About our Project:

"We've Survived Before"

In 2020, The New Brunswick Health Research Foundation and Mental Health Research Canada supported our application to create an intergenerational, participation action research project using zines and guided dialogue to explore community resilience and empowerment from 2SLGBTQIA+ elders who survived the AIDS epidemic,  2SLGBTQIA+ youth developed a COVID-19 mental health program for their younger peers. This mental health program and zine is available freely on our website for community groups to use!

Check out this interview with Saint Thomas University where Dr. Erin Fredericks speaks to this project: stu.ca/news/all-news/2021/dr-erin-fredericks-receives-grant-for-inter-generational-youth-led-mental-health-intervention-for-lgbtq-youth.php?fbclid=IwAR1fZW1zWqDvgtthyecG1hbycReRyfoTgCQNgR9wycUtZNXVGuR-rx7LeWM

For the list of recipients of the New Brunswick Health Foundation funding: https://nbhrf.com/en/award-recipients/​

"Arts-based Research For Queer Futures with 2SLGBTQIA+ Youth"

In 2018, our team was supported by SSHRC Insight Development Grants Program to run an arts-based research project on 'Queer Futures' with 2SLGBTQIA+ youth in Fredericton and Halifax. Submitted artwork will be made into a digital and travelling exhibition to engage policy makers and youth-serving organizations on matters of importance to our youth. This project was delayed due to COVID, but we are now accepting artwork from youth across the Maritimes on the topic of Queer Futures. You can find more information about that project here: https://nbmediacoop.org/2021/03/16/diverse-panel-examines-possible-futures-for-new-brunswick/ 

For this funding announcement, click the link below and find us in the New Brunswick section. 
https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/results-resultats/recipients-recipiendaires/2018/idg-sds-eng.aspx
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