Be the Change
Together our voices can advance equity - for everyone.
Event Details
In partnership with UN Women's HeForShe campaign, Be the Change is on Thursday, September 19 in the MacEwan Hall Ballroom. Doors open at 4:00pm and the program begins at 4:30pm.
What is HeForShe?
People everywhere understand and support the idea of gender equality. They know it’s not just a women’s issue, it’s a human rights issue. Launched by UN Women in 2014, HeForShe is a global solidarity movement that invites men and people of all genders to create a bold, visible and united force for gender equality.
HeForShe provides a systematic approach and targeted platform where a global audience can engage and become change agents for the achievement of gender equality in our lifetime, on our university campus and around the world.
Paul Brandt - Keynote Speaker
Paul Brandt is a Multi-Platinum recording artist, philanthropist, and 21-year serial entrepreneur.
Influenced by his past as a Registered Nurse at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, Paul combines his celebrity platform with humanitarian endeavours. Paul's humanitarian work has led him to various projects in Ethiopia, Malawi, Egypt, Belize, Mexico, Haiti and Cambodia.
Paul promotes projects to meet practical physical, emotional, and psychosocial needs around the world. Inspired by this idea, the anti-human trafficking movement called #NotInMyCity, focused on raising awareness about child sexual exploitation and sex trafficking, was born.
In his keynote talk, Paul will share insights about his role as a male advocate in the gender-based violence space through his work as the founder of #NotInMyCity.
UCalgary Changemakers
Every day our campus works to create meaningful change for gender equity in our community. Get inspired by their stories and take action.
Women's hockey team first to complete month-long training program around sexual violence
Dinos Athletics partners with sexual violence support advocate to launch new initiative addressing violence, consent, gender and hazing.
Two students take a stand against sexual and domestic violence
Club executives speak up in honour of Sexual Violence Awareness Month
Social Work prof leads evaluation of program that promotes healthy masculine identities
$1.25M Public Health Agency of Canada grant supports program designed to prevent teen dating violence
Is there only one way to be a man? Rethinking masculinity as a rigid social construct
UCalgary community members find creative avenues to think outside the "man box" and redefine masculinity
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Documentary Screening: The Mask You Live In
Date & Time: September 16 | 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Location: Sustainability Resource Centre (Science B 101)
Join the Office of Sustainability for a free screening of The Mask You Live In. The Mask You Live In explores how our culture's narrow definition of masculinity is harming our boys, men and society at large while unveiling ways we can step in and take action.
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Gender Equity Issues in Higher Education - Lunch n Learn
Date & Time: Sept. 19 | 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Women's Resource Centre (MSC 482)
What factors might contribute to gender inequity and inequality in universities? What are the necessary steps that can and should be taken to achieve gender equity?
Join us for a Lunch n Learn on Sept. 19 to hear UCalgary experts answer these questions and share insights on gender equity in post-secondary.
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WELab Program
The Hunter Hub's WELab program is the first of its kind in Alberta. WELab is a female entrepreneurship education and mentorship program, designed to inspire and develop the next generation of women entrepreneurs, leaders and changemakers across diverse disciplines.
Open to UCalgary female-identifying undergraduates, the program officially launches Fall 2019.