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Spanish KAIROS Blanket Exercise connects colonial dots
August 4, 2016
Despite the parallels between the history of colonization in North, Central and South America, if you ask Latin American expats what they know about Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Indian Residential Schools, most will answer “not much.” In an…
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Kenora Fellowship Centre holds KAIROS Blanket Exercise on anniversary of Truth and Reconciliation Commission
June 3, 2016
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Virtual KAIROS Blanket Exercise (English only)
Developed in collaboration with Indigenous Elders, Knowledge Keepers and educators, the KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE) is an interactive and experiential teaching tool that explores the historic and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in the land we now know as…
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OTTAWA: 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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SASKATOON: KAIROS Blanket Exercise For Newcomers
The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is an interactive activity that explores Canada’s history of colonization and the lasting impact of it. See http://kairosblanketexercise.org/ for more information and resources. In SK and Treaty territories, thousands of people of all ages and a…
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The World KAIROS Blanket Exercise delivers at WIPCE 2022 in Australia
October 5, 2022
Español sigue. Despite the colonial bureaucracies to obtain visas and passports, despite the labyrinths of multiple airports and the long hours of waiting and flights, Gloria Gonzalez a Maya Achi woman from Guatemala and Dario Iza president of the Kitu…
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Seeds of Truth: The KAIROS Blanket Exercise through Guatemalan eyes
July 10, 2017
Excerpts from an Interview with Lilian Bolvito Gonzalez on Radio Canada International, June 24, 2017 Radio Canada: We will now chat with a Guatemalan youth who participated in the Blanket Exercise on June 2 on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Her name…
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KAIROS Blanket Exercise: The untold history of colonization in Canada that most people never learn
November 10, 2020
Since its creation in 1997, the KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE) has been delivered thousands of times to tens of thousands of people of all ages and from all backgrounds by a wide variety of Indigenous and non-Indigenous facilitators. It is a unique…
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How the Indigenous Blanket Exercise destroyed my ego
November 4, 2020
Last January, the charity I worked for held its quadrennial staff gathering in Ottawa, where my department participated in an Indigenous Blanket Exercise. And boy did that not go as I expected. Note: this post is not sponsored or affiliated…
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Sharing an Indigenous point of view at KAIROS Blanket Exercise
January 28, 2020
Seeing, hearing for yourself, and experiencing the relationship between Indigenous and non-indigenous people in Canada is something that a group of people in Strathmore practiced last night at the KAIROS Blanket Exercise. The free public education session was held at…
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Blanket Exercise boosts staff awareness about colonization effects on Indigenous patients
July 23, 2019
It moves some to tears. Others are shocked, yet hopeful. Anger, guilt and shame can also come with the heightened awareness hospital staff members have after taking part in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise. The interactive exercise – developed by KAIROS, an…
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KAIROS Blanket Exercise a sad journey into Indigenous history
January 8, 2019
It was like gazing at a map of the world, but one turned upside-down. The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is a two-hour journey through 400 years of tragedy, and it evokes a powerful sense of the wrongs Indigenous people have suffered…
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Why this blanket exercise is now essential training for RCMP cadets
June 26, 2018
The exercise synthesizes 500 years of colonization under the observation of a local Indigenous elder. This past winter, the RCMP introduced a new educational tool at its Regina training academy: the KAIROS blanket exercise. Developed by its namesake ecumenical advocacy organization,…
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KAIROS Blanket Exercise workshop opens eyes at youth conference in Sudbury
March 20, 2016
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The Calling Lake Blanket Exercise
March 4, 2015
Last month in Calling Lake, community members wove their oral history and unique perspectives into the Blanket Exercise. Storyteller, hunter, trapper and respected member of the Calling Lake community, Brian Cardinal, reflected on this process in a powerful story.
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Kairos Blanket Exercise
Participate in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise Explore the 500 year relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples through an experiential activity and conversation. This activity will have an emphasis on the Quebec context. If you are planning to attend, registration is…
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Regina – Kairos Blanket Exercise Facilitator Training
KAIROS Blanket Exercise Facilitator Training in Regina Part 1: Friday March 2, 6pm-9pm Part 2: Saturday, March 3, 9am-1pm *attendance at both parts is mandatory Location: Living Spirit Centre, 3018 Doan Dr, Regina *Light refreshments will be offered at both…
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Thunder Bay: Kairos Blanket Exercise with SouthSudanese Partners
KAIROS Blanket Exercise: An activity in coordination with NO MÁS II: END Violence Against Women NOW! http://www.kairoscanada.org/nomas2 You are invited to experience the KAIROS Blanket Exercise with Agnes Wasuk Petia & Awak Deng from the National Women’s Program of the…
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NANAIMO: Blanket Exercise Facilitator 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 Island University (Nanaimo Campus), Building 170 November 25 – 1:00pm-4:30pm *Light Lunch Offered 12:00pm-1:00pm About the Training…
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TORONTO: Volunteer Appreciation Event for Blanket Exercise facilitators /helpers
KAIROS is hosting a Volunteer Appreciation event for everyone and anyone who helped at all in the preparations or day-of the Toronto Mass Blanket Exercise at Queen’s Park on May 30 and all the facilitators/elders/helpers who have been delivering the…
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CALGARY: The Blanket Exercise: The Indigenous Rights History We’ve Never Been Taught
You are invited to attend The Blanket Exercise: The Indigenous Rights History We’ve Never Been Taught. This participatory exercise goes through the history of treaty-making, colonization and resistance that resulted in the nation we today call Canada. Facilitator: Rev. Dianne…
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Hundreds participated in largest KAIROS Blanket Exercise ever
June 3, 2017
Despite the threat of rain, about 800 people converged on Parliament Hill on June 2 for the largest KAIROS Blanket Exercise ever. They came to mark the second anniversary of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 Calls to Action and…
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SASKATOON: Public Kairos Blanket Exercise
The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is an interactive activity that explores Canada’s history of colonization and the lasting impact of it. See http://kairosblanketexercise.org/ for more information and resources. In SK and treaty territories, thousands of people of all ages and a…
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LONDON, ON: KAIROS Blanket Exercise
Come experience the history of Indigenous peoples that is rarely taught. The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is an experiential teaching tool to share the historical and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada. ** Trigger Warning: The Blanket Exercise…
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MONTREAL: KAIROS Blanket Exercise (5:30pm)
Come to the Church of the Holy Trinity to participate in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning experience that teaches the Indigenous rights history we’re rarely taught. Blanket Exercise participants take on the roles of Indigenous peoples in Canada….
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MONTREAL: KAIORS Blanket Exercise (12:00 pm)
Come to the Church of the Holy Trinity to participate in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, an interactive learning experience that teaches the Indigenous rights history we’re rarely taught. Blanket Exercise participants take on the roles of Indigenous peoples in Canada….
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KINGSTON: KAIROS Blanket Exercise
A public activity designed to build understanding and reconciliation with Canada’s Indigenous communities is coming to Kingston’s Inner Harbour this summer. The interactive learning experience covers 500 years of history in 90 minutes – it is easy to understand, yet…
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TORONTO: Interested in Reconciliation? Join us for a KAIROS Blanket Exercise
Interested in Reconciliation? Join us for a KAIROS Blanket Exercise in collaboration with the Native Students’ Association (UofT). Elder Andrew Wesley will open the event. Light refreshments to start; pizza to follow exercise. Please register, space is limited: bit.ly/1RTDAuF KAIROS…
