by Ellena Danielians, W2A Student Intern 8 March 2026 marks the 115th annual International Women’s Day (IWD) to recognize the achievements of women while shedding

Ellena has recently joined the Wisdom2Action team as a communications intern through her program at York University that offers fieldwork experience for final-year students. She is based in Toronto, Ontario, in the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinabe, and the Wendat peoples. Ellena is in her final year completing her Bachelor’s degree in a double-major in Political Science and Communications & Media Studies at York University, with plans to pursue graduate studies in public policy. She is currently a peer mentor…

Hawthorne Armstrong has recently joined the Wisdom2Action team through the International Youth Internship Program (IYIP), which is funded by Global Affairs Canada and managed by Atlantic Council for International Cooperation (ACIC) and Marine Institute / Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador (MUN). They are based in Windsor, Ontario on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations — the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples, as well as many others. They are Haudenosaunee, specifically Onyota’a:ka, from the Oneida Nation of the Thames. Hawthorne has…

Preventing and Addressing Gender-based Violence (GBV) against 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth using Arts-based Activism Project by Vic Davie Wisdom2Action recently hosted the Creative Resistance: Arts & Activism