International Men’s Day is celebrated annually on November 19. Its aim is to highlight the positive value men bring to the world, their families and communities and to raise awareness of men’s wellbeing.-428x178.png)
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International Men's Day 2022
For International Men's Day 2022 the CHAS EDI committee invited everyone across the college to take part in a photo competition on the theme of Work/Life balance. Staff and students alike sent in photos of UCD Men (not) at Work.
CHAS received an excellent array of photos from staff/student boxing to family readathons. Thank you to all in our Veterinary Sciences Community who entered the competition!
Congratulations to the winners!
Winner - Thabang Modecai Rapinyana
Runner Up - Neil Wu
Runner Up - Stafford Vigors
Runner Up - Thomas Barrett (Veterinary Medicine student)
(opens in a new window)YouTube video of 2022 entries
EDI training and events for International Men’s Day:
Across the month, we also encourage our community to take part in related training and events.
These can be booked through the EDI Training and Events calendar: https://www.ucd.ie/equality/editraining/editrainingcalendar/
Men Looking After their Mental Wellbeing (webinar) | 18th November 11am - 12pm | Everyone welcome
Share & Support Session for Men | 21 November 11am - 11:45am
Executive Institute Masterclass with rugby player Gareth Thomas | 22 November 1- 2pm | (opens in a new window)booking link
Breathe: Yoga for Men | 22nd November 2pm - 3pm
Paternity Matters (webinar) | 23rd November 2pm - 4pm
'I want to take the lessons I’ve learned from my role models to enable those around me.'
Having received my undergraduate degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Oxford, I spent 3 years as a research and development scientist for the bio-pharmaceutical company MicroPharm. My PhD was carried out at Plymouth Marine Laboratory with the Interface Analysis Centre in the School of Physics at the University of Bristol, applying High Speed - Atomic Force Microscopy in algal-virus interactions. I am currently a Postdoc in the School of Veterinary Medicine at UCD utilizing Soft X-Ray Microscopy and other novel imaging techniques to interrogate Hepatitis E infection.
In my administrative role in UCD, I have been very lucky to have had some great male and female colleagues who have supported and mentored me along the way and raised my awareness of the importance of gender balance and equality in the workplace. It brings the best out of me in my daily interactions with colleagues across the campus but also has its challenges and I hope I can pass on my experiences in a future mentorship role.
'We have built our society and civilisation by mutual understanding, appreciation, and collaboration. Let hatred and discrimination not undermine or derail our collective efforts.'
Nelson Mandela once said 'to deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.' As beings, we are all navigating through life as best as we can. The bad days are very often precursors for brighter times. And through all of life's sufferings, the knowledge that we can expect to be treated with equality permits a freedom unique to the human spirit. We are doing ourselves an injustice everytime we fail to promote equality in our society. Ultimately, building a strong culture of equality is the most effective way of ridding discrimination and attaining equal opportunity for all people.
Having positive role models and an open affirmative space are really important when striving to foster better gender relations.-519x437.png)