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TORONTO: KAIROS Blanket Exercise: The Story of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples
Want to stand in solidarity with Canada’s Indigenous Peoples? What is the story of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples? The Blanket Exercise: A Story of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples 3:00 – 4:30 pm Thurs Sept 29 King’s College Circle, northwest corner Please register…
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Indigenous Rights – KAIROS Blanket Exercise
VIDEO PLAYLIST: Indigenous Rights – KAIROS Blanket Exercise Fifteen years ago, the Aboriginal Rights Coalition worked with Indigenous elders and teachers to develop an interactive way of learning the history most Canadians are never taught. The Blanket Exercise was the…
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TORONTO: Mass KAIROS Blanket Exercise
DATE & TIME ARE CONFIRMED Mass KAIROS Blanket Exercise in Toronto, May 30, at 2pm. Hosted by Canadian Roots Exchange in partner with KAIROS Canada. Last year, during the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) 94 Call to Actions in…
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KAIROS Blanket Exercise receives the Mayworks Traditional Labour Arts Award
November 6, 2023
KAIROS is honoured and delighted to have received the Mayworks Traditional Labour Arts Award for the KAIROS Blanket Exercise. KAIROS representatives, Alfredo Barahona, Caroline Sharp and Cheryl McNamara accepted the award on behalf of the organization during the Mayworks 2023…
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Why a blanket exercise made me disappointed, uncomfortable and angry
March 1, 2019
SHINING A HARSH LIGHT ON THE IMPACTS OF COLONIZATION On a cloudy, fall afternoon at NAIT Main Campus, a circle of chairs are arranged around five patterned blankets laid flat on the floor. It’s a homey scene – one of…
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Learning history through participation – The KAIROS Blanket Exercise
January 31, 2020
The KAIROS Blanket Exercise program was held in Weyburn on Wednesday, January 29th, brought here by South East District in partnership with Weyburn Arts Council, Southeast Regional Library, PLURA Churches, and Canadian Mental Health Association, Weyburn Branch. While I’ve read and heard…
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‘Blanket Exercise’ helps Regina Public Schools work toward reconciliation in the classroom
September 8, 2017
Role-playing activity helps participants learn about everything from treaties to residential schools Photo: Teachers at George Lee School in Regina, Sask., participate in The Blanket Exercise on Aug. 29. (Shelly Reed/Twitter) When it comes to Indigenous education in the classroom, Regina Public…
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Knowing our place: the KAIROS Blanket Exercise
April 12, 2017
Participants partake in the Blanket Exercise, a workshop that delves into the effects of colonization. Photo by KAIROS Canada Thirty adults are gathered in a large sunny room. We stand on blankets that represent the land. Turtle Island. Home. We…
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Blanket Exercise uncovers deep injustices in Canadian history
March 30, 2017
The report issued by Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission in June 2015 on abuse of aboriginal children in church-run residential schools included a call for non-aboriginal Canadians to learn about the impact of European settlers and their descendants on the…
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Blanket Exercise in Ponoka highlights colonialism effects
March 22, 2017
More than 30 people took part in a KAIROS Blanket Exercise March 18 at Ponoka Elementary School. The experiential tool was hosted by Ponoka Parent Link Centre and the Ponoka Jubilee Library, and is used to help educate on the…
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KAIROS Blanket Exercise brings understanding and empathy
October 26, 2016
Participants take part in a blanket exercise, an interactive learning experience that teaches indigenous rights history, at the St. Albert United Church. “Those with blue cards, please step off the blankets.” And with those words, I was asked to take…
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‘We need to listen to what the First Nations people are telling us’ – KAIROS Blanket Exercise helps teach history from Indigenous perspective
May 29, 2016
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REGINA: Mass KAIROS Blanket Exercise
Because of activities already scheduled at the legislature, the Blanket Exercise has been move to Christ Lutheran Church. Please join us June 1 from 2:30-5:00PM at Christ Lutheran Church in Regina. Together we will do the Blanket Exercise, an interactive…
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Seeds of Truth: Reflections on the KAIROS Blanket Exercise and Youth Exchange with Guatemala
June 27, 2017
I’ve only had the opportunity to experience the KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE) once prior to the one I participated in leading up to the Kitchi Blanket Exercise on Parliament Hill on June 2. When I first tried the KBE, it…
