In the midst of COVID-19, young people are having their lives disrupted and their routines thrown out of balance. They are isolated from their friends and experiencing new challenges in mental health. That’s where our program comes in.
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A couple years ago, a teen I know got mugged. It was the scariest thing he’d ever experienced. When he got home, he couldn’t stop shaking.
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Over the past school year, I’ve had five different boys who have heard me perform reach out to me to ask if they can use my poetry as a source text for school assignments.
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Working to contradict their masked insecurities will make for better relationships with the boys in our lives, whether they’re at home or in the classroom. It’s one of the intentions I’m holding as I start facilitating programs again.
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There’s a good chance you’re the underdog in a matchup between the MMA heavyweight of a global pandemic combined with social distancing versus your mental health.
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Being a teenager without being able to hang out with your friends is like eating toast without Nutella. Technically it’s doable…but not really.
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As much as I look forward to a world without gender expectations of any kind, I can’t help but wonder if we can weave together a new narrative of what it means to be a man, retro-fitting conventional masculinity to better combat the climate emergency.
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Sports give us a place to belong, train and compete. But they also charge our bodies with endorphins.
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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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