Our Projects
Case Studies
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The Invisible Wounds/ In The Aftermath
StoryCentre Canada worked with Dr. Tanya Sharpe from the University of Toronto’s Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work and The CRIB (Centre for Research and Innovation for Black Survivors of Homicide Victims) team to develop two custom storytelling workshops. African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) survivors of homicide victims shared powerful personal narratives and stories of survivorship.
This research will help to understand the impact of murder on the well-being of participants and their communities in order to better meet their needs.
To learn more about The CRIB, click the button below:
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Métis Survivors of Cancer
The project explored Métis cancer survivors' experience regarding the effects of the disease. StoryCentre Canada partnered with Dr. Robert Henry, University of Saskatchewan and Dr. Chelsea Gabel, McMaster University to create digital stories that highlight a Métis perspective on treatment, personal coping and care.
Findings will inform Métis Nation Saskatchewan policies related to cancer care to improve and bolster services seen as necessary by those who have survived or are living with cancer.
To learn more about this project and to see their digital stories, click the button below:
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TOMODACHI Story Jam
TOMODACHI Story Jam for Youth with Disabilities is an online program to bring together college students and young professionals with disabilities in both Japan and the US to explore experiences, learn leadership skills, and build community with other youth through digital storytelling.
StoryCentre Canada partnered with the Institute for Community Inclusion at UMass, Boston and the TOMODACHI Initiative, Japan to work with American and Japanese youth since 2022. The stories address access barriers, how they navigated these challenges, and how their insights and experiences can translate into positive change for themselves and their community. They’re using their stories in their disability advocacy work.
To watch some of their stories, click the button below:
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Click on the logos to watch digital stories made in workshops facilitated by StoryCentre Canada.
Each of these projects consisted of a custom in-person or online workshop series led by members of our facilitation team. Partners create and maintain their own project websites or pages. Once StoryCentre Canada has completed the project, we hand over full ownership of all stories to the storytellers, and share them here with permission.
A Nurstory project focused on defining compassion in nursing. A Lakehead University project.
Faces of Help (Canada) stories reflecting on giving and receiving help when dealing with aging, caregiving, dying, and, grieving. A Compassionate Ottawa project.
Faces of Help (Australia) stories reflecting on giving and receiving help when dealing with aging, caregiving, dying, and, grieving. A Care Beyond Cure project.
Thunder Bay GIANTs stories, created by seniors to share how they meet others and stay connected while aging. An Age Big project.
A digital documentary showcasing a photovoice project about mental wellness and resilience, told by young adults and their friends / family caregivers. By Arts Informed Methods (AIM).
Indigital Storytelling: A space for research using digital storytelling in Indigenous communities through an Indigenous lens.
Digital stories made with changemakers as part of an on-going multi-media project, that highlight Canada’s historic milestones, and the social change movements in Canadian history that impact how we live today.
Stories made by youth with disabilities, both in Japan and in the US, as part of the TOMODACHI Initiative, a public-private partnership between the U.S.-Japan Council and the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, with support from the Government of Japan.
HealthExperiences.ca: Stories made by women from Black & South Asian communities in Peel Region to share moments in their health care and recovery journeys.
Stories made by individuals with endometriosis, as part of a research study at the University of British Columbia Endometriosis Pelvic Pain Laboratory.
The Storytelling Mentorship program connected young women from the Canadian North and the Global South to share stories as an advocacy tool for change.
Stories made by people with Parkinson’s Disease, in collaboration with the Brian Grant Foundation, which empowers people impacted by Parkinson’s to lead active and fulfilling lives.
Our annual digital storytelling workshop, as part of required coursework for second-year graduate Health Communication Certificate students that are receiving their MPH at the Mailman School.
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