Witness to Injustice: The KAIROS Blanket Exercise
Photo: This painting features an Onondaga Gustoweh (headgear) by Onondaga artist Josephine M. Cook for the Two Row Wampum Renewal Campaign. Posters can be purchased online. This article was…
Why this blanket exercise is now essential training for RCMP cadets
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:…
Blanket exercise coordinator educates non-Indigenous people about shared history of Canada
Susan Beaudin knows about the power of a blanket. The educator from Cowessess First Nation is a residential school survivor. She is also the KAIROS Blanket Exercise Coordinator for Saskatchewan.…
The KAIROS Blanket Exercise goes to Alaska
Interest in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE) is growing beyond Canada’s borders In late May I traveled to Anchorage, Alaska with Lillian Underwood, an Indigenous KBE trainer and facilitator based…
The KAIROS Blanket Exercise comes to Caledon
PHOTO: CI-BLANKET23 TORONTO, ON - NOVEMBER 23 - As part of its endeavour to get students to learn history from an indigenous perspective, the Toronto Catholic school board has introduced…
KAIROS Blanket Exercise at Totem Hall teaches reconciliation through participation
Aim is to bring learning tool to Squamish classrooms, says organizer How do you teach a painful history and keep hearts open? On Friday night the Squamish Multifaith Association, Squamish…
Tsawout hosts Saanich Peninsula community leaders at blanket ceremony
Watching blankets slowly disappear under the feet of Saanich Peninsula community leaders, who one-by-one leave a circle of people, one is struck by the symbolism. The blankets represent the land…
Reflecting on the blanket exercise
The KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE) is a tool developed in 1997 by KAIROS: Canadian Ecumenical Justice Initiatives in which participants learn about European colonization of Turtle Island (North America), the…
RCMP cadets at Depot Division in Regina will soon have a better understanding of Indigenous history in Canada
RCMP introducing Indigenous blanket exercise for all new cadets Photo: Sara Anderson (left), KAIROS Blanket Exercise Co-ordinator, leads a group of RCMP officers and staff through the blanket exercise. TROY…
KAIROS Blanket Exercise wrapped into RCMP cadet training
Training educates cadets on history and experience of Indigenous people Photo: RCMP Academy instructors take part in a blanket exercise in Regina this morning. These instructors will reproduce the exercise for…