RECONCILIATION Please join us for an evening of Canada’s history from the perspective of the Indigenous people KAIROS Blanket Exercise: Participants step onto blankets representing the land, and into the role of First Nations, Inuit and later Métis peoples. Facilitators read the script and assume the role of European explorers and settlers. The exercise builds awareness and understand- ing of our shared history as Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada by having participants literally walk through situations that include pre-contact, treaty-making, coloniza- tion and resistance. Exercise is followed by a Talking Circle led by an Indigenous Elder. For more information, visit: www.kairosblanketexercise.org Wednesday, May 16, 6:30pm-9pm at Mimico Baptist Church www.mimicobaptist.ca 416-251-2855 [email protected] Let us know if you would like to attend
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RECONCILIATIONPlease join us for an evening of
Canada’s historyfrom the perspective of the Indigenous people
KAIROS Blanket Exercise: Participants step onto blankets representing the land, and into the role of First Nations, Inuit and later Métis peoples. Facilitators read the script and assume the role of European explorers and settlers. The exercise builds awareness and understand-ing of our shared history as Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada by having participants literally walk through situations that include pre-contact, treaty-making, coloniza-tion and resistance. Exercise is followed by a Talking Circle led by an Indigenous Elder.
For more information, visit: www.kairosblanketexercise.org
Wednesday, May 16, 6:30pm-9pm at Mimico Baptist Church
www.mimicobaptist.ca 416-251-2855 [email protected] us know if you would like to attend
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