A Menstrual Cup Changed My Life
It was 2002, I was 21 years old flipping through a magazine when I saw an ad for a menstrual cup. A menstrual cup? No more pads and tampons? I neve...
21 February 2021
Giving Tuesday, Give the Gift of a "Period Present"
The holidays are looking different this year for all of us. To keep one another safe, many of us will have to spend the season apart. But that&...
29 November 2020
Virtual Learning about Periods
Part of our mission at The Period Purse (TPP) is to reduce the stigma surrounding periods through public education and advocacy. Through educatio...
21 November 2020
Finding New Ways to Deliver Healthy Periods
At The Period Purse, we're striving to provide as many people as possible with safe, healthy periods. Every bag of period products we collect...
20 October 2020
Menstruation Nation for Universities and Colleges
Are you a college or university student passionate about making a difference for people who menstruate in your community? Starting a Menstruation...
9 September 2020

We respectfully acknowledge the land we live and work on is the traditional territory of many nations including the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinabewaki, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Mississauga, and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit.