Project description: Queer McGill has operated at McGill in various forms since the early 1970’s, and has played its own particular role in queer history. Being able to access and reflect on this aspect of our local queer history would be incredibly meaningful to present and future generations of queers and activists.

Project description: There is a controversy surrounding the number of Indigenous women who have gone missing or been murderd since 1980, and we need research done to bring light to which figure is closest to the correct one.  The Native Women´s Association of Canada and the police use the number 521, whereas Walk4Justice organizers and others use a number anywhere between 1,500 to 3,000.   Missing Justice does not feel comfortable using either figure until more in-depth research is done into the numbers being used. It would also be important to gather whatever information there is about before 1980, as there is a great lack of data previous to that date.  This would not inform the numbers question so much as provide a background to the current situation.   The issue of non-status Native women, metis women and other unofficially Indigenous women is also of concern: are they counted and if so, how, and is the methodology used in counting them consistent?  If they are not consistent, can you explain in detail the inconsistencies?

Project description:

When does radio broadcasting content that is sexual in nature become labelled as profane? What are the policies/procedures in place that protect the content broadcast on Campus/Community (C/C) radio from complaints relating to profanity/smut/sexual content?

CKUT is interested in research into the policies that address profanity and sexual content on the airwaves. Outlining CKUT's existing programming policies and those of the CRTC, the researcher will make recommendations that will lead to amending/ expanding/changing CKUT's existing policy as well as to the development of a manual that explains what is and is not acceptable on the air. 

Final product:

The final product could be in the form of an information kit aimed at campus/community programmers, or an evaluation report or radio segment .

Information kit: 10 pages

Evaluation report: 4500words

Radio segment: 30-55 minutes

Project description: This request comes out of an understanding that human trafficking is a troubling contemporary reality, and that a disturbing number of indigenous women living within Canada have disappeared in the past decades.  Is there is a tangible link between the disappearances of these beautiful young girls and the epidemic known as human trafficking?  What kind of research has been done  about human trafficking in Canada, and what are its links to the global sex trade?  If indigenous women are indeed being trafficked, do they stay within Canada?  Who benefits from this type of trade in humans, and why do the police refrain from doing their detective work around these disappearances?

Some of the questions which should be addressed in this research are:

Project description: This project will consist of a qualitative and quantitative systemic examination of the Montreal shelter system to determine the state of access for transsexual, transgender and gender-variant people in need of shelter and housing (with a possible specific focus on women`s shelters). Furthermore, the research will look at other cities which have successfully adapted their shelter system (such as Toronto and New York City) to improve access for trans people. The final research will be used in the context of the Trans Health Network`s Shelter Access campaign (to be launched in Fall 2009).

Final product: The final product will be a15-20 evaluation report, with a 2-3 page summary report (to be used for media and public awareness), summarizing the status of the Montreal shelter system, and compiling resources and making recommendations based on the successes of trans activists in other cities in implementing policy regarding trans access.