City of St Albert
Location: St Albert, AB
Scope/Scale: Local
Type of Org: Local Government
Scope of Work: Primary Prevention, Advocacy
Populations Served: Individuals, Communities, Academic Institutions
Organization description: The City of St Albert council is committed to building our community to meet the needs of residents and businesses, further strengthening St. Albert.
Engaging Men and Boys Work: The City of St Albert host Menship, a free ongoing group for men of various ages creating opportunities for men's social & emotional wellbeing through connections, education, skill development and community involvement.
St. Albert Men’s Pilot group will run in-person for eight weeks, starting April 16th 2024. Common themes that will be discussed in this group series include topics such as: relationship breakdown, depression, trauma, grief, stress, anger, identity, and life transitions. The group will consist of all male-identifying facilitators and participants.
The City of St Albert partner with SAiF Society to deliver the WiseGuyz program to grade 8-9 boys in St Albert. WiseGuyz supports male identifying youth to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to have healthy relationships and to prevent adolescent dating violence.
Beyond this, the City create public awareness campaigns and provide community development around GBV prevention.
Links / Resources: Menship program . Anchor Men’s Group . WiseGuyz in St Albert Website . LinkedIn . Facebook . Twitter . Instagram
Location: St Albert, AB
Scope/Scale: Local
Type of Org: Local Government
Scope of Work: Primary Prevention, Advocacy
Populations Served: Individuals, Communities, Academic Institutions
Organization description: The City of St Albert council is committed to building our community to meet the needs of residents and businesses, further strengthening St. Albert.
Engaging Men and Boys Work: The City of St Albert host Menship, a free ongoing group for men of various ages creating opportunities for men's social & emotional wellbeing through connections, education, skill development and community involvement.
St. Albert Men’s Pilot group will run in-person for eight weeks, starting April 16th 2024. Common themes that will be discussed in this group series include topics such as: relationship breakdown, depression, trauma, grief, stress, anger, identity, and life transitions. The group will consist of all male-identifying facilitators and participants.
The City of St Albert partner with SAiF Society to deliver the WiseGuyz program to grade 8-9 boys in St Albert. WiseGuyz supports male identifying youth to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to have healthy relationships and to prevent adolescent dating violence.
Beyond this, the City create public awareness campaigns and provide community development around GBV prevention.
Links / Resources: Menship program . Anchor Men’s Group . WiseGuyz in St Albert . Website . LinkedIn . Facebook . Twitter . Instagram
White Ribbon
Location: International
Scope/Scale: International
Type of Org: Charity / Non Profit
Scope of Work: Advocacy, Primary Prevention, Research
Populations Served: Individuals, Communities, Organizations, Academic Institutions
Organization Description: White Ribbon is the world’s largest movement of men and boys working to end violence against women and girls, promote gender equity, healthy relationships and a new vision of masculinity.
Engaging Men and Boys Work: White Ribbon has engaged millions of people, brands, organisations and educators through the creative use of social and mobile tools that inspire men to speak out against gender-based violence. Since 1991, they have been helping workplaces and sectors develop policies, strategies, public education, individual accountability, campaigns and training to address a wide range of gender-based violence prevention issues. White Ribbon also greatly contribute to thought leadership through ongoing research in the engaging men and boys sector.
Links / Resources: Website . LinkedIn . Facebook . Twitter . Instagram
Location: International
Scope/Scale: International
Type of Org: Charity / Non Profit
Scope of Work: Advocacy, Primary Prevention, Research
Populations Served: Individuals, Communities, Organizations, Academic Institutions
Organization description: White Ribbon is the world’s largest movement of men and boys working to end violence against women and girls, promote gender equity, healthy relationships and a new vision of masculinity.
Engaging Men and Boys Work: White Ribbon has engaged millions of people, brands, organisations and educators through the creative use of social and mobile tools that inspire men to speak out against gender-based violence. Since 1991, they have been helping workplaces and sectors develop policies, strategies, public education, individual accountability, campaigns and training to address a wide range of gender-based violence prevention issues. White Ribbon also greatly contribute to thought leadership through ongoing research in the engaging men and boys sector.
Links / Resources: Website . LinkedIn . Facebook . Twitter . Instagram
ACWS
Location: Edmonton, AB
Scope/Scale: Provincial
Type of Org: Charity / Member Organization
Scope of Work: Research, Primary Prevention, Capacity Building, Advocacy, Policy & Systems Change
Populations Served: Organizations, Government, Practitioners, Academic Institutions, Communities
Organization Description: A registered charity, ACWS is the provincial network organization of domestic violence shelters in Alberta. They bring four decades of experience and knowledge to serve their members operating over 50 shelters across the province for women, their children, and seniors facing domestic abuse. We advocate for ACWS members and work with them to end domestic violence through culture-shifting violence prevention programs, collective data and research, and front-line training.
Engaging Men and Boys Work: Leading Change™ programming by ACWS has been used successfully in schools, sports teams, workplaces, and communities. ACWS facilitates in-person and online workshops for all ages, hosts violence prevention events (With the Guys, the Leading Change Summit) to share ideas, and offers the Leading Change Expansion Pack for FREE to help men better understand their role and opportunity to make the world a better place. ACWS also stewards the Men’s Attitudes Survey – a recurring survey of Albertan men aimed at better understanding trends in men’s attitudes toward and understanding of gender-based violence.
Links / Resources: Leading Change Program . Instagram . Facebook . LinkedIn
Location: Edmonton, AB
Scope/Scale: Provincial
Type of Org: Charity / Member Organization
Scope of Work: Research, Primary Prevention, Capacity Building, Advocacy, Policy & Systems Change
Populations Served: Organizations, Government, Practitioners, Academic Institutions, Communities
Organization Description: A registered charity, ACWS is the provincial network organization of domestic violence shelters in Alberta. They bring four decades of experience and knowledge to serve their members operating over 50 shelters across the province for women, their children, and seniors facing domestic abuse. We advocate for ACWS members and work with them to end domestic violence through culture-shifting violence prevention programs, collective data and research, and front-line training.
Engaging Men and Boys Work: Leading Change™ programming by ACWS has been used successfully in schools, sports teams, workplaces, and communities. ACWS facilitates in-person and online workshops for all ages, hosts violence prevention events (With the Guys, the Leading Change Summit) to share ideas, and offers the Leading Change Expansion Pack for FREE to help men better understand their role and opportunity to make the world a better place. ACWS also stewards the Men’s Attitudes Survey – a recurring survey of Albertan men aimed at better understanding trends in men’s attitudes toward and understanding of gender-based violence.
Links / Resources: Leading Change Program . Instagram . Facebook . LinkedIn