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Here are some tips for taking care of yourself during the COVID-19 crisis, through the framework we use in our Next Gen Men youth programs. Hear from experts in our NGM network, like our friends at Movember Canada, the YEG Wellness Collective, and Toronto-based psychotherapist Alex Cameron.
Read MoreI knew him since before we were teenagers, but it wasn’t until we were young adults that I ever knew him to go to the doctor. It was an immediate surgery for a ruptured appendix.
Read MoreWe all have a lot to do in terms of recognizing the ways the structure of the education system benefits those with privilege. This talk is a place to start.
Read MoreI’m thinking about how to make International Women’s Day about recognizing female role models in boys’ lives, and helping build boys’ awareness of their achievements within a context of different forms of sexism, both historical and ongoing.
Read More"You love California," I said. You love your friends and it might be hard to find the same level of connection you've built over the last few years, I didn't say.
Read MoreI’m wondering what might come out of conversations about how our schools can promote non-hierarchical peer relations.
Read MoreAfter “living as a white, Midwestern woman for fifty years and ten months”, Carl transitioned in 2017, eight months before the #MeToo movement unfurled, a time when “white male supremacists occupy the White House” and the many horrors of modern masculinity were finally starting to be examined in the light of day.
Read MoreThis poem was included in a piece created by a theatre teacher in the Bronx named Sentell Harper—a performance that remains one of the most powerful reflections on Black boyhood that I have ever seen.
Read MoreI think it’s a missed opportunity to skirt around the sexual assault case when talking about Kobe with adolescent boys, because it creates a space to challenge the Trump-era notion of a ‘witch hunt’ against men, and it allows boys to reflect on making mistakes and making amends.
Read MoreSo you want to start organizing a group in your community? Want to gather people around social change? Here are some considerations for you to think about right at the start from our experience organizing NGM Circle groups across Canada.
Read MoreAt this stage, you’re now starting to take action researching and discovering what your group will do and what you’d like to impact. If you’re not sure what to do next, here are some suggestions.
Read MoreAt this point, it’ll be helpful to pause and reflect on your own motivations and fears before going ahead. In the last stage, you uncovered new ideas, worldviews, and relationships you may not have been exposed to before. These experiences might have given you some fresh insight into your own motivations. Take some time to ask yourself these questions given what you know now.
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