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FoAovadilability

The conference will provide beverages and light snacks. Lunch will
be on your own. VIP guests will be invited to special meal events with
speakers. There is variety of food options nearby on campus.
Sidney Smith Cafeteria is open Friday 11am to 4pm,
Closed on Saturday
Sidney Smith Second Cup is open Friday 9:30am to 4pm,
Closed Saturday
Robarts Library Food Court (second floor) is opened
Friday 9:30am to 4pm, closed Saturday
Robarts Library Mexican Tortillas Burritos is open Friday 11am
to 5pm and Saturday 11am to 5pm
Robarts Library Starbucks is open Friday 8am to 5pm and
Saturday 10am to 5pm
There are also many restaurants available a short 5 minute walk on
College Street, Spadina Avenue and Bloor Street.
Sidney Smith is the conference venue, at 100 St George Street,
Toronto, ON M5S 3G3
Robarts Library is just up the street from the conference venue, at
130 St George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 1A5
*please reference map on previous page for locations

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“FErIaLsinMg Family”

We are excited to offer an advanced screening of the soon to be
released film Erasing Family. Enjoy either the short (30 minutes)
or full-length (90 minutes) versions of the documentary film being
screened on each of the two days of the conference, included with
your registration ticket!
Erasing Family spotlights the devastating consequences of
parental alienation.
In the US and Canada, over 25 million parents are being erased
from their children’s lives after divorce or separation.
The documentary follows young adults fighting to reunite with their
broken families and offers solutions to make divorce healthier for kids.

CAFE is proud to have co-produced this ground-breaking film. For
more details visit the film website at https://erasingfamily.org/.

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Professicorneadl its

Are you a social worker, social service worker, lawyer or paralegal
– or working toward accreditation in one of these professions? We
are able to offer you professional credits for your participation in our
conference.
Please speak with a conference staff person to register.
Social Workers and Social Service Workers
Many of the events at the 2019 Canadian National Men’s Issues
Conference are eligible for credit as part of the Social Workers and
Social Service Workers Continuing Competence Program. Every
year Social Workers and Social Service Workers are required to
develop a plan for continuing competence in your field.
The following events within the conference will qualify for credit.
Andrea Silverstone and Carrie McManus: Shift Happens: Sharing
narratives on men’s experience of violence
Senator Anne Cools: The Challenges of Representing Fathers in a
Canadian Family Court
Marcus Jackson: Running a Shelter for Male Victims of Domestic
Abuse
Panel: Divorce and the Kangaroo Courts of Law: Brian Ludmer,
Oren Amitayand Christine Giancarlo
Lloyd Robertson: Men and Stigma
Bettina Arndt: #MenToo – Enough Talk, More Action
Tandeep Sidhu: Results from CAFE’s Federal Government Funded
Research Project on Male Homelessness and Domestic Abuse
Film screening: Erasing Family Film

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Lawyers & Paralegals
Many of the events at the 2019 Canadian National Men’s Issues
Conference are eligible for credit as Substantive Hours as part of
the Law Society of Ontario Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) program. Lawyers and paralegals who are practising law
or providing legal services must complete in each calendar year
at least 9 CPD Substantial Hours in Eligible Educational Activities.
Find out more here.
The following events within the conference would qualify for credit.
Forced-to-Penetrate: Research into Female Sexual Violence
Against Men
Panel: Divorce and the Kangaroo Courts of Law, with Brian Ludmer
Jamil Jivani: The Intersection of Race and Gender
Panel: Men Seeking Help, with John Davis

children’s
ROOM

Given our close working relationship with the Canadian Centre for
Men and Families, we are proud to offer child care and activities
for children at this conference. We encourage guests to bring their
entire family out to the conference. A room will be available where
children of all ages will find educational and fun-filled games and
other activities.

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10 MOMENTUM The 2019 Canadian National MEN’S ISSUES Conference SCHEDULE: August 2, 2019

TIME Registration “ERASING FAMILY” Film Screening (30 minute version)
7:30 “ERASING FAMILY” Film Screening (Full 90 minute version)
7:40 Opening Remarks (Robert Samery, Justin Trottier)
7:50 Jamil Jivani: Why Young Men: Rage, Race and the Crisis of Identity
8:00
8:10 Break - 10 minutes
8:20 Sue-Ann Levy
8:30
8:40 National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Men?
8:50 Adam Jones and Georgianne Burke (remote)
9:00
9:10 Jeiny Ruiz: Media Bias
9:20 Special Announcement from Canadian Association for Equality (Justin Trottier)
9:30 Edward Kruk: Addressing Parental Alienation of Fathers
9:40
9:50 Lunch Break
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13:00 Senator Anne Cools: The Challenges of Representing Leaders Summit (continued)
13:10
11 13:20 Fathers in a Canadian Family Court

13:30 Peter Whitehead: PTSD Among Canadian Veterans
13:40 Victor Maltby: Men’s Sheds
13:50 Break - 10 minutes
14:00 PANEL: Divorce and the Kangaroo Courts of Law:
14:10
14:20 Brian Ludmer, Oren Amitay, Christine Giancarlo
14:30
14:40 MP Karen Vecchio
14:50 Bettina Arndt: #MenToo – Enough talk, More action
15:00
15:10 Closing
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TIME Registration “ERASING FAMILY” Film Screening (30 minute version)
7:30 Opening Remarks (Justin Trottier) “ERASING FAMILY” Film Screening (Full 90 minute version)
7:40 Keynote: Cassie Jaye: Reflections on the Aftermath of The Red Pill Movie
7:50
8:00 Break - 10 minutes
8:10 Panel: Men Seeking Help - John Davis, Gerardo Betancourt, Juliann Rasanayagam
8:20
8:30 Lloyd Robertson: Stigmatizing Men
8:40 Lunch Break
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MOMENTUM The 2019 Canadian National MEN’S ISSUES Conference 12:50 #WouldYouHelp? Video Presentation of a New Gender Inclusive Domestic Violence Awareness Campaign
13:00
13:10 Tandeep Sidhu: Results from CAFE’s Federal Government Funded Research David Shackleton: Male Authority: The Missing Ingredient in Identity Politics
13:20 Project on Male Homelessness and Domestic Violence
13:30
13:40 Car Augustsson: A Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Zoli Kertesz: Police Policy and Men
13:50 Discrimination Againt Men (CEDAM) Karen Straughan: Anger: A Neccesary Catalyst for Change
Effective Advocacy Session - Tanis Moore, Rod Keays
14:00 Alison Tieman: Trends in Suicide and Gender
14:10 Effective Advocacy Session - Tanis Moore, Rod Keays (continued)
14:20 Siobhan Weare: Forced-to-penetrate: Research into
14:30 Female Sexual Violence Against Men”
14:40
14:50 Break - 10 minutes
Andrea Silverstone and Carrie McManus:
15:00 Shift Happens: Sharing Narratives on Men’s Experiences of Violence
15:10
15:20 Marcus Jackson: Running a Shelter for Male Victims of Domestic Abuse
15:30 Closing Remarks
15:40

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SPEAKER witness in Ontario courts, he has Carl Augustsson
INFORMATION taught at five universities, and
he has been sought out for TV, A Convention on the
Oren Amitay radio, newspaper and internet Elimination of all forms of
interviews on a regular basis. Discrimination Against Men
Registered Psychologist, Dr. Amitay will discuss the
Instructor at Ryerson realities of parental alienation, Dr. Augustsson was born in 1977
University, expert witness in as well as the do’s and don’ts in the US to a mother from the
Ontario courts and a media of parents fighting for parental US and a father from Sweden.
personality on radio and rights. He will discuss the fact He is married to a woman from
television that yes, men do often get the Republic of Georgia, where
screwed over in Family Court; he currently teach English and
Panel: Divorce and the he will allude to some of his Political Science at two different
Kangaroo; Courts of Law: cases as a psychologist who universities. He has citizenship
Brian Ludmer, Oren Amitay, has a) helped both male and in all 3 countries. He has lived
Christine Giancarlo female patients go through in 8 different counties, traveled
Family Court, b) conducted to 99, and has studied over a
Dr. Amitay is a registered over 500 Parenting Capacity dozen languages.
psychologist who has been Assessments and Custody &
trained in, and uses, eight Access reports, and c) critiqued Dr. Augustsson will discuss his
orientations and therapies. other Custody & Access reports. efforts to pass a global treaty
These therapies include: He will also explain what men on men’s rights: A Convention
cognitive-behavioural (CBT), (and women) have done wrong on the Elimination of all forms
psychodynamic, acceptance both as participants in the of Discrimination Against
(and commitment to change), Family Court system, but also Men (CEDAM). This would sit
humanistic/client centred, as parents of children who are alongside, not replace, the
emotion focused, interpersonal being subjected to the process existing treaty on women’s
(IPT), object-relations, and of separation/divorce. In short, rights, CEDAW.
process experiential. He has he will implore men to represent
worked with a diverse group themselves as men and fathers
of clients or patients, ranging to be admired and respected by
from late teens to seniors, in their children and by society.
both hospitals and his private
clinic. His practice includes
individual, couples, family and
group psychotherapy, and
he conducts psychological,
personality, intelligence and
parenting capacity assessments.
He is recognized as an expert

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Bettina Arndt This year she has big plans The studies of masculinities
to enlist ordinary women, in Canada connecting gender
Australia’s first sex therapist particularly mothers of sons, in and health are at a very early
and Champion for Men’s the fight against feminism. stage when compared to
Issues those devoted to women’s and
Gerardo Betancourt LGBTQ’s sociology of health.
Presentation: Cisgender/straight men suffer
#MenToo – Sexual Health Clinician from different diseases, health
Enough talk, More action and Researcher, University conditions, and particular
of Toronto Faculty affections. In short, men
Surveys show most people of Social Work died in general earlier than
believe #MeToo has gone too their counterparts. Empirical
far. Feminists have overplayed Presentation: evidence shows the rise of
their hand leaving ordinary folk Masculinities Health: concerns in regards to men’s
fed up with the constant male- Being a Real Man is Killing Us physical and mental health
bashing. We need to harness medical complications due to
that growing discontent instead Gerardo has been working as cultural milieu models. Socially
of spending our time watching an educator for more than 20 constructed norms imposed
each other’s YouTube videos and years in several countries. His pain and stress on men, creating
tut- tutting over the sorry state educational projects have been societal issues that not even
of the world. implemented and evaluated in men want to talk about. For
Chile, Mexico, Colombia and the past 30 years research has
Bettina Arndt likes to challenge Canada. He has been working shown why being a man in
taboos. She started her career in the field of Sexual Health our society is problematic. In
as one of Australia’s first sex for the past 10 years, and has societies where individuals are
therapists, raising eyebrows published in international book not allowed to fail, cry, or show
through talking openly about chapters edited by universities weaknesses, men live unhappy
sex, then an unmentionable and numerous peer-reviewed lives, and even worst, they make
topic. After a long career as a journals. He has developed others around them unhappy
well-known social commentator, theories and theoretical too. Manhood creates a system
she’s now a full-time men’s frameworks to better understand of domination, in which in the
advocate, fighting to get men’s intersectionalities, sexualities, surface, men seem to have
issues onto the public agenda. qualitative methodologies, benefited from. However, a more
Her new book #MenToo is epistemologies and sexual critical gender analysis will show
collected wisdom from decades health practices. Gerardo that men are oppressed by the
of her passionate writing has presented his research same system that marginalized
defending men. Bettina is a in countries such as Spain, and isolated others (women,
YouTuber, appears regularly in Mexico, Colombia, Canada, LGTBQ individuals) included
mainstream media, and attracts Australia, and the USA. men themselves. In a system
violent protests at her campus where nobody can turn to
talks on the fake rape crisis. others for help, mental health
issues, suicide, heart diseases,
addictions, amongst other health
consequences, have become
more and more commonplace
contemporary health problems.
Many of the health issues
related to masculinities, could be
improved, avoid or reduced, by
bringing awareness to possible
changes in education, media,
and policy making in Canada.

