#DeleteDigitalHate Project
Session #2 - Featuring YWCA Canada Lead Researcher Jolin Joseph & Noor Fadel
Moderator - Fatima Syed
Title: Young Canadians Push Back Against Digital Hate
Join YWCA Canada’s Jolin Joseph, in conversation with Noor Fadel, to learn about ways youth can take action against online hate speech. As part of YWCA Canada’s National Research Report, #BlockHate: Centering Survivors and Taking Action on Gendered Online Hate in Canada, youth across Canada shared their experiences navigating online hate. While young women and gender diverse youth as well as Black, Indigenous and youth of colour, 2SLGBTQIA+ youth, religious minorities, and youth with disabilities are disproportionately impacted by online hate, they are also powerful leaders in responding to, countering and building community resilience to make online spaces safer for everyone.
Jolin Joseph - Jolin Joseph is a feminist researcher, evaluator, and facilitator based in Tkarón:to/Toronto. As the Manager of Research, Education and Knowledge Mobilization at YWCA Canada, she has led strategic initiatives around gender-based violence, employment equity, and youth empowerment. In her role, Jolin has authored several research reports, including #BlockHate: Centering Survivors and Taking Action on Gendered Online Hate in Canada.
Jolin is also a Vanier scholar and PhD candidate at York University. Her research centers migrant women and how they experience policies, precarious labour, and migration status. An avid volunteer, Jolin currently serves on the Boards of the Gender Equality Coalition of Ontario and the North York Women's Center. Her community-based and academic work are grounded in a commitment to intersectionality and lived expertise as the basis for social change.
Noor Fadel - Noor Fadel (she/her) is an award-winning educator, spoken word poet, and public speaker. Noor examines the role of race, trauma and mental health through youth and racialized women experiences in Canada to better understand the increase of violence towards women globally, as well as the increase in violence and racism towards visible minority groups across Canada.
Currently completing her studies in peace and conflict Noor has also worked on national campaigns in Canada to combat online hate and violence towards women, youth and children while also completing research for projects focused on eliminating racism, discrimination, violence online and hate crimes in Canada. An impassioned and dynamic speaker, she incorporates creative elements into her work such as spoken word poetry and audience collaboration.