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An idea to help people access facemasks in remote First Nations communities is now evolving to show support for Ukraine.

A thoughtful and thought-provoking gift for students of the St Clair Catholic District School Board. Three-ply face masks featuring authentic Indigenous artwork have been distributed to elementary students in the English Catholic Board. Some of the masks were presented to the board by Steve Tooshkenig, a member of the Bkejwanong Territory and Tyson Wesley, owner of IndigenousFaceMasks.ca. The board purchased more masks to hand out as well. “We are honoured by this generous gift,” says Deb Crawford, Director of Education.  “Through the artistic images imprinted on them, the masks are be...

The masks feature a turtle that carries the four colours of the medicine wheel. "We were overwhelmed, it was such a beautiful gesture coming from them. They reached out to us, we didn't reach out to them," she said. When Tyson Wesley started the Indigenous Face Masks, he said he didn’t expect such a huge response from all across the country. In October, Wesley, who’s from Kashechewan First Nation, launched the business selling face masks with Indigenous art. For every mask a customer buys, he sends the same style mask to a child or youth in Indigenous communities.