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Georganne Burke for office. She is also a political in all regions. Over time she
commentator, panelist, and avid found that public opinion
Senior Vice-President, social media commentator on shifted and became more
Pathway Group Inc. Twitter and Facebook, as well as open and favourable to the
in mainstream and ethnic media. need to address men’s issues.
In this talk Senator Cools will
Senator Anne Cools discuss changes that she saw in
public opinion regarding men’s
Longest serving Canadian issues, policy formation, and
Senator and the Senate’s recommendations for action that
Champion of Boys and Men we can take to promote fairness
and equality for all in the law.

Georganne Burke is a seasoned Senator Anne Cools is Canada’s John Davis
veteran of political activities in first black Senator and was the
the United States and Canada. longest serving Senator upon International lawyer and a
She has spent the past ten years her retirement on August 12, former Assistant Attorney
in a variety of roles with the 2018. She led a joint Senate/ General, Creator of a video
Conservative Party of Canada, House of Commons committee, course on Gender Studies
and in the offices of ministers with MP and CAFE Advisory for Men
and MPs. Her specific area Fellow Roger Gallaway, aimed
of expertise was in outreach at including child custody laws. Presentation:
to cultural communities. She That committee recommended ‘To be, or Not to be?…’
spent three years in the office shared parenting in its landmark Men in the Gender
of MP Rob Clarke where she report For the Sake of the Suicide Gap
worked on aboriginal outreach Children. As a social worker,
and managed the parliamentary Cools was a pioneer in the Men are committing suicide at
process for his private protection of women from up to 6 times the rate of women.
member’s bill on the repealing domestic violence, running one There are seven steps we must
and replacing the Indian Act. of the first domestic violence take to close the gap. John
Georganne has also spent a shelters in Canada. During Davis was born in Cleveland,
decade in the private sector in her career she came to be Ohio. He was educated at Case
marketing both in the publishing an equally enthusiastic – and Western Reserve University (BA)
and computer industries. She courageous – voice for boys (one of the top ten universities
has an MBA in marketing and and men, championing fathers’ in the United States), Seattle
strategic management. She rights, shelters for abused men University School of Law (JD),
is responsible for managing and proper procedures around and, New York University School
relationships with the federal sexual assault allegations. of Law (LL.M post-doctoral)
government, utilizing her During her 34 years in the (one of the top ten law schools
extensive network on behalf of Senate, Senator Cools traveled in the United States). John
our clients. Georganne is still across the country and met, is fluent in seven languages
very active in politics in the and spoke with, Canadians
US and Canada, having spent
time on presidential politics
in 2016 in the US, leadership
politics in Canada in 2016-17,
and assisting a wide variety
of candidates and potential
candidates in their efforts to run

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(including ancient Latin and Christine Giancarlo Deconstructing Parental
Greek). He has travelled the Alienation from an Evolutionary
world over, many times, and has Anthropologist, Mount Royal Perspective: Until the advent
represented clients, in his thirty University, and Author, of agriculture approximately
five year career, such as the Parentectomy 10,000 years ago, all humans
United States Government and were foragers (i.e., hunter-
the Federation of Russia. He has Presentation: gatherers).They lived egalitarian
been a prosecutor three times Deconstructing Parental lives, cooperating to survive in
in his 35 year career. He has Alienation from an kinship-based bands. Men and
held positions such as Assistant Evolutionary Perspective women overlapped their roles
Attorney General, United States without strict, gender-based
Speaker, and Assistant District expectations in occupation.
Attorney, Chief Wing JAG, U. S. Since everyone relied on
Air Force Auxilliary, and Supreme everyone else, the proverbial
Court Law Clerk. For most of his village raised the child. As
career in civil law, John was a with all other primate species,
successful international lawyer, sociality provided safety and
practicing in many nations support for each individual.
around the world. Fathers and mothers were
equally important for the social
Dr. Giancarlo is author of the learning and protection of their
recent book, Parentectomy, children. Extended families of
which tells the stories of 30 both parents added wisdom,
capable, loving parents who perspective, and additional
became alienated from their resources. Then farming
children’s lives. Parentectomy changed the rules. Land
is based on Christine’s peer- ownership meant defense of that
reviewed study, Kids Come land and the resources within
Last: The Effect of Family it. Humankind was transformed
Law Involvement in Parental into a breeding and a killing
Alienation. She is also an machine, via control over
Anthropology lecturer and women’s reproduction in order
researcher at Mount Royal to produce future warriors and
University in Calgary. Dr. soldiers. Patriarchy was born
Giancarlo’s research sheds light and an unspoken deal was
on an urgent and widespread struck: Leaders would be men,
social crisis, currently enabled decision-making became men’s
by our broken family law work, but men also became
system. Christine brings three disposable. This critical analysis
decades of experience with explores the intersectionality of
parental alienation through men’s disposability, women’s
interaction with young adults subjugation and the welfare
and her own personal journey. of children. Parental alienation
Today, Christine will explore the is one consequence of this
origins of gender imbalance global cultural evolution from
with parental alienation as one autonomous band to village to
consequence. patriarchal state. The resultant
gender power imbalance that
began 10,000 years ago is
currently reinforced by a family
law system that perceives
fathers as abusers and mothers
as helpless victims.

