheds are some of the expected…
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Reconciliation in the Watersheds of Mi’kmaki
October 3, 2017
On September 16, over 30 people gathered on unceded Mi’kmaki territory for a day-long Reconciliation in the Watershed workshop to learn about our relational connection to the watershed and the people who live within it. KAIROS Canada hosted this workshop…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Reconciliation in the Watershed comes to London; October 14
October 3, 2017
Local residents invited to renew relationships with watershed & Indigenous peoples (London; ON) – Connecting the local ecology with Indigenous rights; and identifying ways to renew relationships with Indigenous peoples and the Thames River watershed are some of the expected…
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Reconciliation in Our Watershed comes to Halifax, October 14
October 3, 2017
Local residents invited to renew relationships with watershed & Indigenous peoples (Halifax, NS) – Connecting the local ecology with Indigenous rights, and identifying ways to renew relationships with Indigenous peoples and the Mahone-Halifax watershed are some of the expected outcomes…
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A reprint of Indigenous Wisdom: Living in Harmony with Mother Earth
September 25, 2017
KAIROS is proud to offer a reprint Indigenous Wisdom: Living in Harmony with Mother Earth. It was written by John Dillon, who died on June 5, 2017. Of all the writings he left behind, John was most proud of this…
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