Resource person: Leigh Sanger

Location: 2025 Outdoor Theatre (Group Camp - All Campground (99 people), Common Areas) | 29924 Highway 60, Whitney, ON, K0J2M0

Description:

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Kairos Blanket Exercise

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 2 to 3-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.

~https://www.kairosblanketexercise.org/programs/

Prerequisites: Respect for Indigenous ways of living and being.

Tags: Health & Wellbeing

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