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Lloyd Hawkeye Safety, University of Regina. Marcus Jackson
Robertson Although the academic concept
of stigma has been used to Manager, Taylor House, a
(Presentation by Video study conditions faced by domestic violence shelter
Teleconference) various minority populations for Men and Children, in
Lead Pscyhologist, and women in society, it has not Batesville, Arkansas
Centre for Justice and been previously applied to men.
Safety, University of Regina This talk reviews a qualitative Marcus Jackson – Native of
research project exploring the Memphis, Tennessee – Served
Presentation: stigmatic experiences of sixteen in the US Army of Signal Corp
Stigmatizing Men Canadian men. Some of these for 7 years, with Honorable
experiences will be highlighted Discharge – Bachelors of
Dr. Robertson is a registered illustrating discrimination that Science Degree from Oral
doctoral psychologist with is based on a view that men Roberts University, Tulsa
competencies in counseling are imputed to have certain Oklahoma 1999. Worked directly
psychology, educational characteristic which, when in various at Risk Programs for
psychology (including ability believed, renders them unfit Youth and adults for over 20
assessments) and human for particular sorts of social years, in Tennessee, Oklahoma,
resource development. In interactions. Mechanisms and now Arkansas. Worked as
addition to his psychology whereby such stigmatic a Contract Worker/Manager
degree, he has a social assumptions are maintained of an 18 Pre-Release Prison
work degree which included are explored. The results of this Program within the Arkansas
specializations in lifeskills research have application to Department of Correction for up
coaching and community counsellors working in the area to 7 years (2014) – (InnerChange
development. He has also of men’s wellness. Freedom Initiative and Pathway
published on residential school To Freedom, Inc.). He currently
syndrome, the structure of the manages a Domestic Violence
aboriginal self, the application of Shelter for Men and Children
memes to self-understanding, (Taylor House) within Family
the evolution of spirituality Violence Prevention, Inc. in
and religion, prior learning Batesville, Arkansas since
assessment and recognition, Nov. 2015.
the treatment of suicide ideation
and attention deficit disorder.
His private practice includes
relationship, family and group
counselling, anxiety and trauma
work, addictions, and psycho-
educational assessment. He
is currently Lead Psychologist
with the Centre for Justice and

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Cassie Jaye Jamil Jivani Adam Jones

Filmmaker, The Red Pill Author, Why Young Men: (joining remotely)
Rage, Race and the Professor of Political
Presentation: Crisis of Identity Science, UBC Okanagan
Reflections on the Aftermath
of The Red Pill Movie

Cassie Jaye started her career He is a frequent guest in the Adam Jones is Professor
in Hollywood as a young media on issues related to of Political Science at the
actress, but soon realized that young men, race and identity. University of British Columbia
wasn’t for her, and instead, Jamil Jivani is a lawyer and Okanagan. His books include
she founded the documentary community activist. Currently a Genocide: A Comprehensive
production company Jaye Bird visiting professor at Osgoode Introduction (3rd edition, 2016),
Production in 2008. Her first two Hall Law School, where Gender Inclusive: Essays on
feature films focused on issues he focuses on community Violence, Men, and Feminist
of gender and sexuality, and organizing and local economic International Relations (2009),
both became award-winning development. He was named the and Gendercide and Genocide
films. In 2013, she began work 2015 Young Lawyer of the Year (2004). He was selected as one
on The Red Pill movie which by the Canadian Association of of Fifty Key Thinkers on the
highlighted the serious issues Black Lawyers. He is a recipient Holocaust and Genocide for
facing boys and men. Released of Thomson Reuters’ Lexpert the book of that title. Jones is
in 2016, The Red Pill brought Zenith award, and co-founded executive director of Gendercide
her both worldwide fame and Our Ohio Renewal―a nonprofit Watch (www.gendercide.org), a
infamy – depending on the organization dedicated to Web-based educational initiative
viewing audience – as well as addressing the problems of the that confronts gender-selective
several more awards. While American white working class― atrocities against men and
the film was controversial, it with author JD Vance. women worldwide.
provided an opening for a long
overdue conversation about Professor Jones will explain
men and their roles and their why the National Inquiry
rights. Since the release of Into Missing and Murdered
The Red Pill, Cassie Jaye has Indigenous Girls and Women
been interviewed by media missed an opportunity by failing
throughout the world and has to meaningfully include boys
become a much sought-after and men. Read his report in the
speaker, especially after her very National Post: Adam Jones:
successful TEDx talk on making Aboriginal men are murdered
The Red Pill. and missing far more than
aboriginal women. A proper
inquiry would explore both.

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Zoli Kertesz Edward Kruk Sue-Ann Levy

Former, Special Constable, President, International Toronto Sun Columnist
Toronto Police Service Council on Shared Parenting

Presentation:
Addressing Parental
Alienation of Fathers

Zoli Kertesz spent almost 9 Edward Kruk is Associate Sue-Ann Levy is a Canadian
years as a Special Constable Professor of Social Work journalist who has focussed her
with the Toronto Police at the University of British 30-year career on investigating
Service. In 2017 he graduated Columbia, and President of the story behind the story,
from York University with a the International Council on unravelling social justice
Master’s of Public Policy, Shared Parenting. He has issues and holding politicians
Administration and Law and been researching father-child and government agencies to
a Post-Graduate Diploma in relationships and paternal account. She has appeared on
Justice System Administration. alienation since 1985. He is a radio, TV and is a regular public
An experienced professional passionate advocate of equal speaker. Openly gay and married
with a demonstrated history parenting and has published to a wonderful woman, Sue-
within the criminal justice extensively on the topics of Ann lived as closeted lesbian
sector his interests focus on fatherhood, shared parenting for 20 years and was assaulted
policy development specifically and parental alienation. He is twice — all chronicled in her
in relation to male victims of married to Lena and is the father cheeky 2016 book, Underdog:
domestic violence. of two boys, Stephan and Liam. Confessions of a Right-Wing
Gay Jewish Muckraker. Sue-
Ann ran for the provincial
Conservatives in a 2009 by-
election, the first openly gay
married woman to do so. Sue-
Ann is also a freelance travel
writer, having recently explore the
delights of New Zealand and the
French Alps. She is an avid runner
and is currently training to run her
16th half-marathon in the fall.

