Movember
Location: Toronto, ON
Scope/Scale: International
Type of Org: Charity / Non Profit
Scope of Work: Primary Prevention, Advocacy, Research
Populations Served: Individuals, Communities, Organizations, Local Government (Health Services)
Organization Description: Movember is the leading charity changing the face of men’s health by focussing on the areas of mental health & suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. Since 2003, Movember has funded more than 1,250 men’s health projects around the world, challenging the status quo, shaking up men’s health research and transforming the way health services reach and support men.
Engaging Men and Boys Work: Movember provide ongoing support, funding and advocacy for many grassroots initiatives in Canada and globally that promote positive masculinities, mental health and healthy relationships.
Links / Resources: Website . LinkedIn . Facebook . Twitter . Instagram
Location: Toronto, ON
Scope/Scale: International
Type of Org: Charity / Non Profit
Scope of Work: Primary Prevention, Advocacy, Research
Populations Served: Individuals, Communities, Organizations, Local Government (Health Services)
Organization description: We are the leading charity changing the face of men’s health by focussing on the areas of mental health & suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer. Since 2003, Movember has funded more than 1,250 men’s health projects around the world, challenging the status quo, shaking up men’s health research and transforming the way health services reach and support men.
Engaging Men and Boys Work: Movember provide ongoing support, funding and advocacy for many grassroots initiatives in Canada and globally that promote positive masculinities, mental health and healthy relationships.
Links / Resources: 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
City of Edmonton
Location: Edmonton, AB
Scope/Scale: Local
Type of Org: Local Government
Scope of Work: Research, Advocacy, Primary Prevention
Populations Served: Individuals, Organizations, Communities, Government
Organization Description: Edmonton City Council looks to engage all Edmontonians, but in particular, champions the role that men and boys play in the building of allyship and bystander skills to make our city safer, while improving the quality of life for people of all genders.
Engaging Men and Boys Work: In an effort to make Edmonton the best city in Canada for women, men and children to live work and play, the City is committed to preventing and addressing gender based violence through working with community stakeholders to target the root causes: inequality and discrimination.
Links / Resources: Website . LinkedIn . Facebook . Twitter . Instagram
Location: Edmonton, AB
Scope/Scale: Local
Type of Org: Local Government
Scope of Work: Research, Advocacy, Primary Prevention
Populations Served: Individuals, Organizations, Communities, Government
Organization description: This City Council initiative looks to engage all Edmontonians, but in particular, champions the role that men and boys play in the building of allyship and bystander skills to make our city safer, while improving the quality of life for people of all genders.
Engaging Men and Boys Work: In an effort to make Edmonton the best city in Canada for women, men and children to live work and play, the City is committed to preventing and addressing gender based violence through working with community stakeholders to target the root causes: inequality and discrimination.
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
Shift: The project to end domestic violence, University of Calgary
Location: Calgary, AB
Scope/Scale: Provincial, National, International
Type of Org: Action Research / Academic
Scope of Work: Research, Primary Prevention, Knowledge Integration, Capacity Building, Policy & Systems Change
Populations Served: Human Service Organizations, Networks and Coalitions, All Orders of Government, International Governing Bodies, Researchers and Academic Institutions, NGOs, Communities and Civil Society
Engaging Men and Boys Work: The focus of Shift’s work is to design, test and scale approaches that nurture and support men and boys to become allies, partners, violence disrupters and co-beneficiaries in the movement to stop gender-based violence. Their focus is in four areas:
Changing the policy environment to support equity, inclusion, and violence prevention.
Partnering with community leaders, systems and organizations to engage and mobilize men and boys in their violence prevention strategies.
Building a workforce to engage and mobilize men and boys.
Provide strategic support, research, facilitation, training and capacity building to advance equity, inclusion, safety and violence prevention.
Links / Resources: Website
Location: Calgary, AB
Scope/Scale: Provincial, National, International
Type of Org: Action Research / Academic
Scope of Work: Research, Primary Prevention, Knowledge Integration, Capacity Building, Policy & Systems Change
Populations Served: Human Service Organizations, Networks and Coalitions, All Orders of Government, International Governing Bodies, Researchers and Academic Institutions, NGOs, Communities and Civil Society
Engaging Men and Boys Work: The focus of Shift’s work is to design, test and scale approaches that nurture and support men and boys to become allies, partners, violence disrupters and co-beneficiaries in the movement to stop gender-based violence. Their focus is in four areas:
Changing the policy environment to support equity, inclusion, and violence prevention.
Partnering with community leaders, systems and organizations to engage and mobilize men and boys in their violence prevention strategies.
Building a workforce to engage and mobilize men and boys.
Provide strategic support, research, facilitation, training and capacity building to advance equity, inclusion, safety and violence prevention.
Links / Resources: Website