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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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KAIROS Climate Action Week to foster decolonization
May 17, 2023
KAIROS Canada launches its first Climate Action Week, June 5-11, focusing on centering Indigenous ways of knowing (Toronto – Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit) – KAIROS will kick off the first of three 2023 KAIROS Climate Action Weeks,…
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Abundance of Life in Reconciled Relationships by George C. George
March 16, 2015
George C. George, student at Emmanuel College, tells us that we’re to not be “ecological exiles”, but embrace the abundance of life that is reconciled with God’s creation.
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Faith, Economy, Migration: Exploring the Connections
November 26, 2013
Alfredo Barahona is representing KAIROS at the Ecumenical Dialogue of the Americas on Faith, Economy and Migrations in Quito, Ecuador from November 27 to December 1. Organized and hosted by the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI), one of KAIROS’…
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KAIROS Climate Action Week calls for rapid phase out of fossil fuels
August 30, 2023
KAIROS Canada launches its second Climate Action Week, September 11-17, focused on keeping the oil in the soil and letting justice and peace flow (Toronto – Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit) – As Canada and the world…
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Centering Indigenous Ways of Knowing
June 5, 2023
Indigenous peoples’ teachings can guide us in learning how to live in harmony with Mother Earth, taking only what we need, conscious of the impact of our actions on seven generations to come.Indigenous Wisdom: Living in Harmony with Mother Earth…
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KAIROS Wish List 2023
February 1, 2023
KAIROS 2023 WISH LIST As we emerge from a year of mounting crises, we are encouraged by the growing calls to center the leadership of Indigenous peoples, women, and youth in decisions related to transitioning to a just and sustainable…
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Climate anxiety and hope
September 27, 2022
This sounds like the beginning of a joke: six years ago, a psychologist, a public health professor, and a sociology researcher walked into an online chat room. It wasn’t a joke. The three talked about the anxiety they felt over…
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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…
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Connect with Creation - Season of Creation Earth Examen #KAIROSClimateAction
September 4, 2021
Every Saturday during Climate Action Month, we invite you to take time to connect with Creation. We’ll offer some resources to guide these moments of connection, but you are welcome to connect in any way that brings you joy, rest and renewal. Share your moment connecting with…
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Putting our own house in order: faithful footprints
September 26, 2020
By Lucy Cummings, Faith & the Common Good Across the country, churches are doing their part to address the climate crisis by getting their houses in order and reducing their own carbon emissions. The United Church of Canada is committed…
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For the Love of Creation: A faith-based initiative for climate justice
April 22, 2020
(le français suit) Canadian churches and faith-based organizations have a long history of work in ecological conservation, environmental activism, and advocacy for climate justice. To mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we are coming together on a journey of…
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Priorities for Canada’s 43rd Parliament
October 25, 2019
Canadians have elected a minority government. Collaboration is critical for the survival of Canada’s 43rd Parliament and is urgently needed to appropriately address mounting and systemic issues. Indigenous rights and wellbeing, the climate crisis, migrant justice, and support and protection…
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Budget 2019: KAIROS analysis
March 28, 2019
While Budget 2019 contains encouraging investments in Indigenous communities and the transition to a clean energy economy, it falls short in many other areas. What follows is an assessment of what Budget 2019 means for issues related to the KAIROS…
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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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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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Joint Media Release: Climate coalition calls for an ambitious climate plan at federal-provincial meetings
March 3, 2016
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Defending women and the planet on the front lines in Guatemala
December 2, 2015
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Indigenous wisdom and spirituality indispensable for climate justice
November 26, 2015
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Tailings Ponds: A Toxic Legacy for South Brook?
December 20, 2012
A dam breach in the tailings pond of the defunct Gullbridge copper mine in central Newfoundland has reinforced for me that all of our work here at KAIROS is connected. I often explain KAIROS in a kind of shorthand –…
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Ecumenical Conference on Mining – Final Statement
May 5, 2011
(Conferencia Ecuménica sobre Minería >>) Gathered under a banner bearing Psalm 24’s reminder – “The Earth is God’s, and all that is in it” – about 150 people from all parts of the Earth considered the impact of Canadian mining…
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Western Tour: Yellowknife – Land of the Midnight Sun
June 16, 2010
At this time of year the sun literally never sets in Yellowknife and after a long, cold, dark winter it’s easy to understand why people may shun indoor events. Nevertheless, on Tuesday night a committed group of people chose to…
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Global Ecumenical Conference on Mining – 160 participants from 25 countries #KAIROS20
August 20, 2021
I grew up on the traditional and unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan people in the province that was given the most colonial of all possible names: British Columbia. I am formed in settler notions of modernity that are “predicated on…
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Media Release: KAIROS celebrates 20 years of spirited action for justice
June 30, 2021
(Ottawa, ON) – KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives turns 20 on July 1, launching a series of reflections and celebrations that will culminate with a youth event on October 24 and the KAIROS 20th Anniversary Virtual Gathering, October 26 to 28. In…
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Spirited Reflection: Reflections on La Tienda de la Casa Comûn and the Special Synod on Amazonia
November 28, 2019
Words have power. We daily witness this power, both for good and for harm – for life and for death. Words can also communicate a shift in approach and a new vision such as those presented in Laudato Si’ as…
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We need more Canadian aid, not less
October 3, 2019
The planet is in crisis. Over the last few weeks more than 6 million people, mostly youth, from around the world have mobilized under the message, “We want you to panic!” Both the analysis of this crisis and the responding…
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Spirited Reflection: Mourn and organize
June 13, 2019
An excerpt from Jennifer Henry’s Opening Remarks, Streams of Justice at the KAIROS Atlantic Gathering in May I begin in gratitude…and from memory . . . In a crowded Scarborough church, with a table full of candles, and media pushing…
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KAIROS Times: September 2017
September 12, 2017
Seeds of Truth – stories from the KAIROS Guatemala Youth Exchange Op-ed: How we can start to walk the path of reconciliation? KAIROS Reconciliation in the Watershed Workshop Series Join us for Orange Shirt Day, September 30 Season of Creation…
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