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Brian Ludmer Victor Maltby Carrie McManus

Founder, Lawyers for Builder of Men’s Sheds Director of Programs, for
Shared Parenting Sagesse Domestic Violence
Prevention Society;
an Alberta wide organization
dedicated to disrupting
the cycle of violence for
individuals, organization
and communities

Brian Ludmer is a prominent Victor Maltby is a retired high She is a respected member of
Toronto family law lawyer and school science/music teacher. the domestic violence sector
founder of LudmerLaw. He He has been interested in and in Alberta. Carrie holds a
is a Canadian authority on actively discussed men’s issues Bachelor of Arts from Dalhousie
parental alienation. He is one since the 1970’s. He became University in Halifax and a
of the drafters of Bill C-560, more focused when the men’s Diploma of Social Work from
which would have enshrined shed concept reached North Mount Royal University in
equal shared parenting in America and became inured with Calgary. Carrie has worked
law. Brian is a founder of the idea of men having a space for over 15 years in strategic
Lawyers for Shared Parenting, in which to form friendships, and program development,
an advisory board member find support and contribute to small business management,
to the Parental Alienation the community. He has played a facilitation and education.
Awareness Organization and the large role since 2016 in starting Beginning her social work career
International Support Network men’s sheds in eastern Ontario with Mount Royal University’s
for Alienated Families. which now number 4. He is Stepping Up program, a peer
currently active in promoting led domestic violence program
men’s sheds and improving the in Calgary, Carrie then transition
visibility of the Canadian Men’s into her role as Director of
Sheds Association. Programs with Sagesse, an
agency focused on empowering
individuals, organizations and
communities to break the cycle
of domestic violence. Carrie has
a passion for innovation and
exploration and has focused
her career on expanding
Sagesse programming to
meet the diverse needs of
those impacted by domestic
violence. Supported by Carrie’s

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leadership, Sagesse programs has worked and volunteered Juliann Rasanayagam
have grown to support over 50 with the Calgary Distress Centre
communities across Alberta for over four years, helping a Registered Psychotherapist
addressing the unique needs wide variety of callers in crisis at Empathic Counselling
of rural and remote survivors of but also in developing an Centre
domestic violence. Carrie has awareness ofs gaps in services
supported the development for men in the city of Calgary. Juliann Rasanayagam is a
of programming to address Tanis is currently working on her Registered Psychotherapist at
the capacity of friends and Masters of Counselling degree Empathic Counselling Centre in
family to positively recognize with a focus in male victims of Scarborough. She specializes
and respond to individuals domestic violence. In her spare in anger management and
experiencing domestic violence time, Tanis runs a small YouTube intimate partner violence, but
in their communities. Carrie has channel (The Prim Reaper) on also works with clients who
also supported the development which she frequently speaks are struggling with anxiety and
of an agency wide evaluation about men’s issues as well. depression. This year, she is
framework and is committed proud to celebrate the recent
to measuring the individual, To those who have any launch of her first published
organizational and community experience in working with men book, DIY Anger Kit: Create your
impact of all Sagesse programs and men’s issues, it is a well- own Anger Management Toolkit.
and activities. known problem that it can be Her experience in working with
challenging to garner support clients who are involved with
Tanis Moore for our cause. Unfortunately, the law piqued her interest in
the public opinion of men still exploring unique issues that
YouTube Personality, reflects a position of power, and impact the mental health of men.
The Prim Reaper as a result it can be challenging
to point out areas where men
Presentation: are struggling. This is a serious
Effective Advocacy Training concern, as it can make it more
difficult to build and fund much
Tanis Moore is an ardent needed services for men.
activist for men’s issues Furthermore, it can make it more
and has committed herself challenging for men to stand
to volunteering for several up and petition for their rights in
community projects for men, government. We wish to create a
most notably in helping CAFE more even playing field for men
establish a full-time Centre for to be heard and to have their
Men and Families in Calgary concerns taken seriously. To help
and in the development of an with this goal, CAFE is designing
effective advocacy program in a program called Effective
helping CAFE to bring further Advocacy to help in teaching
attention to men’s needs. Tanis invaluable skills in communication
amongst different groups, in
backing up one’s arguments with
a solid foundation of research,
and in rallying other people to
join the cause and reach out to
others. Together we can help to
spread the word that men who are
struggling deserve the same care
and dedication as anyone else.

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Jeiny Ruiz Robert Samery David Shackleton

Chairperson of the Board, David Shackleton is a
Canadian Association thinker and writer on gender
for Equality and personal growth, and
President of the Ottawa
chapter of CAFE

Presentation:
“Male Authority: The Missing
Ingredient in Identity Politics”

Jeiny has a background in Robert has been involved in He is the author of Daughters of
Engineering and is currently a social advocacy and education Feminism: Women Supporting
student of Public Relations at since 1998. He has been a Men’s Equality, The Hand That
Ryerson University. She has been leader of several organizations Rocks the World; An Inquiry
a volunteer with the Research dealing with such diverse issues Into Truth, Power and Gender,
Committee of CAFE for three as organized national real and before that was editor
years and has taken on the estate boards, public education and publisher for 12 years of
leadership of several key projects. funding, family law and since Canada’s magazine off men’s
2013 Robert has focused on issues, “Everyman; A Men’s
She will be presenting findings boys and men’s issues. Robert Journal.” David will present a
of a study that aimed to explore is a strong team builder. new synthesis of ideas to explain
how the media’s approach to the power and psychological
reporting events, gender-wise, appeal of identity politics,
has evolved over time. grounded in the archetypes of
home/family and society. When
these archetypes are applied
outside of their relevant domain,
great social dysfunction results.

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Tandeep Sidhu Andrea Silverstone and communities safe from
interpersonal violence and
Research Coordinator, Executive Director of abuse. Andrea believes in
CAFE’s first federal Sagesse Domestic Violence innovation, creating program
government funded research Prevention Society; models and structural policy that
project: Male Homelessness an organization committed elevates untold experiences of
as a Consequence of to breaking the cycle of domestic violence. For example,
Domestic Violence violence for individuals, Andrea has implemented a
organizations and collective impact initiative to
communities address domestic and sexual
violence province-wide, she
has developed programming
to address the systemic nature
of domestic violence in under-
studied and under-served
communities and strives daily to
ensure individuals affected by
abuse and gender inequality are
made visible and know that they
have an ally in her.

