Men’s Circle At UVic

Discuss a set topic for an hour each week while learning from other men and sharing free food.
The UVic Men’s Circle is a drop in, discussion group for men and masculine-identified folks to discuss their challenges and celebrate their wins in their life as a man.
- Connect with others with similar and shared identities
- Share lived experiences and stories
- Get advice or just a listening ear, whatever you are looking for
- Breakdown limiting, rigid and dominant views and expectations of masculinity for a more healthy and authentic life

When? Wednesdays at 6pm
Upcoming Circles are:
October 30th – Consent
Where? In the Student Union Building at UVic in the basement in room B025.
Who? All men and masculine-identified members of the community (not just UVic students & staff!), including trans, genderqueer and non-binary folks. We’re always excited to meet new people!
Newcomers are invited!
Don’t worry if you missed our last Men’s Circle conversation. Every gathering is new but we also review – and generally repetition is important for human brains!
Acknowledgments
The Men’s Circle Coordinating Collective would like to acknowledge that the Men’s Circle takes place on W̱SÁNEĆ and Lekwungen traditional territory. As a group of settler men and masculine-identified folks, we particularly want to name that heteropatriarchy has been a primary tool of colonization, through violence on the land and bodies of Indigenous people, and in the ongoing attempts to impose settler patriarchal masculinities on Indigenous men. This leads us to the understanding that learning to practice an accountable and feminist masculinity must also grapple with the need to show up in solidarity with Indigenous resurgence.
Accountability
The Men’s Circle was created by the Anti-Violence Project, and is accountable and in relation to them. We also strive to be accountable to the wider community in which we exist. We’re wanting to be better at that; the group isn’t perfect, and neither is the journey.
Men’s Circle Resources
Access our resources, including the Men’s Circle formal funding report and our document Shifting Cultures: Some thoughts and reflections about the Anti-Violence Project’s Men’s Circle.