Articles – Page 3 – Kairos Blanket Exercise

Indigenous Elders lead online interactive sessions to foster Reconciliation

By Connor Sarazin January 12, 2021Articles, Upcoming Events

KAIROS launches winter series of KBE Teaching & Sharing Circles, January 19 (Ottawa, Ontario) – Fostering positive relationships between Indigenous & non-Indigenous peoples through truth, sharing and open dialogue is the…

Walk with Me

By Connor Sarazin March 2, 2020ArticlesNo Comments

A lesson plan toward reconciliation By Allison Zacharias Education is key to reconciliation and the key to good education is a lesson plan that sticks. The Blanket Exercise is one…

Facilitators for the program Chris McDougall, Diane Campeau, and Tim Poitras.

Learning History Through Participation – The KAIROS Blanket Exercise

By Connor Sarazin January 31, 2020ArticlesNo Comments

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…

Sharing an Indigenous point of view at KAIROS Blanket Exercise

By Connor Sarazin January 28, 2020ArticlesNo Comments

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…

"As part of its ongoing walk toward #reconciliation, @mhcc_ staffers took part in the @kairoscanada blanket exercise. Here's what that was like: https://ctt.ec/uA26_+

New understanding of Indigenous history inspires MHCC staff

By Connor Sarazin January 15, 2020ArticlesNo Comments

As twenty Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) staff members seated themselves in a circle in a small, windowless room, a sense of trepidation was in the air. While some…

Participants sitting in a circle during an exercise

Watershed church teaches Native American history through interactive workshop

By Connor Sarazin December 2, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

This article appeared in 9and10news.com on Nov. 19 and was authored by Brighid Driscoll. Native American culture and history is the stock of northern Michigan culture. Michigan’s First People came…

Spirited Reflection: The Blanket Speech- Leading forward in Reconciliation

By Connor Sarazin November 19, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

Janet Gray, hearty dedicated KAIROS collaborator in Victoria, BC, shared the following with us:“I just supported Amber Santarelli,a young Grade 12 First Nation student from Port Alberni, BC, in leading…

Sadie Anderson, Lorraine Bellegarde, and Tim Poitras bring the Blanket Exercise to Watson.

The Blanket Exercise delivers a powerful message

By Connor Sarazin November 7, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

Around twenty participants gathered at the Trinity United Church in Watson to participate in a mind-altering experience. Non-profit ecumenical organization KAIROS and the pastoral charge of the United Church brought…

Viewpoint with Rev. Natasha Pearen

By Connor Sarazin October 24, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

This article was published in Amherst News as an invitation to participate in a KBE at Trinity-St. Stephen’s United Church on Oct. 5. A reflection by Rev. Natasha Pearen. Have…

Kairos Blanket Exercise for Lakehead University

Blanket exercise taking steps toward reconciliation

By Connor Sarazin October 24, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

The KAIROS Blanket Exercise was held at Lakehead University to help guide Indigenous and non-Indigenous people through a shared history and continue toward reconciliation. Students and faculty at Lakehead University…