Earth Hour

Harcourt Memorial United Church 87 Dean Ave.,, Guelph

The event is in two parts: Activities for all ages, followed by a vigil.  The activities will include making art, planting seedlings to take home and networking with local groups working on climate justice.  The vigil by candlelight will include...

Free

Saskatoon & online: Bridging Us

MCC Centre 600 45th Street West, Saskatoon

In a world where there is always a “them”, how do we move to more “us” in our life? Saskatoon is known as the City of Bridges, even so we can find it difficult to build relational bridges, to reach...

$35

Ecumenical Walk for Justice

Meridian Place, Barrie, ON 10 Pinecliff Cres., Barrie

Simcoe County Kairos will be hosting the 2023 annual Ecumenical Walk for Justice on Friday April 7, 2023, from 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm at Meridian Place, in downtown Barrie. As a society we must acknowledge that the devastation caused...

Earth Week 2023

Multiple locations

For the Love of Creation invites all faith communities to join with others across the country in: Earth Week 2023 – Together for the Love of Creation During the week of April 16 – 23, engage in a climate justice...

Medicine Wheel Teachings

Online - Zoom

The medicine wheel represents the interrelationship and interconnectedness of the number 4. For instance, the four directions, the four states of being, the four seasons, the four elements, the four sacred medicines and the four stages of life. In this...

$20.00

Addressing Environmental Racism in Canada

Online, EASTERN Time Zone

Climate and ecological justice issues affect everyone on this planet, crossing national, regional and municipal boundaries. But not everyone is affected to the same extent. Extensive studies have demonstrated that predominantly Black, Indigenous and racialized communities are disproportionately impacted by...

Free

Spirit-led: An Interfaith Call to Climate Action

Online, EASTERN Time Zone

Join EnviroMuslims, the Reform Jewish Community of Canada (RJCC) and For the Love of Creation (FLC) for a joint webinar sharing in a circle of ritual and reflection on how our faith compels us to seek climate justice. We will...

Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women In Canada

Online - Zoom

Through the history of colonization, assimilation, and “Ethnostress”, we will learn about the various forms of violence in which Indigenous people in Canada have continuously been targets of sexual violence, physical, cultural, and spiritual genocide, systemic and state violence and...

$20.00

Newmarket, ON: Celebrate and Protect the Greenbelt

Old Town Hall (auditorium) 460 Botsford St, Newmarket

Hear from dynamic speakers and be part of a conversation about Ontario's Greenbelt, as we discuss how its permanent protection is essential for climate resilient communities and a thriving local economy. Sponsored by York Region KAIROS in partnership with Climate...

Free

Mother’s Day for Peace

Christie Pits Park

Carrying on the tradition of mothers and other women calling for an End to War, and  a commitment to Peace and Disarmament, this event celebrates the original meaning and purpose of Mother's Day.  Organized by Pax Christi Toronto,  they will...

Free

Toronto & online: Afro-Colombian Perspectives on Peacebuilding and Transitional Justice

Sidney Smith Hall 100 St George St,, Toronto,

A Conversation with Leyner Palacios Asprilla, Representative of Commission for the Clarification of Truth, Coexistence and Non-repetition (CEV) with discussant:  Pilar Riaño-Alcalá, Professor, Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, University of British Columbia, Co-Director of Memory and Justice...

Decolonizing Ourselves: Legislating Broken Promises, Past and Present

Zoom

Join us online to learn about the problematic Natural Resources Transfer Acts of 1930 and reflect on their significance today in the context of inherent Indigenous rights, Treaties, the Alberta Sovereignty Act and Saskatchewan First Act, with Mary Culbertson, Treaty...

Free

Starry Skies Through indigenous Eyes

Online - Zoom

When you look up at the night’s sky, what do you see? Indigenous star stories are not just stories of “higher beings” and their often-amorous encounters but were seen as part of an all-encompassing perspective of life and spirituality. To...

$20.00

Ottawa Indigenous Fashion Week 2023

Ottawa Parliament Hill 1 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ottawa

The 2023 edition of the Ottawa Indigenous Fashion Week started on June 29th and is set to wrap on July 5th with an extended runway show and virtual panel discussion. The week's activities will include a lecture and panel discussions...

World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation

Online, EASTERN Time Zone

September 1 @ 12:00 pm EST A moment of online prayer and reflection to mark the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, which marks the beginning of the Season of Creation, a period of ecumenical observance that...

Global Climate Strike

Multiple locations

This September, as world leaders discuss climate action at the United Nations in New York, people on every continent will join the largest-ever globally coordinated action to demand that governments end fossil fuels. The climate crisis is escalating but so...

Ottawa: Global Climate Strike

Parliament Hill Ottawa

The global call for urgent climate action has never been louder, and this year's Global Climate Strike in Ottawa, taking place on September 15th on Parliament Hill, is poised to make an undeniable impact. Organized by Fridays For Future Ottawa,...

Ottawa – Global Climate Strike

Parliament Hill Ottawa

OTTAWA: Time to End Fossil Fuels September 15 at 1:00 p.m. Parliament Hill KAIROS is happy to support Fridays For Future Ottawa who say, "We are excited to announce that the date has been set for the September 2023 Global...

Multiple Locations: Regularize Everyone: It’s time.

Multiple locations

  Regularize Everyone: It’s time. September 17, 2023 Take to the streets Across the country Bills are skyrocketing, rent is beyond reach, forests are ablaze, and healthcare is being privatized. We are in the midst of an inequality crisis, with...

Toronto: Land Alliance March

Grange Park Beverly St, just south of Dundas St W, Toronto

Come stand in solidarity with the Land Alliance to protect their lands and waters! Date: Wednesday September 27th, 2023 Time: 12pm Location: Grange Park, Toronto On September 27th, 12 pm 2023 five First Nations from Northern Ontario will come to...

Great Lakes St. Lawrence KAIROS Conference

Bloordale United Church (parking at rear of church) 4258 Bloor Street West, Etobicoke

Decolonizing Hearts and Minds From Where We Are to Palestine REGISTER HERE Friday, September 29 evening Speakers from Wi'am: the Conflict Resolution Centre in Bethlehem Opening of the Photo Exhibit: Dispossessed but Defiant (Canadians for Justice and Peace in the...

BC-Yukon Online Regional Gathering

Online - Zoom

BC-Yukon KAIROS welcomes all to our fall online gathering. Our theme is Harvesting Hope in a Time of Drought. Our gathering will begin with a keynote from Dr. Vanessa Andreotti (author of Hospicing Modernity) on Thursday, October 12th evening and...

Free

Mapping the Ground We Stand On

TAn he Mapping Exercise invites participants to explore Indigenous presence on the map of Turtle Island/Canada, the history of settler arrival, and their relationship to one another.

Free will offering