Indigenous-led participatory learning

KAIROS
Blanket
Exercise

Learning through experience

Walk through history. Reflect on our shared future.

The KAIROS Blanket Exercise is a powerful, Indigenous-led learning experience that helps participants deepen their understanding of the historical and ongoing impacts of colonization on Indigenous Peoples.

Through an interactive workshop, participants explore key moments in history—including pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization and Indigenous resistance—while reflecting on reconciliation and our shared future.

Available in person and virtually, the exercise can be accessed by communities, organizations, schools, faith groups and workplaces across Canada. Every exercise is led by certified facilitators trained by Indigenous Instructors, helping the experience honour Indigenous knowledge, traditions and perspectives.

The journey

Pre-contactTreaty-makingColonizationIndigenous resistanceShared future

A facilitator leads a KAIROS Blanket Exercise with participants gathered in a circle

Facilitators and partners expand access to reconciliation education while honouring Indigenous leadership and local protocols.

Partners and facilitators

Carry the learning into your community.

The KBE network brings together Indigenous consultants, organizations, businesses, communities and facilitation teams committed to delivering the exercise in a good way.

Become a KBE Partner

Partners help expand access to reconciliation education across Turtle Island and beyond. Partnership provides access to facilitator training, the materials required to deliver the exercise, ongoing support and a network committed to honouring Indigenous leadership and local protocols.

Ask about partnership

Become a KBE Facilitator

Facilitator training prepares people to lead meaningful conversations about reconciliation with care, integrity and respect for Indigenous histories, perspectives and protocols. Indigenous-led training equips facilitators with the knowledge and skills needed to guide the experience.

Facilitators work as part of a team of two or more people and through a KBE program partner.

Ask about facilitator training

Bring the experience to your community

Host a KAIROS Blanket Exercise.

Invite your organization, school, faith community or workplace into an Indigenous-led learning experience grounded in history, relationship and responsibility.

Contact the KBE team

Learn more about the exercise, find resources and connect with the national KBE network.