About Free Periods Canada

Free Periods Canada (FPC) is a non-profit organization that is on a mission to make menstrual health equitable in Canada. We work with various organizations in an effort to break taboos and end the stigma surrounding menstruation.

The Project

Since 2023, FPC has been offering an educational workshop called Menstrual Equity 101 (ME101). This program was designed for and implemented among youth service providers (e.g., teachers, counsellors, sexual health educators, peer educators, coaches etc.) across Canada to address menstrual stigma and period poverty, empowering individuals who engage with youth to incorporate menstrual equity into their everyday work. 

In continuing to expand on this programming, we wanted to ensure that our community was engaged in the “next steps.” A common suggestion from participants was the creation of a menstrual health workbook to support youth service providers in facilitating conversations about menstrual health more effectively. In response, we aim to develop this workbook in the form of a zine and distribute it widely among youth service providers, enhancing their ability to deliver comprehensive and accessible menstrual health education to the youth they serve. The zine will be co-designed with youth.

The graphic designer will work closely with our Education Coordinator, Qwisun Yoon-Potkins. 

The application form will be open till January 15, 2025. We will invite selected individuals to meet with our team for a brief interview and portfolio review. We plan to finalize the contract by the end of February. Design work will begin in early March, and must be completed by June.

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Who You Are

• You are a graphic designer who is passionate about menstrual justice and advocacy.
• You love using design as a way to express and make accessible complex concepts and terms.
• You have a strong understanding of and experience with Adobe Creative Cloud, particularly Illustrator and InDesign.
• You have the capacity to meet the collaboratively agreed-upon project deadlines.
• You are receptive to feedback and enjoy collaborative approaches to creating.

The Ask

• One initial mood board to be used when presenting the initial zine concept to youth.
• One updated mood board based on youth feedback.
• One initial draft (6 pages) to ensure alignment between the graphic designer and zine team (+ edits, if needed).
• One working draft, based on the initial draft (+ edits), is to be used when collecting feedback from youth about content and design.
• One finalized copy based on the content and design feedback from youth.

Interested?

Please submit your portfolio using this form. Please prepare to share rates, a short intro about yourself and your approach to design projects, and why you are passionate about menstrual equity initiatives.

If you have any questions, reach out to Qwisun at qwisun@freeperiods.ca.
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