International Day of the Girl

Celebrate with us 👧👧🏾👧🏻👧🏿👧🏼👧🏽 International Day of the Girl

To celebrate the #DayOfTheGirl we are officially launching the Girlfesto Virtual Exhibition. The Girlfesto, a manifesto made by girls and for girls, was drafted at the Circles Within Circles conference which took place in Montebello, Quebec, Canada in July 2018 generously supported by the Trudeau Foundation.

In this event, girls and young-women from Indigenous communities in Canada and South Africa, but also from countries such as Sweden and Russia, reflected how Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) affects their everyday lives and how it can be tackled.

Their Girlfesto, addressed to decision-makers, is a demand for change. The text communicates the severity of the problem and the urgent need to take action.

Learn more about the process and people committed to creating spaces free from violence. Visit the Girlfesto Virtual Exhibition

#DayOfTheGirl  #DayoftheGirlChild  #GirlFesto   #GenerationEquality

Introducing… the virtual exhibition of The Girlfesto: a new circle within the circle in honour of International #DayoftheGirl 2020.

Art Connecting Book Launch

Art Connecting Workshops with Children of Asylum-Seeking Families

Claudia Mitchell Wins Quebec's highest research honour

Congratulations Claudia. You're the best.

Claudia Mitchell wins the 2019 Leon-Gerin Prix du Quebec for her illustrious career studying gender-based violence prevention, HIV, and AIDS awareness, and working with youth around the world.

“It means so much to me to be involved in participatory visual work with girls and young women, and to have their contributions recognized,” said Mitchell. “Today, October 11, is after all the International Day of the Girl. I feel that this is a crucial moment in history; we are seeing such powerful examples of girls and young women whose strong voices are bringing about social change. I am thinking here of Malala Yousafzai, Greta Thunberg, Nadia Murad, and Autumn Pelletier, to name only four.”

—Claudia Mitchell, 2019

Over 30 years of Research Facilitation and Achievements and still going strong. 2019-2023 More than words

Studying the impact of arts-based survivor engagement on families and communities.

2017-2020 Circles within circles

Transnational perspectives on youth-led approaches to combating gender violence.

7th McGill International Cellphilm Festival 2019

Picturing Change

Grounded in participatory video and mobile media, cellphilm production allows groups to come together to highlight critical issues in their lives through the use of cellphones.

Networks for Change and Well-being kicks off 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence

Today we are kicking off day 1 of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign by sharing this powerful Girlfesto!

Circles within Circles: Girlfesto

Congratulations to winners at 6th International Cellphilm Festival

Making Community

On Monday, November 12th at the McGill Art Hive a lively group of students, activists and film enthusiasts gathered to celebrate the 6th International Cellphilm Festival.

Report on the IHDW Think Tank of September 2018

On September 27, 2018 the IHDW held its first Think Tank: “Reflecting Forward 2018.”

This event invited professors, graduate students and community leaders from Montreal and beyond to discuss the promotion of well-being at McGill and in the broader community, bringing brought together 35-40 participants to think through both the idea of institutes at McGill and emerging trends, and the key issue of ‘next steps’ for Phase 2 of the IHDW.

Ten years later: honouring the memory of Jackie Kirk (1968-2008)

Dr. Jackie Kirk (1968-2008) had recently been appointed Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Education when she was killed in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008, while working on girls’ education for the New York-based International Rescue Committee. Dr.  Kirk was one of four people shot in an ambush for which the Taliban claimed responsibility.

New edition of the newsletter for the Institute for Human Development and Well-being

We are pleased to share with you some of the activities that have been organized and supported by McGill's Institute for Human Development and Well-being (IHDW) during the past year.

Circles Within Circles event aims to end gender-based violence

A recent gathering organized by the Faculty of Education’s Dr. Claudia Mitchell brought together voices from around the world to examine and eliminate gender-based violence.

New book co-edited by Claudia Mitchell: "Visual Encounters in the Study of Rural Childhoods"

IHDW's Dr. Neil Andersson co-authors "Youth Mental Health Should Be a Top Priority for Health Care in Canada," Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Dr. Neil Andersson, Co-Director of the McGill Institute of Human Development and Well-Being (IHDW), has co-authored "Youth Mental Health Should Be a Top Priority for Health Care in Canada" with The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry (Sage Publishers). The paper was published in Vol 63, Issue 4, pp.

Newsletter of the McGill Institute for Human Development and Well-Being

Summer/Fall 2017 IHDW Newsletter

We are pleased to share with you some of the activities that have been organized and supported during the first year since the official launch of the Institute for Human Development and Well-Being with our newsletter.

Jennifer Thompson presents report to the Pan-African Literacy for All Conference: "Girls' Empowerment through Language and Literacy: A Landscape Review of Gender and Literacy Research in African Contexts"

Jennifer Thompson, PhD candidate with our Department of Integrated Studies in Education, recently presented the report Girls' Empowerment through Language and Literacy: A Landscape Review of Gender and Literacy Research in African Contexts to the 10th Pan-African Literacy for All Conference held in Abuja, Nigeria (August 28-30, 2017).

Café Collab: Mediation Through Participatory Media-Making

A collaborative partnership with the Participatory Cultures Laboratory

Café Collab is a collaborative partnership with the Participatory Cultures Laboratory, situated within the Institute for Human Development and Well-Being (IHDW) at McGill's Faculty of Education; and McGill's Social Equity and Diversity Education Office (SEDE). After their fi