Tandeep Sidhu is an She is a highly respected Presentation:
independent researcher who community partner and a Shift Happens: Sharing
was contracted to complete collaborative leader. Andrea is Narratives on Men’s
a quantitative study, funded a Registered Social Worker and Experiences of Violence
by Employment and Social Mediator with a background in
Development Canada, to assess Judaic/Talmudic Law, having Societal narratives about
the correlations between intimate attended Lindenbaum College domestic violence have
partner violence victimization and in Jerusalem and York University traditionally been very dyadic,
homelessness among individuals in Toronto. Beginning her career women as victims and men
who access homeless shelter and in Calgary at the Awo Taan as abusers. The impact of this
drop-in supports in Toronto, Ontario. Native Women’s Shelter, Andrea narrative has meant that male
later transitioned into her role victims of domestic violence
The study assessing the as the Executive Director of have not received the support or
correlations between intimate Sagesse. Andrea’s achievements interventions needed to address
partner violence victimization include the 2013 Association and disrupt the violence
and homelessness sought to of Jewish Family and Child in their lives. Creating new
address an existing gap in literature, Agencies Goodman Award in narratives for the public and
as this research places a primary recognition of her development the domestic violence serving
emphasis on male-identified and implementation of sector is hard and requires shifts
individuals. This study is one of innovative programming that in thinking. Shifts in thinking
the first of its kind in Canada, addresses bullying, violence and require courage. Sagesse defines
and developed an exploratory domestic abuse in the Jewish courageousness as the ability
framework that may be used to community, the 2015 Alberta to approach a difficult situation
advise future research on the Inspiration Award for leadership with a willingness to engage.
potential links between male in Family Violence Prevention This session will explore the
victimization and homelessness. and the 2015 RESOLVE tools needed to step into
Tandeep’s presentation will Excellence in Community courageousness and support
address the methodological Service and Research Award in ourselves and other to engage
premise, research findings, recognition of her distinguished in a new discourse that calls
and the implications this study contribution to creating homes people in to our understanding
presents to service providers of domestic violence. Some
and policy makers alike.

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of the tools we will explore Alison Tieman Alison Tieman is the founder
include; practicing curiosity and of Honey Badger Radio, the
vulnerability, collaboration, Founder and President, longest running and most
stepping into uncertainty, fierce Honey Badger Brigade popular podcast with a men’s
conversations, and centering (Honey Badger Radio) rights focus. She is also
ourselves in our work. We will also president of Honey Badger
discuss what is at stake and the Suicide is the biggest health- Brigade Inc., the largest men’s
harm that can be caused by calling based killer of young people rights organization in Canada.
people out or shaming narratives under the age of 35. The only She has been published at A
and the implications of not reason it isn’t also the biggest Voice For Men and the Good
creating a new narrative of men’s killer of all people young and old Man Project. She has a Masters
experience of domestic violence. is not because it declines with in Environmental Design from
age, but because other killers the University of Calgary and
Karen Straughan become more common. has a focus on the effect of
Think about how many times “toxic environments” on men’s
Leading Canadian blogger you hear about an epidemic mental health.
and YouTube Personality, of cancer or even the flu, but
GirlWritesWhat almost no one talks about
suicide as an epidemic. And the
Karen Straughan is a well-known rate at which people are taking
anti-feminist and Men’s Rights their lives is increasing. This
activist. She has been creating epidemic represents a failure
and posting YouTube videos of our psychology industry to
since 2011, originally under the identify causes correctly and
name Girl Writes What. Self- implement non-ideological
educated, she has a good grasp solutions. Join Alison Tieman as
of gender issues and history she discusses the two coping
and is able to win debates strategies for people who’ve
against other, formally-educated, overcome depression and
“experts”. Her YouTube channel suicidal ideation, the triple threat
has about 200,000 subscribers, young men face and why young
and she is popular as a podcast women are killing themselves
and internet interviewee and as a more now than ever.
guest speaker at public events.

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Justin Trottier Karen Vecchio businesses in the community.
In her personal capacity, Karen
Founder and National MP for Elgin-Middlesex- is married to Mike Vecchio and
Executive Director, Canadian London, Shadow Minister for they have 5 children. She is
Association for Equality Families, Children and Social very proud of her rural roots and
Development, Chair of the strong family core values.
Status of Women Committee
of the House of Commons Siobhan Weare

Forced-to-Penetrate:
Research into Female
Sexual Violence
Against Men

Justin Trottier is the Founder Karen was first elected on Dr Siobhan Weare is a Lecturer
and National Executive Director October 19, 2015 to represent in Law at Lancaster University
of the Canadian Association the riding of Elgin-Middlesex- Law School in the UK.
for Equality and the Canadian London in the 42nd Parliament. She researches and lectures
Centre for Men and Families. Karen is the Shadow Minister in the area of Criminal Law
Previously, he played a leadership for Families, Children and Social and Criminal Justice. She is
role in a variety of humanist, Development. She is a Member conducting the first study in
secularist and skeptic of the Conservative Party the UK on ‘forced-to-penetrate’
organizations, in particular the Shadow Cabinet, Chair of the cases (where a man is forced
Centre for Inquiry Canada, where Status of Women Committee, to penetrate, with his penis and
he served as Executive Director Chair of the Conservative without his consent, a woman’s
for seven years. Justin is also a Social Development Advisory vagina, anus, or mouth). These
passionate advocate for public Caucus, Member of the Auto cases are so labelled because
science education and hosts The Caucus, Seniors Caucus, Anti- under current UK laws they are
Star Spot, an astronomy-themed Poverty Caucus, Agricultural not recognised as rape.
radio show and podcast. Caucus, Great Lakes Her research has involved
Caucus; and Member of the speaking to male survivors
Canada-United States Inter- about their experiences of this
parliamentary Group. In her form of sexual violence. She has
role as the Shadow Minister, been awarded funding from the
Karen deals with issues related British Academy to support this
to housing and homelessness, work. Her research has been
poverty, childcare, as well as published in leading international
issues related to youth and journals, including the
seniors. Karen’s experience International Journal of Law in
as an Executive Assistant to a Context and Archives of Sexual
former Member of Parliament Behaviour. There has been
provided her with a greater
understanding of federal
government programs and their
connection to individuals, not-
for-profit organizations and small

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extensive media coverage of Peter Whitehead life. In this presentation he will
her work in the UK, including by open up about his experiences
Channel 4 News, You Magazine, Supporting Canadian and how we can better support
BBC Radio FiveLive, LBC Radio, Veterans with PTSD veterans and first responders
and The Sun. Siobhan has suffering from PTSD.
also presented her research at Peter Whitehead is a veteran of
events attended by the police, the Canadian armed forces. He
third sector support services, was diagnosed with PTSD and
and policymakers, and has OSI (operational stress injury) in
influenced policy and practice 2016, following years of combat
related to supporting male in which he witnessed countless
survivors of sexual violence. horrors, on three occasions
Dr Siobhan Weare will be sharing coming within inches of death.
findings from her ground- Following his return to civilian life
breaking research on men’s Peter wrestled with separation
experiences of being forced- anxiety from his crewmates,
to-penetrate a woman within feelings of displacement and and
the UK. She will explore the inability to reconnect to domestic
contexts within which this form
of sexual violence is perpetrated,
as well as the impacts that these
experiences have on the men
who experience them.
The extent to which male victims
engage with support services
and the criminal justice system
will also be considered.
The voices of male survivors
who have participated in her
research will feature throughout
her presentation.

