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The Case for Men’s Health Support on Campus

Featuring footage from the event:
Men’s Mental Health: A Silent Crisis
Ryerson University, March 2, 2017

PART 1: Dr. Robert Whitley, students and staff with the Ryerson Men’s Issues Awareness Society

Featuring keynote address by McGill Psychiatrist Dr. Robert Whitley, presentations by students and faculty from the Ryerson Men’s Issues Awareness Society, and a special panel with speakers from

Canadian Mental Health Association
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Young and Potential Fathers
Family Services of Peel
Native Child and Family Services of Toronto
Partners for Planning
Houselink
University of Toronto Faculty of Social Work

Making the case for a men’s health support group at Ryerson University“Take it like a man” is not good enough. Men account for over 75% of suicides. Yet men under-utilise mental health services and sometimes engage instead in unhealthy behaviours that put themselves or others at risk. Efforts to address this crisis have been blocked at Ryerson. Let’s address these problems together for the good of all students.

Rob Whitley is the Principal Investigator of the Social Psychiatry Research and Interest Group (SPRING) at the Douglas Hospital Research Center. He is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University. He has published over 100 papers in the field of social psychiatry and currently leads numerous projects investigating social factors and mental illness.

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A public event of the Canadian Association for Equality (CAFE).

The Canadian Association for Equality (CAFE) is a registered national educational charity that supports all efforts toward achieving gender equality. Our approach must be inclusive, diverse, affirming and evidence-based. This leads us to a current focus on building awareness, resources and support for the status, health and well-being of boys, men and fathers. #LetsTalkMen

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