Centering youth cultural identities through participatory research: Learnings from Asian-Canadian youth engagement through Readers Theatre

The COVID-19 pandemic intensified socio-economic and health disparities in marginalized and vulnerable communities. But do we know how the global crisis shaped the individual and collective identities of racialized youth?

We recognize the complexity and fluidity of identity, and Arts Based Methods (ABR) provide an innovative and flexible methodology in understanding youths’ identity negotiation.

We welcome youth, academics, and community members to an interactive virtual event discussing the impact of the recent pandemic on the identities of Asian-Canadian youths and inclusion using arts-based methods. At this event you will engage in a discussion with project youth leaders and researchers on youth identity, agency, resilience, and sense of belonging and learn about the benefits of using ABR in identity research and share ideas that create youth-centered inclusive policy and practices.