TRANSFORM: Engaging with young people for social change
We are excited to announce our involvement in the SSHRC Partnership grant, TRANSFORM.
Gender inequalities and discrimination persist glaringly around the globe with gender-based violence standing out as one of the most widespread human rights violations. TRANSFORM brings together 40 researchers, 16 universities, and 10 partner organizations —including NGOs, policy actors, and publishers —with hundreds of youth from around the world to study how young people are pivotal agents of change in gender equity, specifically through visual arts-based methodologies.
The project is led by Claudia Mitchell, Distinguished James McGill Professor (McGill University), with co-directors, Relebohile Moletsane (University of KwaZulu-Natal), Shannon Walsh (University of British Columbia), and Lisa Starr (University of Lethbridge), and is supported by a recently announced $2.5-million Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
At the core of TRANSFORM lies the concept of gender transformation—a radical approach aimed at dismantling unequal gender dynamics to mobilize social change. Although gender transformation serves as a guiding framework for feminist practices in global engagements, the concept is understudied, particularly in real-world implementation contexts.
