With Pride Toronto fast approaching, 91亚色 experts are available to share informed perspectives on the stories shaping this year鈥檚 coverage. Drawing on years of community-engaged research, these scholars can shed light on both the historical struggles and the ongoing policy and service barriers affecting queer and trans communities across Canada. In a year marked by political tension, organizational challenges, and broader reflection within the 2SLGBTQIA+ movement, these academics bring essential context to the evolving social, cultural, and political dynamics at play.

(he/him) is a professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women鈥檚 Studies and the School of Social Work. He teaches sexual activism, and social justice. His research areas include advocacy, and the social inclusion 鈥斅燼nd exclusion 鈥斅爋f gender and and sexually diverse populations (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, two-spirit, genderqueer, intersex, queer, questioning 鈥� 2SLGBTQIA+) in social policy and service provision and the degree of recognition of these populations as distinct communities in cultural, systemic and structural contexts. Mul茅 also engages in critical analysis of the 2SLGBTQIA+ movement and the development of queer liberation theory. Mul茅 is currently leading a national research project on poverty in 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, the first national study of its kind.

Mul茅 is available to comment on:

• lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, Two-Spirit, intersex and queer issues
• queer liberation theory
• 2SLGBTQIA+ health and social service concerns, public and social policy regarding 2SLGBTQIA+ people and communities
• history and politics of the 2SLGBTQIA+ movement
• diversity in society and 2SLGBTQIA+ human rights

Tom Hooper (he/him) is a historian of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities in Canada and a professor in the department of equity studies. His research has explored the February 5, 1981, bathhouse raids where over 300 gay men were arrested and criminally charged for their sexuality, with a focus on the community resistance to these raids both on the streets and in the courts. Hooper critically examined the construction of dominant queer historical narratives, including the myth that legal changes in 1969 represented the decriminalization of homosexuality in Canada. Hooper also investigated the use and misuse of heritage grants provided to 2SLGBTQIA+ organizations.

Hooper is available to comment on:

• 2SLGBTQIA+ protest movements
• policing and pride
• 2SLGBTQIA+ history

(he/him) is a social scientist and professor in the School of Social Work who studies transgender medicine, including how sexual and gender minority populations access and experience hormonal and surgical interventions. Kinnon鈥檚 research investigates the social and structural dimensions of care delivery. Kinnon鈥檚 social work practice background includes support group facilitation in the areas of gender-affirming surgery, queer/trans youth, and eating disorders.

MacKinnon is available to comment on:

• transition-related hormone and surgery access inequities in Canada
• 2SLGBTQIA+ mental health
• political-economic dimensions impacting access to 2SLGBTQIA+ support services
• digital healthcare services and education
• community-engaged research methods for and with 2SLGBTQIA+ populations

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Professor Kinnon MacKinnon's pursuit of through the DARE study research is highlighted in The New 91亚色 Times.

Professor Patricia Lakin-Thomas talks to The Jerusalem Post about daylight saving time and ongoing concerns about its impact on public health. Lakin-Thomas says Daylight Saving Time is shown to contribute to higher numbers of car accidents, heart attacks, strokes, and workplace injuries. The time is long overdue to , she adds.

In an op-ed for The Conversation, Professor Jack L. Rozdilsky gives public safety tips to Swifties attending Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, which has six shows in Toronto starting Nov. 14. Toronto's mayor has expressed confidence that the shows will be safe, and that comprehensive security measures will be in place. "In addition to preparing for fun, spend a little time considering concert safety tips which stress situational awareness," writes Rozdilsky. " If something does not seem right to you, it probably is not right." Rozdilsky is also quoted in an article about published in The Week.

If you see something, say something. If something does not seem right to you, it probably is not right.

Rozdilsky writes in The Conversation

Ontario grocery stores are saying the new bottle return requirements may make it impossible to participate in Premier Doug Ford's expansion of alcohol sales. Sebastian Prins, the director of government relations for the Ontario section of the Retail Council of Canada, says the majority of the larger stores are planning to add alcohol sales at locations within five kilometres of a Beer Store, meaning they aren't obligated to accept empties right away. The Canadian Press reports that Prins is working with a to assess the costs and logistics.

Professor Dennis Pilon weighs in on a聽report shelved by Mayor Oliva Chow that recommended Toronto city councillors receive a raise of more than 22 per cent to bring them in line with other municipalities. He says it's important for elected officials to earn "sufficient" salaries to compensate them for their work and ensure that it's not only the rich who can afford to run for office. However, Pilon says that councillors voting on whether to increase their own pay . Professor Joe Mihevc, who served on council for nearly three decades until 2018, tells Toronto Star that councillors are "absolutely" underpaid, estimating that between city hall meetings on weekdays, and community events on evenings and weekends, most regularly work 12-hour days. In a separate op-ed on the subject, Mihevc writes about why politicians deserve a pay raise. "Residents need to know when they are to both work long and often difficult hours and then also to accept a smaller salary," writes Mihevc for Toronto Star. In an article for CBC, Mihevc weighs in on聽the mayor facing political and economic challenges as the city puts together its 2025 budget. He says to balance the books next year.

Professor Robert Savage comments on a new survey that found university students studying to become teachers could correctly answer only 60 per cent of the questions on phonics. Savage says the results show a structural issue across institutions. 鈥� So, it clearly does have impacts,鈥� he says.

Professor Sean Tulin weighs in on dark matter which may account for roughly聽85 percent of the universe's mass.聽The case for the existence of dark matter goes back to the 1930s when astronomers analyzed the rates at which galaxies rotate and found there isn't enough visible matter to account for the observed spin rates.聽For the last few decades, the leading theory has been that this unseen substance is made up of weakly interacting massive particles or WIMPs.聽"," Tulin tells Smithsonian Magazine.

Daydreaming in the Solar System: Surfing Saturn鈥檚 Rings, Golfing on the Moon, and Other Adventures in Space Exploration, a new book by professors John E. Moores and Jesse Rogerson invites readers to take a voyage through space with a "behind the science" look at what's possible. 鈥淲e paired really interesting places with really weird things to be doing there,鈥� Rogerson tells CTV News. 鈥�, that was sort of a natural one because a human has golfed on the moon before. Mars has really interesting clouds, so we have cloud watching like you鈥檙e at a picnic. We imagine what it would be like to be doing a cave dive on this moon of Saturn. It was totally an imagination run wild where we were imagining ourselves, or some astronaut, doing some weird activity in some weird place and how the physics of the place would affect the activity.鈥�

Alumna Hortense Anglin, 87, received a standing ovation from guests and fellow graduates on Oct. 17 as she walked across the stage to receive her bachelor's and was congratulated by the platform party at 91亚色's in-person fall convocation. CP24 about her experience as a mature student, and CTV News wrote about .

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A 91亚色-led study aims to support positive social and economic change for 2SLGBTQ+ communities

While municipal and provincial poverty-related studies offer glimpses, there is no national measure for how widespread or persistent poverty is within 2SLGBTQ+ communities in Canada. A research project housed at 91亚色 looks to fill those gaps by conducting the first national study addressing poverty in 2SLGBTQ+ communities.

"We will produce an evidence-based portrait of poverty," says , director of the 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty in Canada Project, which launched its national survey during Pride Month. Part of the 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty in Canada: Improving Livelihood and Social Wellbeing study, the survey has been rolling out across the country, province-by-province, territory-by-territory over the summer months. That survey is now open to residents of Nunavut, the Northwest Territories and Yukon.

Mul茅, professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies cross-appointed to the Faculty of Health at 91亚色, says a motivating factor driving the research was hearing from community organizations that advocacy work was hitting roadblocks when policymakers and governments would ask for evidence. The project is dedicated to producing high-impact, policy-relevant knowledge. It aims to meet the need for nationally representative data to inform policy, funding, and programming decisions in government, academia and at the community level.

The findings from our comprehensive survey represent an exciting opportunity to add precision and nuance to our understanding of the varied experiences of poverty among 2SLGBTQ+ community members

Nick Mul茅

"We hope to produce outputs that will be helpful to the community, that they can use, and that we will use as researchers to advocate for change," says Mul茅, adding that the United States is eight to 10 years ahead of Canada with this type of data collection.

The comprehensive survey covers individual and household incomes, employment, education levels, housing stability, food security, access to health care and social support, experiences of discrimination and more. This critical information will allow for reliable comparisons between 2SLGBTQ+ people and the general population. The survey also allows respondents to indicate whether they would be interested in participating in individual interviews, a focus group, or both.

Residents of the territories 16 years or older who are members of 2SLGBTQ+ communities are encouraged to contribute to the research by . For more information about the national survey or the 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty in Canada Project, read the full media release or visit the study's website.

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A 91亚色-led study aims to support positive social and economic change for 2SLGBTQ+ communities

How widespread 鈥� and persistent 鈥� is poverty within 2SLGBTQ+ communities in Canada? Municipal and provincial 2SLGBTQ+ poverty-related studies offer some glimpses but there is no national measure. Through conducting the first national study addressing poverty in 2SLGBTQ+ communities, a research project housed at 91亚色 looks to fill that gap.

Led by , 91亚色 professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies cross-appointed to the Faculty of Health, the 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty in Canada: Improving Livelihood and Social Wellbeing study launched a national survey in June, which is being rolled out across the country, province-by-province, territory-by-territory. Today that survey opens to residents of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.

