Yes, so in 2016, as I stated, it was the women of the North Point Douglas Women's Centre who invited us into their sacred space. They prepared a meal for us, and it was not lost on the men the sacred gesture of, in some ways, forgiveness that the women were doing for us, giving us this safe space to heal. Through word of mouth indigenous and non-indigenous local men from the community, and now men from across the city, started to attend. We smudge, sing, share, laugh and cry. Men are taught not to say, “I love you,” not to ask for help and not to feel their feelings. We do all of that. We work on ourselves to be better men, and then we take that out into the community to be helpers and warriors and support people, and we take our instruction from the women.
On April 9th, 2024. See this statement in context.