Virtual Kairos Blanket Exercise

Shared Path is pleased to be able to offer our members a chance to participate in the popular KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE). You may have heard KBE referenced in one of our webinars or other discussions; participants have reported that this powerful exercise impacted them both intellectually and emotionally. We will be offering a virtual session with room for 40 participants. 

Registration will be open to Shared Path members only until April 15th, after which it will be open to public registration.

Registration fees are $30 for Shared Path members and $50 for guests.

Additional Information

The KAIROS Blanket Exercise (KBE) is an experiential teaching tool based on participatory popular education methodology that explores the historic and contemporary relationship between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in the land we now know as Canada. Created in 1997 by the Aboriginal Rights Coalition (ARC), a precursor to KAIROS, the KBE was initially meant to introduce Canadians to the major themes and findings of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples (RCAP). The Coalition brought together Elders and knowledge Keepers, Indigenous educators, and allies who wanted to make sure that RCAP and its recommendations were not shelved and forgotten. The KBE is built on the foundation of these long standing, collaborative initiatives and relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. It aims to raise awareness of continuing injustices and the impacts of colonization, and to promote further learning. For over two decades, ARC and now KAIROS have guided the ongoing development of the KBE with the leadership of Elders and Indigenous facilitators across this land.

The virtual KAIROS Blanket Exercise (vKBE) is a 2.5 to 3-hour live-streamed, ZOOM based, interactive presentation that is based on the KBE and built around a PowerPoint presentation with embedded images and videos. It is delivered by an Indigenous-led team of 3 facilitators. Participants interact by reading scrolls, using the chat feature, and changing their virtual backgrounds in response to cues in the script. Participant safety is key and the vKBE includes features aimed at monitoring and supporting participants during the experience. The vKBE begins with an hour-long participatory activity that is always followed by a virtual talking circle.