Thank you!

On behalf of the conference organizing team, we want to share our deepest
thanks and appreciation with each speaker, donor and volunteer who
contributed their unique skills and experience in order to drive the
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Bill C78 /
Equal Parenting

CAFE built a coalition of organizations that jointly advocated for amendments to the Divorce Act to
enshrine equal parenting into law. The equal parenting position was the central recommendation
of at least one third of those who presented before the government, with endorsements from B’nai
Brith Canada and several MPs.

In February 2018, CAFE commissioned a poll by the firm Nanos Research to explore public
attitudes toward shared parenting. The response showed 70% of Canadians favour shared
parenting and only 13% oppose. We have had several public statements and well attended public
events on this file.

Unfortunately the legislation passed the House with almost no amendments and is now before the
Senate, where we continue to fight for family law reforms that would truly put children first.

• January 2019: CAFE completed a research report on Alienated Grandparents,
The Impact of Parental Divorce on the Relationship between Grandparents and Grandchildren

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Research Project

An Analysis of the
Correlations Between
Intimate Partner
Violence (IPV) and
Homelessness in Toronto

This research was funded by a $23,511 Government of Canada research grant from Homelessness
Partnering Strategy within Employment and Social Development Canada. Click on the link below
for the full Report.

Summary

This study was aimed at exploring the correlation between intimate partner violence (IPV)
victimization and homelessness, with an emphasis on the victimization of male identified
individuals. The study examined the rates of IPV victimization among male and female clients of
abstinent emergency shelters and drop-in centres in the sampled Canadian urban centre. The
study was also interested in the degree of satisfaction of clients with the services provided by these
facilities.
It was found that IPV victimization is correlated with homelessness, addiction, and mental health
issues. Male victims of IPV were 3.55 times more likely to have experienced homelessness,
compared to males who were not victims. Interestingly, male identified individuals were nearly two
times more likely to state they would attend a “men’s domestic violence shelter” as opposed to
attending a gender-neutral “domestic violence shelter.” This indicates a stigma that males attach
to their victimization. Despite similar rates of reported victimization, only 30% of male respondents
identified as victims , whereas 59% of female respondents identified as victims. The research found
a strong correlation between male victims of IPV, and homelessness, addictions, and mental health
issues.

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Furthermore, this study recommends that additional resources be made available for community
agencies that provide counselling for IPV victims. The additional resources are intended to ensure
that existing services are expanded to allow both male and female identified victims of IPV to
receive trauma-informed services.

Key Recommendations

• Ensure that male IPV victims have access to facilities that provide emergency accommodations to
men fleeing violence
• Provide additional resources to community agencies for trauma-informed services, including
addition and mental health services, for male victims of IPV.

Statistical Highlights from the Report

• 76% of male respondents indicated being psychologically abused by their intimate partner, and 31
75% of male respondents indicated being psychologically abusive towards their intimate partner
(n=219).

• 60% of male respondents self-reported as being victims of physical violence in their intimate
partner relationships, and 52% self-reported as having perpetrated physically against their
intimate partner (n=219).
• 66% of male respondents indicated having experienced depression that they linked to their
victimization (n=168)
• 48% of male respondents indicated having experienced some form of anxiety that was linked to
their victimization (n=163)
• 11% of male respondents indicated having attempted suicide as a result of their IPV victimization
(n=168)
• 53% of male respondents indicated having used alcohol to cope with their IPV victimization
(n=166)
• 49% of male respondents self-reported as having used drugs to cope with their IPV victimization
(n=164)
• Only 22% of male respondents indicated that they would attend a domestic violence shelter
(n=172)
• 40% of male respondents indicated that they would attend men’s domestic violence shelter
(n=203)
• 28% of male respondents indicated that they sought counselling to address their IPV
victimization (n=167)

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CAFE Take Two

Episode 1: Who We Are
Episode 2: Men in Isolation
Episode 3: Identity Harassment
Episode 4: Fathers as Equals
Episode 5: The “Seduction Community”
Episode 6: Celebrating Fatherhood

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Suicide Prevention
Campaign

Campaign website https://lookbehindthemask.com

Campaign support and advice from the Distress Centres of Greater Toronto, the Canadian Mental
Health Association – Toronto and the Centre for Suicide Prevention.
Launch event held at the University of Toronto (fall 2019)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX7Z_00BWYs
Toronto Billboard Advertisement ran in Cabbagetown (November 2019)

Ottawa Digital Transit Shelter Ads (May 2020) * We negotiated a $13,000 value media package
for $2,000.
We developed two new versions of the ad, one of which responds to male isolation during the
pandemic.

We released a video announcing this campaign, which is Episode 2 of our new CAFE Take Two
series https://youtu.be/4ZmnChIni6c

Media Advisory released: Men Are 75% of All Canadian Suicides; Toronto Billboard Ad Aims to
Reduce Male Suicide, Empower Loved Ones

CAFE Advisors Dr. Rob Whitley (McGill) and Dr. Dan Bilsker (SFU) will act as expert media
spokespeople on this topic.

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Rebuild CAFE Vancouver,
Launch Campaign to

Open CCMF Vancouver

Completion of Strategic Plan: Vision, Mission, Values, Impact Statement, SWOT Analysis, Strategic
Objectives.
• An amazing CCMF Vancouver team has been built.
• CCMF Vancouver is leading the National Online Peer Support Group, which has been

meeting since April 2020 and currently has 38 registrants.
• Funding proposals submitted to Vancouver Foundation and Project Change Foundation.

