Next Gen Men

Published purpose

This 33-month project will implement a new regional network to advance the engagement of men and boys in addressing the root causes of gender-based violence. Next Gen Men will achieve this by establishing the network, convening, and building relationships among diverse and unconnected individuals and organizations from across sectors committed to advancing gender equity and preventing gender-based violence as well as through the dissemination of existing research and emergent recommendations on the engagement of men and boys from action-based and evidence-informed partners such as Shift: The Project to End Domestic Violence. This project will invite government stakeholders, community-based organizations and individuals (including survivor-serving, Indigenous, and culturally specific), academic subject matter experts, and private-sector representatives from the Pacific, Prairies, and Ontario regions to partake in the network, ensuring that project activities are survivor and trauma informed. The demonstration of the positive intended impact of the network approach and potential to be replicated, scaled up, or developed further will be carefully documented through ongoing internal evaluation. By the end of the project, Next Gen Men will have developed a promising practice that increased connections and collaboration and shared it with the wider GBV sector to advance the role of men and boys as key participants in gender equity and gender-based violence prevention in Canada. The first additional funds will be used for the translation of project documents and resources in both official languages. The second additional funds will be leveraged to achieve a future-proof pathways resources for the community beyond the conclusion of this funded project, and to share the story of the network and its participants to further inspire others to engage boys and men in gender justice.