2022 - Collaborative Masculinities
More than Words: Culminating Dialogue
This conference is focused on bringing together researchers, practitioners, and stakeholders to explore strategies to support artmaking by youth to SGBV and to understand the impact of these types of activities on families and communities. Youth from across the sites will also take leadership roles in the conference, with a focus on educating and engaging adults on how better to support youth-led initiatives and young people. There will be an emphasis on evaluation methods and measuring impact.
2021 - N4C Imbizo
Mentoring Conference: Networks for Change and Well-being
Imbizo 2021 reports on a key fieldwork event in the life of Networks for Change and Well-being: Girl-led ‘From the Ground Up’ Policy-making to Address Sexual Violence in Canada and South (hereafter N4C).
This event brings together youth representatives from across the sites along with researchers and facilitators. The event will create an opportunity for the participants to come together and share their experiences, build connections and learn from their peers. At the conference, Indigenous youth mentors will receive training on the facilitation of art-making workshops on SGBV, interview skills, and participatory data analysis (PDA).
2020 - Mentorship Conference
A Conversation on Mentoring with Indigenous Girls and Young Women
On June 25, 2020, the More Than Words team convened a webinar: A Conversation on Mentoring with Indigenous Girls and Young, bringing together over 40 participants from across Canada and South Africa.
2019 - A Dialogue on the Impact of Indigenous-focused Youth-led Engagement
More than Words in Addressing Sexual and Gender-based Violence: A Dialogue on the Impact of Indigenous-focused Youth-led Engagement Through the Arts on Families and Communities, 3 & 4 October 2019.
