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    Gender and Sexuality-Based Violence Prevention Through Transformative Education

    A partnership between the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, Éduconnexion, and Project 10 to support bilingual open access resources for gender and sexuality-based violence prevention. The Transformation Hub’s work is guided by the values of intersectionality, transformative justice, and cultural safety.

    Formed in 2023, The Transformation Hub—a partnership between Éduconnexion, Project 10, and the Simone de Beauvoir Institute at Concordia University—is a research hub for the development and distribution of popular educational resources and tools that can help support community organizations that serve under-resourced and racialized youth and their families in the fight against gender and sexuality-based violence.

    Acknowledgements: This project was supported by funding from the Office of Community Engagement, Concordia University; Mitacs, and RéQEF: Réseau québécois en études féministes.

    Mission and Objectives

    This collaborative project aims to develop and distribute gender and sexuality-based violence prevention educational tools with an intersectional, transformative approach focused on cultural safety and empowerment. Our objective is to help build the capacity of under-funded community organizations in Montreal to apply innovative prevention approaches. We aim to support community organizations that are not part of the gender-based violence sector but serve neighborhoods and boroughs characterized by a lack of health and social services programs. We have four main objectives: 

    1. Challenge the systemic roots of gender and sexuality-based violence, guided by the values of transformative justice and cultural safety. 
    2. Co-create a resource hub for open-access tools for gender and sexuality-based violence prevention.
    3. Strengthen values of agency, autonomy, and collaboration within communities in preventing gender and sexuality-based violence.
    4. Create a free and comprehensive training program and workshops to empower communities to help prevent gender and sexuality-based violence.
    Dalia Elsayed, Natalie Kouri-Towe, Stéphanie Germain, Marlihan Lopez, and Evelyne Marchal Ferrière standing holding copies of the Transformation Hub toolkit.
    Dalia Elsayed, Natalie Kouri-Towe, Stéphanie Germain, Marlihan Lopez, and Evelyne Marchal Ferrière.

    Team Members

    Current

    • Natalie Kouri-Towe, Associate Professor at Concordia University
    • Marlihan Lopez, Outreach Coordinator at Concordia’s Simone de Beauvoir Institute
    • Sandra Mouafo, Executive Director of Project 10 
    • Stéphanie Germain, Executive Direction of Éduconnexion 
    • Felix Brion, Education and Outreach Coordinator at Project 10
    • Dalia Elsayed, Mitacs Intern and Research Assistant, Concordia University

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    • Evelyne Marchal Ferrière, Coordinator, Éduconnexion
    • Ketia Ingabire, Student Practicum Placement, Concordia University

    Reports, Publications, and Toolkits

    Reports

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    Graphic design format (released August 2025)

    Toolkits

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    Graphic design format (released August 2025)