Algonquin College Selected as Moose Hide Campaign Ambassador Campus

Posted on Tuesday, November 7th, 2023

Algonquin President and CEO Claude Brulé today announced that Algonquin College remains committed to creating awareness of gender-based violence after being recognized by the Moose Hide Campaign as an Ambassador Campus and creating safer campus communities.

“As the first school in Ottawa to be recognized as an official Ambassador Campus, we are resolute in taking action and raising awareness to address this issue across our campuses, community and the region,” said Brulé. “We have worked with the Moose Hide Campaign since 2017 and we are committed to the truth shared in the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls Inquiry Calls for Justice and moving towards reconciliation by embedding the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action into our institution.”

Algonquin College would also like to recognize the team working with the Moose Hide Campaign, led by Sarah Crawford, who serves as the Sexual Violence Prevention, Harm Reduction and Health Promotion Co-ordinator, in partnership with the Mamidosewin Centre.

By being selected as a Moose Hide Ambassador Campus, Algonquin College has recognized the need for safe post-secondary campuses and pledges to continue to provide secure spaces for its students and their communities. To mark its commitment, Omar Karim, National Director, from the Moose Hide Campaign presented Algonquin College with a commemorative plaque on September 11, 2023.“We have had a long-standing relationship with Algonquin College and are grateful to their institutions continued efforts to work along with the Campaign to end gender-based violence within their campus community”, says Omar Karim, National Director, Post-Secondary Engagement and Initiatives, Moose Hide Campaign.

Moose Hide Campaign Day shows how even simple actions speak louder than words,” says Raven Lacerte, Co-Founder of the Moose Hide Campaign “We wear a Moose Hide pin to show our determination to end violence against women and children. When we see more people wearing their pins, we hope for a better future. Moose Hide creates bonds among strangers and unites us all against violence.”

The Canada-wide Moose Hide Campaign, program that aims to:

  • Address the crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
  • Speak out about gender-based and domestic violence.
  • Promote cultural sensitivity, anti-racism and healthier masculinities.

Launched in 2011, the Moose Hide Campaign also supports the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Fact: Half of all women in Canada have experienced at least one incident of violence since the age of 16; the percentage is much higher for Indigenous women. 

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About Moose Hide Campaign

The Moose Hide Campaign is a grassroots movement of Indigenous and non-Indigenous men and boys who are standing up against violence towards women and children. A cornerstone of the Moose Hide Campaign is the moose hide pin. Wearing the moose hide pin signifies your commitment to honour, respect, and protect the women and children in your life and speak out against gender-based and domestic violence. National Moose Hide Campaign Day.

About Algonquin College

The mission of Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology is to transform hopes and dreams into lifelong success. Algonquin College, an Ontario public sector community college, does this by offering hands-on, digitally connected, experiential learning in more than 200 programs. Algonquin College is the largest polytechnic institute in Eastern Ontario, with campuses in Ottawa, Perth, Pembroke and AC Online.

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Sara-Lynne Levine
Communications Officer
613.614.1769
levines2@algonquincollege.com

Garry Snow
Director of Communications
Moose Hide Campaign
1.587.998.9088
communications@moosehidecampaign.ca


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