It turns out you can only play Fortnite for so long before you actually feel like doing something else.
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Since a lot of us are spending a lot more time at home than we’re used to, I decided now would be a good time to share some of the films that I’ve collected over the years that reflect boyhood masculinity in a meaningful way.
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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.
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I 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.
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We 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.
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I’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.
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"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.
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I’m wondering what might come out of conversations about how our schools can promote non-hierarchical peer relations.
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After “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.
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This 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.
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I 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.
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So 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.
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