Menstrual Health Day | The Period Purse

Initiated by German non-profit WASH United in 2014, Menstrual Hygiene Day* (MH Day) is a global day of action with more than 830 partner organizations working together to catalyze awareness and action towards a world without period poverty and stigma. The date of 28 May represents the menstrual cycle (average duration of 28 days, with on average 5 days of bleeding).

*here at The Period Purse, we use the term “health” instead of hygiene to encompass our education around periods, the fight for period equity, and advocacy of policy change, but in alliance we are united in calling it MH Day.

#MHDay2023

Menstrual Hygiene Day May 28 | The Period Purse

2023 Lite It Up

May 28th, unless noted otherwise


LITE IT UP RED

ALBERTA

  • Calgary Tower
  • Calgary Reconciliation Bridge
  • Edmonton: High Level Bridge


BRITISH COLUMBIA

  • Vancouver: BC Place (Northern Lights)
  • Victoria: Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
  • Victoria City Hall
  • Victoria Street Bridge
  • White Rock Pier
  • Harbour Centre, Vancouver
  • Vancouver Convention Centre


MANITOBA

  • Winnipeg:  Canada Life Building

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

  • St John's City Hall


NEW BRUNSWICK

  • Moncton: Downing Street + Downtown Place
  • Moncton:  CN Subway
  • Moncton:  Avenir Centre


NOVA SCOTIA

  • Halifax: Peggy's Cove
     

ONTARIO

  • Brampton City Hall Clock Tower  
  • Burlington: Brant Street Pier 
  • Hamilton City Hall and Sign
  • London: Canada Life Building
  • London City Hall (May 27-28)
  • London: RBC Place London (May 27-28)
  • Mississauga Civic Centre Clock Tower (8pmEST)
  • Niagara Falls (10:00- 10:305pmEST Live cam)
  • Toronto: CN Tower  
  • Toronto Canada Life Building
  • Windsor:  The Peace Bridge

ONTARIO

  • Oakville:  Town Hall
  • Kingston:  City Hall and Market Hall
  • Sault Ste. Marie:  City sign
     

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND

  • Charlottetown:  City Hall


QUEBEC

  • Montreal Park Tower
     

SASKATCHEWAN

  • Saskatoon SaskTel Centre

FLAGS RAISED

Flags Raised Toronto | Menstrual Hygiene Day | The Period Purse

Victoria British Columbia

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

PROCLAMATIONS ANNOUNCED

John Tory Proclamation | Menstrual Hygiene Day | The Period Purse

 

St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Brampton, Ontario

Burlington, Ontario

Victoria, British Columbia

Trail, British Columbia

Halifax, Nova Scotia

Ajax, Ontario

Clarington, Ontario

Oshawa, Ontario

Pickering, Ontario

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario

 

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.

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