Street art on Rue Beaubien, Montreal (Sept. 2015)
Dr. Casey Burkholder (she/her) is a Tier II Canada Research Chair in Social Justice in Youth and Child Studies, an Associate Professor at Concordia University, and the director of the JOYLab. From 2017-2024, Casey worked as an Associate Professor at the University of New Brunswick. In choosing a research path at the intersection of resistance&activism, gender, sexuality, DIY media-making, art production, queer joy, and participatory archiving, Casey engages in research for social change through participatory visual approaches to local issues with 2SLGBTQ+ youth, adults, elders and teachers. She is the co-founder of the Fredericton Feminist Film Collective, and is the PI of Pride/Swell+ and SexualityNB.
All photos taken by Casey Burkholder unless otherwise noted.