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SASKATOON: Blanket Exercise & conversation on Theology & Culture
Participate in the Blanket Exercise Explore the 500 year relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples through an experiential activity and conversation. If you are planning to attend, please contact us by January 26 so we can have a good estimate…
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At University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine, leaders take part in KAIROS Blanket Exercise that teaches Indigenous history and trauma
September 27, 2018
Photo by Liam Mitchell: Department chairs and senior leaders in the Faculty of Medicine participate in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise. Dr. Lisa Richardson, co-lead of Indigenous Medical Education in the MD Program, says that the KAIROS Blanket Exercise is…
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By the end of May these youth will have shared the Blanket Exercise 29 times to over 1000 people in Saskatchewan
May 26, 2017
Although he is just finishing his Grade 12 education, Michael Cardinal is already teaching five centuries of Indigenous history. “Assimilation, residential schools, the 60s scoop, Canada’s history,” said Cardinal. Cardinal is one of eight Bert Fox Community High School students…
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“A dialogue was started” – KAIROS Blanket Exercise at Richmond Hill United Church
May 27, 2016
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Sackville: Mass KAIROS Blanket Exercise
FREE. Everyone invited. The more people…the more powerful. Join us! Outdoors on Alumni Field (rain alternate: Athletic Centre). A true expansion of what the Blanket Exercise experience means for Atlantic Canada. If you are ready to help reconcile the past…
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WINNIPEG: Mass KAIROS Blanket Exercise
Last year, during the release of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) 94 Call to Actions in Ottawa, A7G along with KAIROS Canada, local Blanket Exercise facilitators and youth leaders, brought together over 400 participants to Parliament Hill for a Mass KAIROS…
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Kairos Blanket Exercise at Starfields
The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is an interactive learning experience that teaches the Indigenous rights history most Canadians never learned in school. Developed by KAIROS with assistance from Indigenous elders, it’s been offered thousands of times across Canada and now you…
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VANCOUVER: Kairos Blanket Exercise Training
Workshops that introduce you to a powerful teaching tool for educating on our shared history as Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre, 1607 East Hastings Street (Theatre Room) November 23 – 5:45pm-6:15pm Registration and Light Meal…
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TORONTO: KAIROS Blanket Exercise
Toronto350 is one of many groups helping to fundraise for the Chippewas of the Thames court case. Come out to this Blanket Exercise that will be followed by a talking circle and a short presentation about the court case! #stopline9…
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NEW VIDEO: Join us for the largest Mass KAIROS Blanket Exercise ever in Atlantic Canada (1:00 min)
April 11, 2019
Saturday, May 4th: Mass Blanket Exercise Alumni Field, 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM An experience to build understanding of our shared history of Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples Elder opening and special guests All are welcome Join us for the largest…
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RCMP to use KAIROS Blanket Exercise in all cadet training
December 12, 2017
RCMP instructors receive training in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise at the RCMP Academy in Regina. Photo by RCMP Academy, 2017. Written by Tali Folkins. Originally published in the Anglican Journal on December 12, 2017. Starting this December, the training of…
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Blanket exercise opening eyes and minds
March 1, 2017
Photo: Around 40 community members took in the Blanket Exercise that was hosted by Wetaskiwin ParentLink and facilitated by Roy and Judy Louis at By-The-Lake Park Feb. 25. The exercise, which was developed by KAIROS, has become a popular teaching…
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‘Shame and sadness’ stirred by Indigenous Blanket Exercise
January 26, 2017
Jim Lindsay, sub-region representative for KAIROS Grey-Bruce, Wellington and Dufferin County, says the Indigenous Blanket Exercise held at St. Mark’s Church in Orangeville on Sunday afternoon was very successful – drawing a capacity crowd of about 70 participants. Centred on…
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Upcoming KAIROS Blanket Exercise Facilitator Trainings
December 16, 2016
These sessions prepare you to lead the Blanket Exercise, a powerful teaching tool to foster truth and reconciliation. When and Where: Upcoming Facilitator Training: KAIROS Blanket Exercise Toronto Facilitator Training Thursday, January 19, 2017 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Coffee and…
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