Fostering Open eXpression among Youth [FOXY]

Fostering Open eXpression Among Youth (FOXY) is an organization with the mission to bring non-Indigenous and Indigenous young women together in Northern Canada to have open conversations about sexual health, relationships and sexuality. They are located in the Territories of Canada and focus their programming towards all young women in the North to provide them with resources and conversations that will allow them to make decisions about their lives, bodies and sexuality.

February 14th Annual Women’s Memorial March

Since 1991, the Women’s Memorial March has been held on Valentine’s Day each year in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Coast Salish Territories. As their website states, the purpose of the March is “to honour the memory of all women from the Downtown Eastside who have died due to physical, mental, emotional and spiritual violence in any form.” 

Indigenous Peoples Solidarity Movement: Ottawa (IPSMO)

IPSMO is “a grassroots organization that directly supports Indigenous peoples in diverse struggles for justice. We also work within communities to challenge the lies and half-truths about Indigenous peoples and colonization that dominate Canadian society.” The organization, which is a working group of OPIRG Ottawa, is open to both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, and focuses on local and regional campaigns.

Idle No More

Idle No More (INM) is an ongoing Indigenous-lead social movement that began in December 2012. The Idle No More manifesto states:

Idle No More calls on all people to join in a peaceful revolution, to honour Indigenous sovereignty, and to protect the land and water.

Mother Earth Water Walk

The Mother Earth Water Walks are annual walks lead by Anishinaabe Grandmothers. The walks, started by Josephine Mandamin in 2003, are yearly spiritual celebrations of water. Indigenous women and men, along with allies, walk around an entire body of water, all the while praying for the water, celebrating water, and raising awareness around water issues.

Walking With Our Sisters

Walking With Our Sisters in a commemorative art installation for missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada. The website states:

It is estimated that 600+ native women in Canada have gone missing or have been murdered in the last 20 years. Many have vanished without a trace with little to no concern paid by the media, the general public or politicians. This is a travesty of justice.