Mul茅, who is also the director of the 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty in Canada Project, says a motivating factor driving the research was hearing from community organizations that their advocacy was hitting roadblocks when policymakers and governments would ask for evidence. Recognizing this need for nationally representative data to inform policy, funding, and programming decisions in government, academia and at the community level, the project is dedicated to producing high-impact, policy-relevant knowledge.

鈥淲e hope to produce outputs that will be helpful to the community, that they can use, and that we will use as researchers to advocate for change,鈥� says Mul茅. The project was awarded $2.5 million in funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Residents of Atlantic Canada 16 years or older and who are members of 2SLGBTQ+ communities are encouraged to contribute to this research by .

The comprehensive survey covers individual and household incomes, employment, education levels, housing stability, food security, access to health care and social support, experiences of discrimination and more. This critical information will allow for reliable comparisons between 2SLGBTQ+ people and the general population. The survey also allows respondents to indicate whether they would be interested in participating in individual interviews, a focus group, or both.

For more information about the national survey or the 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty in Canada Project, read the full media release or visit the study's website.

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91亚色 U-led project aims to drive social and economic change in support of 2SLGBTQ+ communities

TORONTO, June 27, 2024 鈥� Just how widespread 鈥� and persistent 鈥� is poverty within 2SLGBTQ+ communities in Canada? Municipal and provincial 2SLGBTQ+ poverty-related studies offer glimpses but there is no national measure. Research led by 91亚色 and launched during Pride Month looks to fill that gap.

鈥淭he goals of our project reflect mounting and disturbing evidence that members of our community cannot take the time to celebrate, as some are deprived of basic necessities such as food and shelter,鈥� says , professor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies cross-appointed to the Faculty of Health, and director of the 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty in Canada Project. Housed at 91亚色, the project is conducting the first national study addressing poverty in 2SLGBTQ+ communities.

鈥淚t鈥檚 one thing to experience poverty, whether they were born into it, grew up in it, or fell into it,鈥� says Mul茅, who teaches at both 91亚色鈥檚 School of Social Work and School of Gender, Sexuality and Women鈥檚 Studies, 鈥渂ut when you鈥檙e a member of these communities issues become compounded with regards to discrimination, with regards to stigmatization, lack of self-esteem, difficulty accessing education, getting work, retaining work.鈥�

In celebration of Pride, the 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty in Canada: Improving Livelihood and Social Wellbeing study launched with a national survey, which is rolling out across the country, province-by-province, territory-by-territory, throughout the summer.

Led by Mul茅, the study aims to advance social and economic change in support of 2SLGBTQ+ communities. Mul茅 says a motivating factor driving the research was hearing from community organizations that their advocacy work would hit roadblocks when policymakers and governments would ask for evidence. Recognizing this need for nationally representative data to inform policy, funding, and programming decisions in government, academia and at the community level, the project is dedicated to producing high-impact, policy-relevant knowledge.

鈥淲e will produce an evidence-based portrait of poverty,鈥� says Mul茅, adding that the United States is eight to 10 years ahead of Canada with this type of data collection.

The project was awarded $2.5 million in funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The comprehensive survey covers individual and household incomes, employment, education levels, housing stability, food security, access to health care and social support, experiences of discrimination and more. The survey will also allow respondents to indicate whether they would be interested in participating in individual interviews, a focus group or both.

鈥淲e are looking at the extent and experiences of poverty amongst the 2SLGBTQ+ community,鈥� explains Mul茅. 鈥淲e will also look at the effects of poverty in the lives of people from these communities.鈥�

This critical information will allow for reliable comparisons between 2SLGBTQ+ people and the general population. 鈥淲e hope to produce outputs that will be helpful to the community, that they can use, and that we will use as researchers to advocate for change,鈥� says Mul茅.

Launching the survey during Pride was significant for the researchers. 鈥淓very June, public institutions, civil society organizations, and leaders from many sectors share in celebrating Pride, positioning themselves as stewards of the hard-fought progress made in recognizing the human rights of 2SLGBTQ+ people in Canada,鈥� says Mul茅. 鈥淒espite this progress, for 2SLGBTQ+ communities, Pride is a time of deep reflection, community mobilization, and an opportunity to draw attention to the socio-economic disparities affecting our collective well-being and our differing abilities to celebrate Pride.鈥�

Members of 2SLGBTQ+ communities across Canada who are 16 years or older are encouraged to contribute to this research by .

The project is co-directed by Maryam Dilmaghani, professor of economics in the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary鈥檚 University. Leading the quantitative and qualitative data gathering are Todd Coleman, assistant professor in the Department of Health Sciences at Wilfrid Laurier University and co-chair of the project鈥檚 quantitative research team; and Andrea Daley, professor in the School of Social Work, Renison University College at the University of Waterloo and co-chair of the project鈥檚 qualitative research team.

For more information about the national survey or the 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty in Canada Project, visit the study's website.

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