@nfl has thrown a #hailmary and is calling on someone who will put an end to domestic violence to catch it. So how do we go about “tackling domestic violence”? NFL Commentator James Brown In an American study of a large national representative sample, nearly 1 in 5 men reported intimate partner violence directed […]
Movember Canada is accepting video applications for their Men’s Health Innovation Challenge. So the Fathers’ Mental Health Network got together and created the Shoulder to Shoulder Project. This proposal uses a general way men communicate with each other (shoulder to shoulder, meaning while engaged in activity) to facilitate greater conversations about mental health. We continue […]
Margaret Wente’s G&M article “Watching men watching sports” suggests that men experience sports far more fanatically than women and that sports is an arena for men to bond and engage with other men. True, some men love their sports and the loyalty, joy and agony some men experience through their team, and its wins and […]
The Globe and Mail‘s story of Ontario Judge Donald McLeod is not just about a boy who grew up “in the projects” but also about a boy who grew up without a father. Luckily Donald had a strong and supportive mother; he also discovered a male role model and mentor in Mr. Lowenstein, a Bay […]
Sociologist and researcher Dr. Flora Matheson, PhD of St. Michael’s Hospital discovered that Ontario women are far more likely to use mental health services compared to men. The same study showed that when men and women suffer from a physical illness (such as diabetes) plus a mental illness that they are more likely to use […]
Toronto is not just a hot spot for financiers, sommeliers, and entrepreneurs; Toronto is also home of some of the latest innovators creating resources for fathers. Earlier this month parents Brian Rosenberg and Ferd van Gameren launched their website gayswithkids.com, creating a community for fellow gay dads. This multimedia website reaches out to international dads […]
If men can wear socks with sandals surely they can talk about their emotions! Today we launched our website live on radio with Carol and Paul Mott, on NEWSTALK 1010. My high school Principal said I had a radio voice and I do love listening to the radio so what an exciting moment on my […]
“Imitation is the most sincerest form of flattery.” (Proverb)
Let’s be honest, we all hope that our children inherit the parts we love about ourselves and fulfills at least some of our aspirations. In fact, one way to ensure or immortality is to live on through the lives of others, and who better to see ourselves reflected back than through our children?