Join us on Wednesday, July 9th, as the AVA Webinar Series presents Lessons from WiseGuyz: Engaging Men and Boys Across the Spectrum of Harm, featuring Stafford Perry from WiseGuyz Centre for Sexuality.
Wednesday, July 9th, 2025
12 – 1:30pm MST
This session will explore how to engage men and boys in conversations about harm in a way that fosters both empathy and accountability. Attendees will learn about the approaches that have supported the impact of the Wiseguyz program in working with young men for over a decade. Additionally, we will focus on strategies for addressing sensitive topics with boys without vilifying them, creating a space where they can learn and grow. Participants will leave with practical tools for engaging men and boys across the spectrum of harm in a constructive and compassionate way.
About the Speaker
Stafford Perry is an award-winning actor and community leader with extensive experience in public engagement and facilitation. As a community leader in men’s engagement, Stafford has worked specifically with men and boys to prevent violence and foster social change for over a decade. He was instrumental in coordinating and developing the award-winning WiseGuyz program at the Centre for Sexuality, a groundbreaking violence prevention program for young men and has facilitated over a hundred professional and community workshops across the province. Today, he is the WiseGuyz Scaling Project Manager, supporting sites across the country to implement the WiseGuyz program into their communities. He designs and delivers education workshops, provides consultations and is a featured speaker at local, national, and international conferences.