United Church Participates in 15th Moose Hide Campaign Day – The United Church of Canada

May 20, 2026

The 15th Moose Hide Campaign Day was held across the country on May 14, 2026—deliberately close to Mother’s Day. The campaign draws attention to the need to address violence against women, girls, and members of the 2S and LGBTQIA+ community. For the first time the primary national event, which originated in British Columbia, was held in Toronto. Following a sunrise ceremony and sacred fire lighting at the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, guests attended a moving and informative Opening Plenary and Fasting Workshop at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Paul Lacerte, who cofounded the campaign with his daughter, Raven, explained how the idea for the campaign emerged from a period of fasting followed by a moose hunt. Attending a National Native Women’s organization meeting about violence against women, Lacerte was astonished to find himself one of only four men present among some 350 people. He saw a need to call men to take up responsibility for addressing what he described as an epidemic of violence, especially intimate partner and close family member violence, in Canada. While the campaign’s growth—from a father-daughter conversation to events across Canada engaging over 350,000 participants—is inspiring, the ongoing high incidence of violence remains a sobering reality.

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