Queer Joy Photovoice Project: Intergenerational & Intersectional Community-based Research to Strengthen 2SLGBTQIA+ Communities Wisdom2Action is currently implementing a project called the “Queer Joy Photovoice Project: Intergenerational & Intersectional Community-based Research to Strengthen 2SLGBTQIA+ Communities”. The research is funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada*. The project has been conducted in collaboration with three partner organizations across Canada: Chroma NB from New Brunswick, Edmonton 2 Spirit Society (E2S) in Alberta and 2 Spirits in Motions Society (2SiMS) in Saskatchewan as we seek to…

Youth dating violence and gender dating violence continue to be significant safety and public health concerns. Wisdom2Action (W2A) is committed to addressing this growing issue through collaborative initiatives to intervene in the work to prevent youth and gender-based interpersonal violence. Through the Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC), W2A is actively engaged in building community responses to 2SLGBTQIA youth dating violence. The Health Perspective program comprises two evidence-based interventions: the W2A SAFER project, and the CBRC Do You Mind? program into one enhanced intervention that addresses…

March 2026 marks the 16th annual International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV). The day is dedicated to celebrating the contributions made by transgender people as well as raising awareness about the discrimination and violence that community members experience. There are many false and harmful myths about trans people that villainize the community. These false depictions have led to an intensified anti-trans legislation that targets the rights, freedoms and healthcare access negatively affecting trans people’s lives. Not all trans people experience harm in the…

March 2026 marks the 115th annual International Women’s Day (IWD) to recognize the achievements of women while shedding light on further efforts towards gender equality. The determination to achieve women’s equalparticipation in society and to bridge the gap in justice and equity for women has been demonstrated since IWD’s creation in 1911. At a time when volatile global politics question the dignity, rights, and safety of women, it is critical to resist absurd and unreasonable claims that diminish fairness and impact of women’s…

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…