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"LOCAL Special pilot program has impact on boys" attitudes ® Continued from page 16 trated covers with tennis stars. The man is an action shot during a match; the woman is in a bathing suit. Over the weeks they saw the boys' attitudes change. A poll showed that many - changed what they thought about domestic violence and what men can do. The boys at Loyola orga- nized a school vigil Dec. 6 to mark the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, where 14 women were killed in a shooting at the Ecole Poly- technique-aneventthe boys hadn't even heard of before the program. Other students orga- nized hashtag campaigns and a fundraiser for Halton Women's Place. Male-ally programs are not new and have long been recommended those work- ingon thefrontlines fighting RRR ATG violence against women. For instance, last year the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger- Cats partnered with Inter- val House for the Be More Than a Bystander cam- The partnership came af- ter the Tiger-Cats faced mas- sive backlash for hiring and then swiftly firing Art Briles as an assistant coach. Briles was ousted from his previous head coaching job at.a Texas university af- ter a sexual assault scandal. Internationally, there is the white ribbon campaign - amovementofmenandboys worRing to end violence against women and girls thatbeganinTorontoin1991. But what seems to be growing is public interest, said Sexual Assault Centre of Hamilton and Area (SA- CHA) director Lenore Luka- sik-Foss. "There is a more recep- « Night Guards Implant Dentures Sports Guards Repairs in 1 Hour Same Day. Relines CYECVRLVENE ROE G.T. Trenton DD and Jill Stevenson DD, 160 Mill St. (Downtown Milton) © www.miltondentureclinic.com | miltondentureclinic@cogeco.net 90 5-876-2000 After hours emergency - 905-854-7100 FREE CONSULTATION 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE Immediate Dentures House & Hospital Calls Dental Insurance Accepted tive audience and under- standing of the importahce," she said. . ' Unfortunately many community 'agencies just don't have the funding for this type of programming, including SACHA where Lukasik-Foss said she'd love toimplement a program. Halton Women's Place public education program is funded through a private do- nation. Both Duguid and Smith are also volunteers with a John Howard Society pro- gram that helps men who have been violent in domes- tic relationships. These men ask many of the same questions as the teen boys about what it means tobeinahealthyrela- tionship, Duguid said, add- ing he can't help but wonder what these men's lives would belikeifthey'd had ac- cess to male-ally education when they were young. Now available Specializing in Imports, Domestics, and Performance, Transmissions Automatic & Standard * Imports & Domestic Cars * Trucks & 4X4'S « Clutches & Differentials Front Wheel Drive * Front Axle Repairs * Guaranteed Service + Warranties * Free Towing Within 10km ¢ Classic Cars * Fleet Vehicles SLE 78-8156 * 905-878-8157 Ld = Wi " . =y Sarr EA BE WA x 8 Ao TERR rs Caring for yourself is the first step to caring for others. : . Visit shoppersloveyou.ca for tips on improving your heart health. T™The heart and / kcon on its own and the heart and / loon followed (by another icon or words are trademarks of Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada used under license FF suorpPers (9 LOVE. Wf veussioe. hy g10Z 's Averuqad 'Aepsuny) | uoldweyd ueipeue uo | Wo2 uo}jeyepisu|