Connor Sarazin – Page 5 – Kairos Blanket Exercise

National MMIWG Inquiry Concludes. Today we commit to mourn, to listen, to accept, and to act. We entreat all Canadians to read the report, to commemorate the lost... 'collage of missing and murdered women and girls'

KAIROS attends closing ceremony of the National Inquiry into MMIWG

By Connor Sarazin June 3, 2019UncategorizedNo Comments

As today we participate in the closing ceremony of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, our hearts are heavy. Heavy with mourning for those who…

The outsider insider perspective- how a KBE changed me

By Connor Sarazin March 29, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

I am a settler in Canada and having immigrated from India about a year ago, I felt a longing need not just to belong here, but also to be able…

Why a blanket exercise made me disappointed, uncomfortable and angry

By Connor Sarazin March 1, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

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…

Senpaqcin school uses KAIROS blanket exercise to explore systems of governance

By Connor Sarazin February 20, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

The intermediate students and teachers at Senpaqcin school recent hosted the KAIROS blanket exercise as part of their inquiry into how systems of governance shape the lives of people. The…

Blanket Exercise & Facilitator Training in PEI, May 2016

Communities coming together for Reconciliation

By Connor Sarazin February 19, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

Reflections on the Blanket Exercise On June 9th, 2018, Vancouver Monthly Meeting gathered with the Vancouver Unitarian community on unceded Musqueam and Coast Salish territory in a beautiful intergenerational Blanket…

Christians working on global issues can be a thankless job

By Connor Sarazin January 17, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

Finding pathways to truth and reconciliation has become the latest focus for Christian activists in Canada. The nation’s churches and church members have been active on social justice issues over…

KAIROS Blanket Exercise a sad journey into Indigenous history

By Connor Sarazin January 8, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

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…

Student volunteers prepare for a Kairos Blanket Exercise at Edmonton City Hall in 2016. The Exercise was created as an interactive way of learning Indigenous history.

Needs Improvement: Educators make progress on Indigenous curriculum, but more work to do

By Connor Sarazin December 14, 2018ArticlesNo Comments

In the wake of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s call to include more study on Indigenous issues in school curriculum, it appears educators across the country are taking the recommendations…

Island Pacific School students participate in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise. Photo by ISLAND PACIFIC SCHOOL

“We’re definitely not the best nation in the world,” school children learn about colonialism

By Connor Sarazin December 5, 2018ArticlesNo Comments

“Getting to the truth was hard, but getting to reconciliation will be harder. It requires that the paternalistic and racist foundations of the residential school system be rejected as the…

At University of Toronto’s Faculty of Medicine, leaders take part in KAIROS Blanket Exercise that teaches Indigenous history and trauma

By Connor Sarazin September 27, 2018ArticlesNo Comments

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…