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Expanding Masculinity: Moving Beyond Boys Will Be Boys | Blake Spence

Nov 15, 2015

Blake Spence shares his own struggles with stereotypical notions of masculinity and his journey to creating the innovative WiseGuyz program. WiseGuyz teaches young men the value of safety and vulnerability and much more.

Blake Spence is one of the creators of Calgary’s award winning WiseGuyz program at the Calgary Sexual Health Centre. WiseGuyz is an innovative school based program that aims to create safe spaces for young men to connect with one another, learn and grow into socially aware young adults. WiseGuyz gives young men an opportunity to safely explores questions and concepts around sex, health, relationships, gender and vulnerability.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

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