Media and pop culture are so closely connected. This connection can end up creating and maintaining norms, standards, stereotypes, and prejudices.
Interacting with media and pop culture means interacting with systems of power. When seen from this angle, media and pop culture can be extraordinarily powerful tools of both oppression and liberation.
Through our work at the Native Youth Sexual Health Network across North America and during this process we have come to understand that our expressions of ideas and emotions are so much more complex and beautiful than even English allows us to show. Films, photos, spoken word, poetry, painting and storytelling - all are here and create a connected picture of Indigenous women’s leadership on this land. They speak about traditional roles before colonization began, how it continues and the creative ways we are finding to understand and implement those roles now - something we feel is absolutely central to addressing the challenges we face as Indigenous peoples. 
In this revealing report, Girls Action Foundation presents results of an exclusive national survey conducted by Angus Reid Public Opinion, plus research on girls’ lives. Startling barriers and disparities exist for today’s girls, including high rates of depression, harassment in schools, and over-sexualized images of young women.
Dans le cadre du Projet la Traverse : Construire, échanger et collaborer pour les jeunes femmes immigrantes, la Fondation filles d’action a rassemblé les conseils suivants, qui sont tirés de nos pratiques et de celles d’autres organismes et personnes œuvrant directement auprès des filles et des jeunes femmes immigrantes.
This publication is intended for youth workers, program coordinators and facilitators, educators, counsellors, policy-makers, researchers and anyone who works with and cares about the empowerment of immigrant girls and young women.
Redefining Leadership: How Girls Action Foundation Supports Young Women to Lead Social Change is a collection of Girls Action’s reflections,learnings and successful practices built up over ten years of developing and delivering leadership and mentorship programs for young women. In order to highlight the voices and experiences of young women we have also included inspirational stories and anecdotes from the very change makers who have participated in our programs.
Girls and young women voice their experiences and thoughts on immigration on their own terms; tell their own stories and write about what matters to them.
Girls Action Foundation has compiled practices and reflections to share with other groups that are creating intergenerational spaces for social change. We hope that our experience and expertise can contribute to stronger connections between girls and women of all ages who work for a world of peace and justice.
The Immigrant Girls Research Review was compiled by Girls Action Foundation in order to increase access to recent research about immigrant girls and young women in Canada. The intention behind this publication is to support initiatives that empower girls and young women. This relevant research often provides important rationale, credibility, and legitimacy to girl-specific projects and programs.
Our intention in creating this resource is to share the energy and practical resources that came out of the Northern Light Project. At the same time, this publication is a celebration of what girls and women are doing in their communities. Northern Reflections is an informative and inspirational tool for anyone who wants to support girls’ and young women’s empowerment!
