“Were These Gays Trying to Murder Me?”: Tish Weinstock Hits the Slopes With Canada Goose

Last weekend, to celebrate the launch of Haider Ackermann’s Fall/Winter 2025 collaboration with Canada Goose, the brand hosted a cabal of artists, actors, and adventurers for a snowy, four-day expedition in Manitoba. Among the lucky few in attendance was model, writer, and goth icon Tish Weinstock, whose own style trends more jet black than wintry white. Naturally, we wanted to see how she’d fare up north, so we asked Weinstock to document her time on the slopes for us. “Serving well-insulated, arctic realness,” she writes below. “The closest I’ve ever got to looking sporty.”

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We arrived in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada AKA the polar bear capital of the world, at around 1.30 in the morning, in what felt like a scene from White Lotus. Were these gays trying to murder me? A group of 15 creatives (some strangers, some acquaintances) from all over the world, curated by Canada Goose’s creative director extraordinaire, Haider Ackermann. Actors, artists, designers, directors, adventurers, the hot guy from Boots, and then me, someone who is still trying to figure out an appropriate job title.

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 After arriving at our hotel, we went straight to our rooms, where we were greeted by our Snow Goose by Canada Goose bounty. Serving well-insulated, arctic realness – the closest I’ve ever got to looking sporty.

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 The next morning, we took part in a smudging ceremony and learnt about the rich indigenous history of the land that we would be exploring over the next couple of days.

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Snow Goose campaign star D’Pharaoh giving us a lesson in hi-tech outerwear steez.

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 Then it was off to our tundra buggy, which was like this giant Robot Wars vehicle that drove us through the magical, almost extra-terrestrial frozen terrain in search of some polar bear action.

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The maestro getting his content.

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With barely any food on the land and without many females around to mate with, the male polar bears spend their time playfighting with each other in what can only be described as a homoerotic tussle. It felt very Brokeback Mountain.

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After a long day out in our tundra, we arrived at the tundra lodge, where we were basically sleeping in one giant dorm. As you might imagine, hijinks ensued.

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That night, we were treated to a fabulous dinner (lots of yummy arctic char) while polar bears padfooted around us, coming up to the lodge for the odd sniff.

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Then it was off to the ice disco where we danced and giggled all night in our frozen whites.

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 She’s shy.

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The next day, we went back out to see some more bears before a spot of snowshoeing and sleigh riding.

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This is Dog Dave, who looks after all the sleigh dogs.

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Some of the braver among us even went for a dip in the sauna, while the rest stayed by the mulled wine bar. You can probably guess which one I did.

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That night, we ate dinner in this amazing snow globe structure in the middle of the woods, which was so fabulous and completely out of this world.

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 The final surprise of the night was a trip to the town’s bowling alley, where we all took turns to show off our bowling skills, only mine were nonexistent. So I just stuck to taking pictures of everyone, which suited me fine.

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 Lou being very Lou.

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And then it was one last group picture before heading back home to reality.

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