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Across Canada, and around the world, the Men’s Shed movement is taking off! And it’s all due to the efforts of everyday folks deciding to make a difference. But it can be difficult to know where and how to get started. So we wanted to highlight a few resources to help make things a little…

After wrapping up a 54-year career, David Steventon didn’t know what to do with himself. He renovated his kitchen. He and his wife, Margaret, traveled across the country. But by last Christmas, only a year after retiring from the Canadian Automobile Association, he felt restless. “I was getting under Margaret’s feet a little bit,” he…

Hi Shedders around the world! The Coolum Men’s Shed have just made a video to tell the world how good it is to go to a Men’s Shed. Check it out and share!  

Doug Mackie, founder of Men’s Sheds Canada recently gave a presentation on the history, purpose and goals of Men’s Sheds in Canada. You can watch his presentation below!

The Okanagan Men’s Shed recently received a New Horizons grant. Hon. Stephen Fuhr, MP attended the presentation.

Abstract [Summary] [Link to paper] Males experience greater mortality and morbidity than females in most Western countries. The Australian and Irish National Male Health Policies aim to develop a framework to address this gendered health disparity. Men’s Sheds have a distinct community development philosophy and are thus identified in both policies as an ideal location…

At Men’s Sheds we mostly build, well… Men’s Sheds – small groups or gathering place for men to come together to work and socialize. But in case you’d like to build an actual physical shed, guest contributor Jim Niehaus from Perfect Cuts and Miters has outlined a general approach for you to consider. DIY –…

Here is a collection of various ways different people have described what Men’s Sheds means to them: “There are many men who experience a bit of a vacuum when the structures of their life shift….. this can generate the conditions for unwellness physically, socially, spiritually and then of course mentally. I see your men’s shed…

Join us for a BBQ and Open House on Monday September 19th from 4:30 – 7:30.

Shaw TV just produced a new video featuring the Pemberton Shed and Tool Library. You can check it out here!

Check out the first issue of the IMSO’s newsletter for stories on Men’s Sheds in Canada, the Scottish MSA, Hawaii’s first shed, and more.

Check out a couple interesting new stories for May 2016 about Men’s Sheds in Manitoba and Ontario.

Thanks to everyone who submitted photos to the Canadian Men’s Sheds Photo Contest.

The Okanagan Men’s Shed in Kelowna was recently featured in a CBC article and podcast, and in an article in the Daily Courier.

We’re happy to announce the printable version of the shed startup toolkit has been released!

A profile done by Shaw TV about the Okanagan Men’s Shed, located in Kelowna, British Columbia.

Check out the latest issue of the Shed Online newsletter, from the Australian Men’s Shed Association and Beyond Blue.

The CMSA has just launched this national website in collaboration with the University of Manitoba and the Movember Foundation.