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Participants pass a speaking stone as they introduce themselves and why they are at the blanket ceremony. (Steven Heywood/News Staff)

Tsawout hosts Saanich Peninsula community leaders at blanket ceremony

By Connor Sarazin April 23, 2018ArticlesNo Comments

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

By Connor Sarazin February 26, 2018ArticlesNo Comments

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

By Connor Sarazin December 5, 2017ArticlesNo Comments

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

By Connor Sarazin December 5, 2017ArticlesNo Comments

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…

Photo: In the blanket exercise, blankets represent land belonging to Indigenous people prior to contact. As the game goes on, the blankets become smaller, with large distances between them.

Faith-based group commits to reconciling with Indigenous people

By Connor Sarazin October 22, 2017ArticlesNo Comments

Photo: In the blanket exercise, blankets represent land belonging to Indigenous people prior to contact. As the game goes on, the blankets become smaller, with large distances between them. Listen to…

KAIROS Blanket Exercise: Learning Canada’s Dark History

By Connor Sarazin September 20, 2017ArticlesNo Comments

Tansi Nîtôtemtik, In light of the TRC Calls to Action, in particular number 28, which calls upon law schools in Canada to inform their students of the history and legacy…

The KAIROS Kitchi Blanket Exercise on Sept. 13, 2017 at East Lynn Park. PHOTO: Josh Sherman

‘There’s a reason that truth comes before reconciliation’

By Connor Sarazin September 18, 2017ArticlesNo Comments

“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

By Connor Sarazin September 8, 2017ArticlesNo Comments

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

By Jennifer Dany Aube July 28, 2017ArticlesNo Comments

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…

KAIROS Blanket Exercise at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Southampton on June 21, 2017.

The history of Indigenous Peoples as told through blankets

By Connor Sarazin July 17, 2017ArticlesNo Comments

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…