Interview with Canada's First Campus Men's Collective Leader + News on Dads Gaining Respect & Feminists Fearing Men's Groups

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DATE : Sat, 9 Jan 2010 00:16:00 GMT
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"if some of the printed statements about our group were printed word for word against the women's collective it would have been a firestorm...but to take pot shots at a group of several self identified males was considered fair game, so there again we met up with a previous unknown gender bias" - Will BreenGuest Interview:  Will BreenWill Breen is the founder and first President of the Men's Collective at Brandon University in Brandon, Manitoba, the first men's group at a university campus in Canada. He received a degree in Geosciences.  Brandon University Men's Collective Facebook groupBU's male advocacy group on short leash: 'Men have issues just like everyone else'BU Men's Collective Campus Forum DiscussionNews and Views:Paying More Attention to Fathers (Nov 2, 2009, New York Times)Fathers Gain Respect From Experts (and Mothers) (Nov 2, 2009, New York Times)Why Women Should Be Concerned About Menâs Rights Groups (Nov 6, 2009, The Frisky)Also of interest:Economic crisis turning dads into criminals (Nov 4, 2009, Examiner.com)News Co-host Michael Payton News:A recent graduate of York University, Michael also worked as a research intern at Harvard and MIT. In 2008 he was ranked in the top ten debaters in Canada and the top 30 in North America.  Michael is also an active public spokesperson - having appeared on numerous TV and radio stations like CBC Radio, the John Moore Show and CTS Television for various political organizations such as the Canadian Secular Alliance.Host Justin Trottier:A leading figure in the freethought movement, Justin is an outspoken advocate of church-state separation, freedom of expression and inquiry, equality rights for non-believers and science education.  He's had television appearances on CBC, TVO, CTS, OMNI, Global, the Space Channel, CH and CityTV, as well as dozens of radio appearances and coverage in campus, city and national newspapers.

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