News – Page 5 – Kairos Blanket Exercise

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…

Participants on a blanket during a Guatemalan KBE

Blanket Exercise bridges the Indigenous, non-Indigenous gap

By Connor Sarazin October 22, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

A couple of weeks ago, on an overcast Sunday afternoon, some 35 non-Indigenous friends and strangers gathered in the basement of Hudson’s Wyman Memorial United Church to take part in an activity…

Indigenous still waiting for vows to turn into action

By Connor Sarazin October 22, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

Chrystal Désilets likes to remain hopeful when she hears promises flow from the mouths of would-be MPs on the campaign trail. But too often, particularly surrounding Indigenous issues, it becomes…

Cariboo region hosts eight Blanket Exercises in eight months

By Connor Sarazin October 22, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

The Cariboo Region is pleased to have hosted eight KAIROS Blanket Exercise sessions for provincial government staff in Williams Lake, Quesnel and 100 Mile House over the past eight months.…

The Town of Okotoks has developed an acknowledgment of the Treaty 7 traditional territories, following a KAIROS Blanket Exercise. Brent Calver/Western Wheel

Town of Okotoks to acknowledge traditional territories

By Connor Sarazin July 31, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

The acknowledgement of Treaty 7 peoples comes from reconciliation recommendations made after the Town participated in a KAIROS Blanket Ceremony on June 27.

Megan Ellis, Indigenous Program Coordinator, has been leading the KAIROS Blanket Exercise with groups of staff from The Ottawa Hospital. She wears her red sash to show her Métis heritage.

Blanket Exercise boosts staff awareness about colonization effects on Indigenous patients

By Connor Sarazin July 23, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

It moves some to tears. Others are shocked, yet hopeful. Anger, guilt and shame can also come with the heightened awareness hospital staff members have after taking part in the…

Reflexión: Loque significa caminar en tierra robada; una reflexión sobre el ejercicio de mantas de KAIROS

By Connor Sarazin July 22, 2019UncategorizedNo Comments

Como hija de inmigrantes nicaragüenses, no soy ajena a las historias de dictaduras respaldadas por los Estados Unidos y tampoco sus masacres. Las historias contadas durante el ejercicio de mantas…

Spirited Reflection: What it means to walk on stolen land

By Connor Sarazin July 22, 2019UncategorizedNo Comments

The Guatemalan KAIROS Blanket Exercise (adapted from the Canadian version) was recently held in Toronto. Two others have commented on the impact of the exercise— one as a settler, one…