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Human Rights Bill "Pass Bill C-262 and C-337""KAIROS Canada joins Indigenous nations, organizations, and other human rights defenders in an urgent call to Parliamentarians to pass two critical bills that have been stalled in the Senate."

Stalling on Bills C-262 and C-337 undermines Canada’s democratic process, jeopardizes reconciliation and fails to protect human rights

By Connor Sarazin June 19, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

This Open Letter was first published on kairoscanada.org on June 17. 17 June 2019 Open Letter to Parliamentarians A unanimous motion of the 338-member House of Commons said that two bills currently…

Advocates continue to push for Indigenous rights bill as deadline looms

By Connor Sarazin June 18, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

Blog re-posted from kairoscanada.org A bill which would harmonize Canadian law with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) would need to restart its life in…

Hyperbole and misrepresentation must not prevent Senate passing Bill C-262

By Connor Sarazin June 12, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

This article was first published on kairoscanada.org on June 11. We are hopeful that in a matter of days the Senate will vote to adopt a private member’s bill that…

Urge the Opposition Leader to stop senate filibustering of Bill C-262!

By Connor Sarazin June 7, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

Bill C-262 is in trouble. On Wednesday, June 5, Senator Don Plett refused a motion from Senator Lillian Dyck to allow the Senate Committee to proceed with its scheduled review…

National MMIWG Inquiry Concludes. Today we commit to mourn, to listen, to accept, and to act. We entreat all Canadians to read the report, to commemorate the lost... 'collage of missing and murdered women and girls'

KAIROS attends closing ceremony of the National Inquiry into MMIWG

By Connor Sarazin June 3, 2019UncategorizedNo Comments

As today we participate in the closing ceremony of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, our hearts are heavy. Heavy with mourning for those who…

The outsider insider perspective- how a KBE changed me

By Connor Sarazin March 29, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

I am a settler in Canada and having immigrated from India about a year ago, I felt a longing need not just to belong here, but also to be able…

Why a blanket exercise made me disappointed, uncomfortable and angry

By Connor Sarazin March 1, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

Shining a harsh light on the impacts of colonization On a cloudy, fall afternoon at NAIT Main Campus, a circle of chairs are arranged around five patterned blankets laid flat…

Senpaqcin school uses KAIROS blanket exercise to explore systems of governance

By Connor Sarazin February 20, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

The intermediate students and teachers at Senpaqcin school recent hosted the KAIROS blanket exercise as part of their inquiry into how systems of governance shape the lives of people. The…

Blanket Exercise & Facilitator Training in PEI, May 2016

Communities coming together for Reconciliation

By Connor Sarazin February 19, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

Reflections on the Blanket Exercise On June 9th, 2018, Vancouver Monthly Meeting gathered with the Vancouver Unitarian community on unceded Musqueam and Coast Salish territory in a beautiful intergenerational Blanket…

Christians working on global issues can be a thankless job

By Connor Sarazin January 17, 2019ArticlesNo Comments

Finding pathways to truth and reconciliation has become the latest focus for Christian activists in Canada. The nation’s churches and church members have been active on social justice issues over…