UM Todaybarbershop talk – UM Today https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca Your Source for University of Manitoba News Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:13:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 CBC Manitoba: University students, professor make space for men and boys to talk about mental health https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/cbc-manitoba-university-students-professor-make-space-for-men-and-boys-to-talk-about-mental-health/ https://umtoday-wordpress.ad.umanitoba.ca/cbc-manitoba-university-students-professor-make-space-for-men-and-boys-to-talk-about-mental-health/#respond Mon, 10 Feb 2025 15:28:16 +0000 https://news.umanitoba.ca/?p=210980 Student-led initiative, Black barbershop help create welcoming places for men and boys to open up]]> University of Manitoba assistant professor Warren Clarke and his student co-ordinators put on a barbershop talk event called Black Men and Misconceptions, Solidarity: Addressing Mental Health and Anti-Black Racism.

Clarke has been organizing similar events since 2018 and they’ve been held across Canada and even in Barbados, he said. 

Some previous barbershop talks focused on sexuality and sexual health, well-being and relationship building within peer groups, he said. 

“It’s been a very important conversation for many Black men and boys,” he said. 

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