For this project the student will be creating social media materials and infographics for research on gender-based violence. The work will also involve developing an existing project website. Familiarity with Wordpress and Google Sites is required. The projects the student will be creating media materials for focus on gendered violence in two ways. They firstly investigate feminist methodology and pedagogy related to gender-based violence in order to build understanding about how to best prevent and respond to this violence. A second and larger part of the research aims to address gender-based violence against 2SLGBTQI+ people. This research examines how centering queer joy in conversation about gendered violence disrupts the cultural norms such as homophobia, transphobia, racism, and ableism which lead to gendered violence. The student will be comfortable and enthusiastic about creating materials for research on gendered violence and 2SLGBTQ+ communities.

The student will:

• Help develop an existing project website (Wordpress and Google Sites). This is basic website building but it does require some familiarity with creating a website (using a template, no coding is involved).
• Use their graphic design skills and creativity to create promotional social media research materials (e.g. Call for Participants, infographics) using Canva or another application they are more comfortable with. The student will be familiar with how to create media that is properly sized for different social media platforms and have access to tools to do this work.

I will provide initial direction and a background on the overarching project so that the student will be clear about what the objectives of the project are. I will be available to meet with the student should there be any challenges during the process of completing the work. I will supervise the student by checking in with them about the progress of the project to make sure they feel the work is on track.