Status of Women committee  Gosh, there are a lot of people we're not currently reaching. I think a lot of our work is by word of mouth, through presentations and through partnerships with labour. We absolutely need to do deeper work to get the word out there that we're here to support people. There are ton

Status of Women committee  To add on to it, one of the great things we've been able to do is to reach out to a number of band offices and a number of education departments so they can actually disseminate the product to whatever schools need it.

Status of Women committee  I know Veronica has done a lot more in regard to pain care and sending hot water bottles and that type of thing, so there's access to those basic pieces that we sometimes take for granted. We absolutely hear from folks that it is a limiting factor. I want to answer some of the o

Status of Women committee  Tansi, and good afternoon everyone. My name is Nicole White, and I’m honoured to be speaking to you from Treaty 6 territory. I am the founder of Moon Time Sisters, which is a flagship project of True North Aid. I’m joined today by Veronica Brown.

Status of Women committee  In 2017, I learned that it was common for indigenous students to miss school due to a lack of access to menstrual products. From a simple donation of pads, Moon Time Sisters, or MTS, was born. It has since evolved into an indigenous-led national organization working towards perio

Status of Women committee  Thousands of indigenous menstruators from coast to coast to coast are struggling. While we’re tremendously proud of our growth and the amount of support we’ve been able to provide in our few short years as an organization, we’re also deeply concerned by what it means: that the