About us
The International Partnership for Queer Youth Resilience (INQYR) is a SSHRC-funded interdisciplinary and multilingual international research partnership designed to understand and support the resilience of LGBTQIA2S+ youth through technology-engaged research. We seek to contribute to a deeper understanding of LGBTQ+ youth resilience that is inclusive of multiple regional contexts in an increasingly digitized world.
Our research aims to do this by using technology-engaged research methods, such as digital photo elicitation, and engaging in technology-focused research with LGBTQ+ youth.
INQYR also trains the next generation of scholars and practitioners working with LGBTQ+ youth through our International Student Training Network (ISTN) program.
INQYR Partners at the 2019 Symposium in Mexico City.
Our Research Objectives
Understand how information and communication technologies influence identity development and well-being in multiple sociocultural and geographic contexts
Integrate the role of information and communication technology into existing theoretical frameworks
Use integrated frameworks in online programs for queer youth resilience and well-being, responding to sociocultural and geographic contexts
Help LGBTQ+ youth organizations incorporate information and communication technologies into policies and programming
Leadership structure
INQYR is led by Dr. Shelley L. Craig, and supported by Dr. Ashley Brooks, at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto and a Partnership Leadership Council (PLC). Together, they inform and direct research.
The Partnership Leadership Council is comprised of co-chairs from each of the regional networks. Currently, there are five regional networks: Canada, the US, Mexico, the UK, and Australia. INQYR also includes organizational partners and collaborators, creating an international network of sexual and gender minority researchers, service providers, and partners. They provide a spectrum of sociocultural and disciplinary knowledge and expertise. As of 2021, INQYR also includes a youth advisory board.
Research Impact
