Knowing our place: the KAIROS Blanket Exercise
Participants partake in the Blanket Exercise, a workshop that delves into the effects of colonization. Photo by KAIROS Canada Thirty adults are gathered in a large sunny room. We stand…
Understanding reconciliation with the KAIROS Blanket Exercise
On an early spring day, dozens of students, faculty and other members of the University of Toronto law school community who have gathered in Rowell Room in Flavelle House listen…
Blanket Exercise uncovers deep injustices in Canadian history
The report issued by Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission in June 2015 on abuse of aboriginal children in church-run residential schools included a call for non-aboriginal Canadians to learn about…
Blanket Exercise in Ponoka highlights colonialism effects
More than 30 people took part in a KAIROS Blanket Exercise March 18 at Ponoka Elementary School. The experiential tool was hosted by Ponoka Parent Link Centre and the Ponoka…
Blanket exercise opening eyes and minds
Photo: Around 40 community members took in the Blanket Exercise that was hosted by Wetaskiwin ParentLink and facilitated by Roy and Judy Louis at By-The-Lake Park Feb. 25. The exercise,…
My experience of The Blanket Exercise
I never thought that the name 'The blanket exercise' gave the activity the justice it deserves, although this is how the activity was created and is commonly known. It is…
More than a blanket term
Photo: Students and teachers in the UTS gym during the Blanket Exercise. The Blanket Exercise, devised by Kairos Canada, is an immersive simulation experience centered on the historical changes that…
Graduate students at the University of Guelph partake in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise
A glimpse into the effects of the University of Guelph Aboriginal Initiative Last March, the University of Guelph announced it would be hiring five new Aboriginal professors and increase financial…
Graduate students at the University of Guelph partake in the KAIROS Blanket Exercise
A glimpse into the effects of the University of Guelph Aboriginal Initiative Last March, the University of Guelph announced it would be hiring five new Aboriginal professors and increase financial…
KAIROS Blanket Exercise Project with the Mary Ward Centre and Toronto Catholic District School Board
KAIROS, the Mary Ward Centre and the Toronto Catholic District School Board launched a collaborative project in October 2016 to bring the KAIROS Blanket Exercise to elementary and secondary school…