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Male Allyship - The Man Box (Employees)
2024-02-01 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto)
By age 18, 1 in 3 women will have experienced some form of sexual
harassment or assault. Female students (and employees) in STEM
programs experience significantly higher rates of sexism,
discrimination, exclusion, and sexual harassment than women in
non-STEM disciplines.

According to the Statistics Canada 2019 survey
[https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2020001/article/00005-eng.htm],
71% of students at Canadian postsecondary schools witnessed or
experienced unwanted sexualized behaviours in a postsecondary
setting—either on campus, or in an off-campus situation that
involved students or other people associated with the school. Most of
those who had experienced these unwanted behaviours stated that the
perpetrators were fellow students. Relatively few students said that
the perpetrators were professors and others in positions of authority.

As society learns more about the causes, both direct causes such as
breaking consent, and indirect causes like systems that benefit men
and blame victims/survivors for what happened to them, it’s
important to learn about these causes and how you can contribute to
preventing them. It’s not just to show the people around you that
you want them to lead a life free of gender-based violence and the
many barriers it creates, but it also shows future employers that
you’ve invested in equity work – one more way to set your resume
apart of the rest of the crowd. PLEASE NOTE: THIS CERTIFICATE IS
AVAILABLE TO MALE IDENTIFYING PARTICIPANTS ONLY.
