‘There’s a reason that truth comes before reconciliation’
“You will now be placed on reserves,” Siobhan Rowan told the evening crowd assembled in East Lynn Park on Wednesday, Sept. 13, for Ward 32’s first ever Kitchi Blanket Exercise.…
‘Blanket Exercise’ helps Regina Public Schools work toward reconciliation in the classroom
Role-playing activity helps participants learn about everything from treaties to residential schools Photo: Teachers at George Lee School in Regina, Sask., participate in The Blanket Exercise on Aug. 29. (Shelly Reed/Twitter)…
How a blanket exercise can be used to teach Indigenous issues
Andrew Nichols talk to Sara Anderson about how a blanket exercise can help teach people in a visual and interactive way about colonialism in Canada and the Indigenous perspective. Listen…
The history of Indigenous Peoples as told through blankets
The history of Indigenous peoples on the northern part of Turtle Island, what is now known as Canada, was told through a Kairo Blanket Exercise at St. Paul’s Anglican Church…
Spirited Reflection: Another session of the KAIROS Blanket Exercise
It’s over. The Narrator has finished speaking. The room falls quiet. The few participants, still standing, glance at each other. The Narrator then asks everyone to think back to what…
By the end of May these youth will have shared the Blanket Exercise 29 times to over 1000 people in Saskatchewan
Although he is just finishing his Grade 12 education, Michael Cardinal is already teaching five centuries of Indigenous history. “Assimilation, residential schools, the 60s scoop, Canada’s history,” said Cardinal. Cardinal…
KAIROS Blanket Exercise bridges cultural gaps between First Nations and Alberta RCMP
'It's going to help me to be more attentive to what the Native people have gone through.' Photo: RCMP members from Alberta take part in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise in…
Discomfort, ‘real feelings’ felt by Yellowknifers during exercise about history of Indigenous North Americans
'Blanket exercise' represents Aboriginal people being separated from their original home and traditions Peter Workman is determined to learn — even if it makes him feel uncomfortable. "I'm part of…
An exercise in understanding: the KAIROS Blanket Exercise
The floor of Wallace Hall is criss-crossed with colourful blankets. Participants move from blanket to blanket, greeting each other quietly, occasionally trading items – a cornhusk doll for a braid…
“These Blankets Hold History”
In March, I had the privilege of spending two and a half weeks in Alberta and Saskatchewan sharing the KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE) with various organizations and communities who were…