Proposal to BC Gaming Capital Grant in development.
• Patreon Campaign platform released: https://www.patreon.com/CCMFVancouver.

Currently at $215USD/month
• We have secured $30,000 in matching

The new CCMF Vancouver Team:
a. Roger Challis - Branch Co-Director
b. Paul Dowell - Branch Co-Director
c. Misty Kelly - Secretary
d. Rob Kruyt - Treasurer
e. Chris Kelly - Fundraising
f. Owen Goodwin - networking/outreach
g. Chris Anderson - PR/communications
h. Liam Wilson - at-large
i. Carey Linde- at-large
j. Karl Lackner - at-large
k. Martin Nugter - advisor

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Legal Strategy

R v. Langan

CAFE is working with the law firm Da Cruz - Sommers LLP, with support from Diana Davison of The
Lighthouse Project, to apply to intervene in the Supreme Court of Canada case of R v. Langan 2019
BCCA 467 http://canlii.ca/t/j46xt.
If we receive leave to intervene, it will be a major coup for CAFE and make it easier for us to
intervene in future cases.

This particular case also allows us to raise issues around
• Myths and stereotypes with respect to male sexual insatiability and aggression
• Gender double standards as they relate to alleged victims and perpetrators of sexual crimes
• The problems with relying on text evidence in determining fact and credibility
• Concerns with erosion of due process as a result of jurisprudence and new legislation

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Family Shelter /
National HQ

UPDATE

1. Review of Candidate Sites, Confirming Budget Feasibility (Fall 2019)
2. Completion of the public crowd-funding campaign, raising over $500,000 (January 2020)
3. Approval of Mortgage Financing (March 2020)
4. Major Donation Pledge (value ~ $250,000 - 350,000) (May 2020)
5. First Meeting of the Family Shelter Advisory Board (June 2020)
6. Grant Applications for Core Staff Funding (2020)
Zoning, bylaw and operational information provided by Loretta Ramadhin, Project Director,
Shelter Planning, Development & Infrastructure, City of Toronto. She has agreed to advise on
the feasibility of any particular site we are considering and whether it meets City standards.
• The GoFundMe Campaign and facebook campaigns have been renewed. $9800 raised so

far through these and other channels.
• The Brand Manager of Grindstone, a Venture Capital firm, has called to say their CEO wants

to “close” the campaign, meaning donate $80,000, in exchange for sponsorship style
recognition. This should be taken with a grain of salt until a written agreement has been
drafted. The CEO needs to determine, based on their cash flow situation, how much they can
donate now and how they might schedule payments into 2020. I will advise on developments,
if there are any, and we will look at a written contractual agreement if this proceeds.

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ORGANIZATIONAL

Create an internal
directory to document
processes at
CAFE / CCMF

Complete
1. Identify and make available all existing documentation
2. Instructions for Monthly Bookkeeping by CAFE Branches and Centre
3. Zoom Teleconferencing Instructions
4. CAFE National Board Nomination Process
5. Instructions for Zoho CRM One pager for new volunteers

In Process:
• Revised Client Management Manual for all Centres
(Advisory meeting scheduled with Paul Sandor)
• Fundraising procedures
• Setup a framework for crowd-sourcing further docs (In process)

Streamline and automate CAFE/CCMF systems
1. WooCommerce membership and donation portal setup complete, but not gone live
2. Donor and Membership Data integration between Woo Commerce and Zoho CRM complete
3. Payroll automation in Quickbooks complete
4. Contact information automation between Zoho CRM and Constant Contact complete.
5. Charity receipting automation in development.

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National
Communication

Enhancements

National Branding and Strategic Marketing will be led by Neal Goomar, Marketing & Strategic
Planning Director at Brand Müller
Support will be provided by Michael Cavanaugh, who led our previous two branding strategy
sessions (2014 and 2016).
Following the Strategic Marketing phase, next steps will be
• Revised websites
• Social Media strategy
• Membership development strategy

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Staffing Updates

During 2019 - 2020,
CAFE benefitted from
the following Staff:

Glenn Hendricks - Director of Development
Justin Trottier - National Executive Director
David Shackleton - Executive Director of CCMF Ottawa
Beth Barberree - Executive Director of CCMF Calgary
Rory Phillips - Summer Intern and ongoing Part-Time at CCMF Calgary
Bronte Diduck - Summer Intern (2019 and 2020) at CCMF Edmonton
Zachary Sippel - Summer Intern (2019) at CCMF Ontario West
Patrick Yao - Summer Intern (2020) at CCMF Ontario West

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Outreach

The Mental Health Commission of Canada invited us to participate in the Early Childhood Mental
Health workshop in Vancouver in April 2020. This was a small group of 50 agency heads from
family service agencies and government mental health agencies across Canada. The enthusiasm to
enhance programs to support fathers was amazing and everyone we discussed this with welcomed
our involvement.
Over 80 clients attended our annual Holiday Dinner at The Old Mill, biggest attendance so far.
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Association
of Family and

Conciliation
Courts

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Cabbagetown
Festival

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Additional Outreach
& Partnerships

Sagesse - Calgary Domestic Violence Collective
• Calgary Distress Centre
• Men’s Group Poker nights (Toronto and Ottawa) - April 2019
• Council on Aging for senior men’s breakfast around International Men’s Day (Ottawa)
• City of Toronto - Our Healthy Eating program completed its initial run with the City of Toronto’s

Public Health Agency.

Presentations
August 2019: Presentation at the International Conference on Men’s Issues in Chicago.
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Tabling
Ontario penitentiaries health and wellness fair

Sponsorships
Sponsoring the 2020 International Conference on Shared Parenting

Workshops
• Men’s mental health workshop delivered for the Family Justice Centre in Buffalo, NY
• Participation by invitation from the Mental Health Commission of Canada in a conference on

youth mental health in Vancouver.
• Workshop for the Early childhood Education Program at Fanshawe College, arranged by

Professor Kimrberley Bishop

Campus Outreach
• Fanshawe College student group registers as “a non-profit organization aimed at ending

violence against men.”

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2019 Golf
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Charger
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