Please register below and come prepared to pay $20 for those who are able. All are welcome and payment should not be a barrier to participation. Indigenous participants are not asked to contribute financially and are welcome. Registrations are now closed.

More about these Events:

Thursday, March 2 - This event is open to Community Leaders of all sorts, Municipal Leaders, Non-Profit Leadership, Pastors and Church Leaders. We desire that learning together would make us stronger together for the sake of all of the Okanagan regions we serve. Please plan to join us for a meal together at the conclusion of the workshop.

Friday, March 3 - Designed for Salvation Army Staff and Volunteers as a way of promoting learning together as a team. If you cannot attend the other events and would like to experience this exercise, please contact us, and we can likely accommodate you in this time slot as well.

Saturday, March 4- Open to the Public. All are welcome, though spots are limited so reserve your seat asap. A meal will be provided, please plan to stay for that as well.

About the 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 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 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.

Want to learn more, watch this video.