BY JOE WEPPLER November is here and with it comes one of the world’s biggest and most viral fundraising campaigns. The Movember Foundation is a charity committed to the men’s health movement. Since 2003, millions of men and women have joined the movement and over $677 million has been raised. The Movember Foundation has also funded over 1,000 programs focusing on prostate cancer, testicular cancer, poor mental health and physical … Continued
BY HEATHER STANLEY December is fast approaching, which means Movember is almost over. The annual event encourages men to grow moustaches to raise awareness about men’s health issues, particularly prostate and testicular cancer. According to Movember Canada, the average life expectancy for Canadian men is four years less than women. One in five Canadians will experience a mental health problem each year and about two in five will develop cancer. … Continued
BY RACHEL ROY November is known for Remembrance Day, but also for its month-long men’s health awareness event, Movember. The month features men growing out their facial hair to bring awareness about men’s health, but is it actually working? Movember began in 2003 with two men in Australia who wanted to grow out their moustaches. No money was raised that year, but when Movember came to Canada in 2007, men … Continued
BY BRUCE CHESSELL November is a month that has become commonly associated with men growing facial hair to support and bring awareness to men’s health, specifically prostate cancer, testicular cancer and mental health. But there is more to Movember than just growing some patchy hair and flaunting your 1980’s era porn-stash. Movember was started in Melbourne, Australia in 2003 when two friends, Travis Garone and Luke Slatery, were having a … Continued
