Movember partners with the Government of Canada to help shape the first Men and Boys’ Health Strategy

For more than two decades, Movember has worked to improve mental health, prevent suicide, and address prostate and testicular cancer. We have funded research, built community-based programs, and tested what works in real-world settings. Movember has spent years working across health systems, workplaces, research institutions, and community networks. Now, we are bringing that experience into a national policy process.This partnership allows that experience to inform a broader, coordinated national approach.

What this partnership means

Movember will help convene experts, practitioners, and communities to inform the design of the Strategy. Our role is to ensure the process is grounded in strong evidence, practical insight, and lived experience.

We are not writing the government policy. We are helping ensure that the policy is shaped by the right voices and informed by what improves outcomes for men and boys.

A national strategy must reflect the diversity of men and boys across Canada. That only happens if the conversation is broad, rigorous, and honest.

What the convenings will focus on

Over the coming months, Movember will organize a series of targeted expert roundtables and consultations.

These sessions will examine:

• How prevention and early intervention can better reach men
• How to improve help-seeking and engagement with health services
• The links between mental, physical, and social health
• The role of workplaces, sport, and community settings

The goal is to move beyond awareness and toward structural change. That means identifying gaps, elevating solutions that already show promise, and clarifying where national alignment can make a measurable difference.

Canada has never had a coordinated national framework focused specifically on improving health outcomes for men and boys.A strategy creates the opportunity to align efforts across sectors, reduce duplication, strengthen prevention, and build systems that engage men earlier and more effectively.

What happens next

The Government of Canada has opened a national consultation process.

You can have your say in the development of this strategy too. Every Canadian can learn more and participate at Canada.ca/Healthy-Men

A conversation is the starting point. A strategy is the outcome.We are proud to partner in building it.