David Hatfield is a respected independent facilitator, experiential educator, trainer, and consultant. His professional interests revolve around issues of social justice, masculinity, and leadership. His passions lie in the meeting place of gender empathy and empowerment, rites of passage, conflict transformation, creativity, communication, and leadership training. David's engaging program design, facilitation, and keynote addresses are masterful and have been contracted nationally and internationally. As a specialist in male issues, David is a powerful guide in exploring notions of masculinity and a catalyst in illuminating and supporting new possibilities for both genders.

Echoing Green Fellowship

David's vision of a Vancouver Men's Centre made it to the top 10% of the semi-final round of the Echoing Green Fellowship 2010.  The vision is of a brick and mortar centre, sited in the community it serves, offering a men's health clinic, male studies institute and professional development training for those working with men, in a model replicable in other municipalities.  To accelerate social change, Echoing Green invests in and supports outstanding emerging social entrepreneurs around the world to launch new organizations that deliver bold, high-impact solutions.  www.echoinggreen.org

Manology: Exploring 21st Century Masculinity

David is the program director of this on-going course series for men featuring diverse presenters and themes.  Manology will begin it's second year next fall, and will run on Mondays, from September 13 - Dec 6, no class on October 11 - Thanksgiving Day, from 7:30 - 9:45 pm at the Roundhouse Community Centre.  Drop-ins are welcome, $12.

For full details see: www.masculinity21st.wordpress.com

International Men's Day - November 19th

In January 2010, David was proud to accept an invitation from International Men's Day founder Dr. Jerome Teelucksingh to become the Canadian coordinator for International Men's Day.

Manology is very proud to be the very first body ever in Canada to formally recognize and celebrate International Men's Day.   We did so on our November 19th session.  This United Nations supported day recognizes boy's and men's health, improving gender relations, promoting gender equality, and highlighting positive role models.  It is an occasion for men to highlight discrimination against them and to celebrate their achievements and contributions, in particular for their contributions to community, family, marriage, and child care.  For more information about International Men's Day please visit:      www.internationalmensday.com

David is honored to be a presenter at the 2009 55th annual Banff Men's Conference, www.banffmen.org, and to be the keynote speaker and featured presenter at the 2010 BC Alternate Education Conference in Vancouver.  www.bctf.ca/BCAEA/conference.html   

The well-known verse from the Talmud echoes the ethos of his work: