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

Developed in collaboration with Indigenous Elders, Knowledge Keepers and educators, the KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE) is an interactive, experiential teaching tool that explores the historic and contemporary relationships 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 roles of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. You will be 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.

This event complements our One Book, One Ptbo community read, Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice. For related events, please see One Book, One Ptbo.