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 "The Ins and Outs of Creating an App")
It was one idea, and many months later we created a period tracking app!
It was the summer of my grade 11 year, when I learned about youth...
15 September 2022
 "Why I Joined The Period Purse as a Chapter Leader")
On my way to work one morning, I was listening to “Metro Morning” on CBC Radio and heard Jana Girdauskas being interviewed about The Pe...
20 June 2022
 "Why I Finally Downloaded a Period App")
I’m a privacy professional and until recently, I kept track of my period in my iPhone’s Notes app because I don’t want my data be...
11 May 2022
 "Periods Need to be Inclusive")
Menstruation is experienced by over half of the Canadian population, yet the conversation around periods can still be seemingly uncomfortable or &l...
26 April 2022
 "Bloody Great Run - How to be a Team Captain")
An interview of Caitlin McKay by Jannie Nheng
Blood Great Run (GRB) is our annual May fundraiser to honour Menstrual Health Day (MH Day on May 28t...
2 April 2022
 "All Genders Can Help Change Period Stigma Too")
Photo credit: Vulvania
Why I joined The Period Purse.
I have long been passionate about sexual health and reproductive freedom and have vol...
20 February 2022
 "How To Run A Mini Drive")
Want to run a mini drive? Congratulations, you have already done the hardest part. A mini drive might look like bringing together your friends and ...
17 January 2022
 "Introducing The Collective")
The Collective: a group of generous people who believe that everyone should have a healthy period.
$15 is all that it takes to bring someone...
3 October 2021
 "Superior-Greenstone District School Board Partnership")
Achieve menstrual equity by providing free menstrual products, and to reduce the stigma surrounding periods - this has been the mission at The Peri...
4 September 2021
 "Goodbye Purses")
It all started with one purse, helping one person. It was a beautiful thing and it blossomed into something so much bigger than we could imagine.&n...
8 August 2021
15 September 2022
It was one idea, and many months later we created a period tracking app!
It was the summer of my grade 11 year, when I learned about youth participation with The Period Purse (TPP )- it wa...
20 June 2022
On my way to work one morning, I was listening to “Metro Morning” on CBC Radio and heard Jana Girdauskas being interviewed about The Period Purse. This was the first time I heard about ...
11 May 2022
I’m a privacy professional and until recently, I kept track of my period in my iPhone’s Notes app because I don’t want my data being shared with anyone else or used for advertisin...
26 April 2022
Menstruation is experienced by over half of the Canadian population, yet the conversation around periods can still be seemingly uncomfortable or “inappropriate” depending on who you tal...
2 April 2022
An interview of Caitlin McKay by Jannie Nheng
Blood Great Run (GRB) is our annual May fundraiser to honour Menstrual Health Day (MH Day on May 28th). It is an event for like minded individuals to ...
20 February 2022
Photo credit: Vulvania
Why I joined The Period Purse.
I have long been passionate about sexual health and reproductive freedom and have volunteered in varying capacities - from public healt...
17 January 2022
Want to run a mini drive? Congratulations, you have already done the hardest part. A mini drive might look like bringing together your friends and colleagues to collect period products, or maybe yo...
3 October 2021
The Collective: a group of generous people who believe that everyone should have a healthy period.
$15 is all that it takes to bring someone a healthy period. $15 is a couple of lattes. One ...
4 September 2021
Achieve menstrual equity by providing free menstrual products, and to reduce the stigma surrounding periods - this has been the mission at The Period Purse (TPP) and we continue to honour it. We ar...
8 August 2021
It all started with one purse, helping one person. It was a beautiful thing and it blossomed into something so much bigger than we could imagine.
A wise person once told me, “the only ...
