Activists raise enough funds to open Canada’s first dedicated support centre for men in Toronto

The Toronto centre will be the first dedicated and funded place for men to discuss
issues of equality, fatherlessness, declining enrolment and increasing suicide rates

Activists say they now have funding to open the first Canadian Centre for Men and Families by next spring — an opening that will seek to legitimize the nascent cause of men’s issues in Canada.

The Toronto centre will be the first dedicated and funded place for men to discuss issues of equality, fatherlessness, declining enrolment and increasing suicide rates, according to the Canadian Association for Equality, which on Monday announced it has raised the $50,000 needed to create such a space.

With the help of crowd-sourcing site Indiegogo, the group has now upped its financial goal to $75,000, to be met by Nov. 30.

Iain Dwyer, a founding member of the two-year-old organization, calls the dedicated centre “a first step.”  (more...)

Activists raise enough funds to open Canada’s first dedicated support centre for men in Toronto