Queer Digital Stories Study: Participant recruitment!

🔴 Recruitment is open for an exciting new study exploring what gender-affirming language means to trans and nonbinary midwifery service-users in Ontario. 📹

🟠 You may be eligible if you:

✔️identify as trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, or another gender diverse identity

✔️are at least 18 years of age

✔️reside in Ontario

✔️have used midwives in Ontario within the past five years

✔️can attend a 3-day in-person workshop in Hamilton, Ontario at the end of October, 2025

🟡 During a three-day in-person digital storytelling workshop in Hamilton, ON, participants will create short videos about what gender-affirming language means to them and how it impacts their care experiences. The videos will be shared with midwives and other healthcare providers to help them answer the question: why does gender-affirming language matter? 💻

🟢 Participation includes: an online introductory meeting; the 3-day workshop; and four online meetings over a period of two months to discuss the stories and your experiences of the workshop. You will be compensated $480 for your participation. 📃

🔵 We provide expert workshop facilitation with StoryCentre Canada, as well as participants’ accommodations, meals, childcare, and reasonable transportation costs. 📷

🟣 The workshop will take place in Hamilton, Ontario on October 24-26, 2025. 🖊️

🟤 For more information, check out https://www.redefinestudy.ca/qds 🏳️‍⚧️

⚫️If you’re interested in participating or have any questions, please email Jen Goldberg, RM, MPH, PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at QDS@mcmaster.ca. 💭 IG: https://www.instagram.com/queer_digital_stories/

FB: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1C3ukoZmwg/

This study has been approved by the Hamilton Integrated Research Ethics Board and is funded through a grant from the McMaster Midwifery Research Centre. ✔️