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This project addresses a critical social issue affecting many people across Canada: poverty and its disproportionate impact on Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Queer, and other gender and sexually diverse (2SLGBTQ+) communities.
The 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty in Canada: Improving Livelihood and Social Wellbeing project examines the experiences and impacts of poverty among 2SLGBTQ+ populations across Canada. Through this work, the project aims to develop an action plan that informs policymakers, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and private-sector stakeholders on effective strategies to reduce poverty and enhance social well-being.
Guided by principles that prioritize lived experience, decolonizing methodologies, intersectionality, and the diversity within 2SLGBTQ+ communities, the project seeks to generate meaningful and inclusive knowledge. As the first national study of its kind in Canada, it aims to produce high-impact, evidence-based, and policy-relevant research that can help address poverty while strengthening and amplifying the resilience of 2SLGBTQ+ communities.
Project Team
The study is led by Dr. Nick Mulé, Professor in the School of Social Work at York University, with cross-appointments in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies and the Faculty of Health. The project is co-directed by Dr. Maryam Dilmaghani, Professor of Economics in the Sobey School of Business at Saint Mary's University.
The project research team is made up of 34 multidisciplinary academics at universities throughout Canada and the US. This project partners with 32 non-profit community-based organizations who work the frontline on 2SLGBTQ+ inclusion and/or poverty reduction. As the project is grounded in community-based research, a Community Advisory Board (CAB) of 2SLGBTQ+ people with lived experience in poverty is supporting the research process.
Funding
The 2SLGBTQ+ Poverty in Canada: Improving Livelihood and Social Wellbeing draws on research supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
The six-year project is the first national study on 2SLGBTQ+ poverty in Canada and has been awarded a Partnership Grant of $2.5 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
Supports
Besides host York University, also contributing valuable resources to this project are Dalhousie University, Saint Mary’s University, and University of Toronto.
Partners
