Great Plains College is hosting a Kairos Blanket Exercise on June 2, 2025. This event is free and open to the community.
The Blanket Exercise is based on using Indigenous methodologies and the goal is to build understanding about our shared history as Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada by walking through pre-contact, treaty-making, colonization and resistance. Everyone is actively involved as they step onto blankets that represent the land, and into the role of First Nations, Inuit and later Métis peoples. By engaging on an emotional and intellectual level, the Blanket Exercise effectively educates and increases empathy.
Elder Sylvia Thorburn will be present to guide and share with the group throughout this exercise.
To attend, please contact Bula at 306-774-6042 or Jody at 306-774-9265
Thank you to event sponsors, Sask Culture, Southwest Municipal Association, Sask Lotteries, Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan, and Southwest Saskatchewan Immigration Partnership