Kairos Blanket Exercise

Youth and young adults ages 14 to 25 are invited to join me in the Great Hall at Christ Church Cathedral on Saturday, Nov. 12 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for a Youth KAIROS Blanket Exercise and Learning Circle.  

Registration is required for all participants by Nov. 6. We will provide snacks, drinks and lunch.

We must have at least 15 youth or young adults registered to participate and up to a maximum of 50.

A bit of background from Kairos:

Developed in collaboration with Indigenous Elders, Knowledge Keepers and educators, the KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE) is an interactive and experiential teaching tool that explores the historic and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in the land we now know as Canada.

During this two to three-hour workshop, participants step on blankets representing the land and into the role of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. They are guided by trained facilitators, including Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers, who work from a script that covers pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization, resistance and much more. Participants read scrolls and respond to cues in the script. The KBE concludes with a debriefing, conducted as a talking circle, during which participants discuss the learning experience, process their feelings, ask questions, share insights, and deepen their understanding.

For more information and to register for this event, please email Donna at [email protected]

For more information about the KAIROS Blanket Exercise 

https://www.kairoscanada.org/what-we-do/indigenous-rights/blanket-exercise

https://www.kairosblanketexercise.org/who-should-do-the-kbe/

We are so thankful to the ‘Say Yes to Kids’ campaign of the Anglican Foundation of Canada for their generous funding of this event.

Youth Internship Program (YIP)

Watch this space next month to be introduced to our 12 new interns and  for some pictures of the ‘Welcome to YIP” gathering held Saturday Oct. 1 when our 12 new interns met each other, the Faith Formation Team and some of our amazing Leadership session facilitators.