Every February resonant marches unfold across Canada, especially on and around Valentine’s Day, as First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people come together to address the profound issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit plus...
For the community of Inuvik in the Northwest Territories, Moose Hide Campaign Day was heavy yet powerful. At the beginning of May, an LGBTQIA2S+ man from a community near Inuvik went missing. After endless searching, he has still not been found. ...
Rutland Middle School staff and students describe their Walk to End Violence on Moosehide Campaign Day with one simple word: goosebumps. The school is in Kelowna, B.C., with a population of 500 students. Approximately 150 of those are Indigenous students. On Moose...
Cathy Lindsay believes in the power of inclusiveness to create real change.Lindsay is an Elder from Kenora, Ontario, who will be speaking at the Ne-Chee FriendshipCentre’s Moose Hide Campaign Day event on May 11. She recalls an event with a sharing circle years ago....
Dominic Paul remembers the first time he fasted from dawn to dusk. It was part of the Moose Hide Campaign Day Fast to End Violence almost a decade ago. The campaign was just getting off the ground, and there were only a dozen or so participants at the event in...
Brandi Morin is a storyteller, a survivor and a passionate advocate for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-spirit people. As the keynote speaker for Moose Hide Campaign Day, she envisions a future where violence against Indigenous women and girls is...
The mission of the Moose Hide Campaign is to spread a simple message: together, we can end gender-based violence. The energy of the campaign comes from individuals and organizations helping spread this message, whether that’s through social media, conversations with...
Community Champions support the Moose Hide Campaign Day by organizing local events and taking an active role in ending gender-based violence in their community. HOST A KIOSK Hosting a kiosk is one of the most effective ways to raise awareness about the Moose Hide...
Natasha Rainkie’s aspiration to become an Indigenous educator started in elementary school. When she was called over the intercom to go to the ‘Indigenous room’—where non-Indigenous teachers taught about Indigenous culture —her face would grow red in...
The heart of the Moose Hide Campaign is the pin – a small square of moose hide that we offer as a medicine for a social illness impacting all Canadians – namely domestic and gender-based violence against women and children, and particularly indigenous...
