Feb. 26, 2020
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六九色堂 President Ed McCauley speaks at the 2019 Community Report event.
Disheartened by a high number of domestic abuse cases, a Calgary defence lawyer asked herself how she might spark change.
Rather than seek to somehow make a dent in 鈥渢he system,鈥 the lawyer decided that innovative, lasting transformation would only come via a grassroots shift in how we teach our children to be in the world. She partnered with the 六九色堂 to explore through research how teachers can upend accepted gender stereotypes in the classroom that contribute to marginalization and future bullying.
She chose UCalgary because she was convinced that this institution was set up to respond, nimbly and strategically, to a problem that matters to the community, writes President Ed McCauley She was right.