The demand for skilled trades and construction workers in Canada is soaring. However, despite opportunities for career growth, high salaries and workers' rights protections, these sectors face challenges related to employee mental health, and struggle to recruit from underrepresented groups. What does gender have to do with this?

How can we create safe, healthy workplaces where people thrive? How can we support culture change for the sake of all genders in our current and future workforce?

Attend Pathways’ FREE webinar on Thursday 16th May at 10 am - 11:30 am Pacific Time to find out. 

In this interactive online webinar for parents and guardians, we leverage Next Gen Men’s research and on-the-ground experience to explore the deep impact of integrating rites of passage with principles of positive masculinity, and how parents of masculine-identifying youth can offer them transformative experiences on their journey towards manhood, plus an opportunity for Q&A.

In this interactive session for camp professionals, we leverage our research and on-the-ground experience to discuss how camp professionals can integrate principles of positive masculinity into the framework of rites of passage to create transformative experiences for masculine-identifying youth.

⭐️ How can we best approach conversations about gender with boys in K-12 spaces? What biases might we need to confront in ourselves as educators in order to best support our students? Join our panel of experts on Wednesday March 20th, 2024, at 9am PST to find out.

In the past year alone, a staggering 47% of students at post-secondary institutions encountered or witnessed discrimination based on gender, gender identity, or sexual orientation, and one in ten women experienced sexual assault.

Universities and colleges have long been acknowledged as critical grounds for gender-based violence prevention. They are spaces where people of all genders come together to work, play, and learn—from the classroom to the sports field—and as such, they offer opportunities to drive change.

So, how can we leverage our positions as leaders in post-secondary settings to create positive and lasting change? How can we work with men to progress gender justice in our educational institutions?

Join our host, Jermal Jones, Associate Director of Library, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access at the University of Waterloo, on Thursday, February 15th, at 11 am PT. Learn from experienced individuals currently working with men and boys to advance gender justice in Canada's post-secondary institutions.

In the Pembina Institute’s 2022 report “Equitable Net-Zero: Recommendations for Advancing Gender Equity in Alberta’s Shift to Net-Zero”, researchers recommend that natural resource industries invest in leadership development for men to become increasingly engaged, knowledgeable, and skillful in advancing gender justice in their respective industries.

We’re inviting leaders in these male-dominant industries to learn more about how they can engage men in violence prevention, advancing equity and inclusion, and promoting mental health and well-being in their industry. Gender justice is tied to not only better outcomes for employees, companies, and industries but also for leaders, personally.

In 2021, Canadian Women & Sport released an infographic sharing broad strategies for how we can advance gender equity & prevent gender-based violence in sport. One of their suggestions: enlist male leaders as allies & changemakers.

Our first event is live! We’re talking about gender justice in sports. From the locker room to the boardroom, leaders in sports have a responsibility to create safer and more inclusive cultures for current and future athletes. How can we leverage the positions of trust we have as coaches, leaders, parents, and athletes to create positive & lasting change?