CRUISElab

06/13/2025

On June 12, 2016, 49 lives were taken at Pulse Nightclub. 🕯️🏳️‍🌈 With hateful anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric at an all-time high, remember that PFLAG will never stop fighting for all LGBTQ+ people to be safe, celebrated, empowered, and loved. This year, we honor the victims of Pulse with action by raising our flags higher than ever and by celebrating Pride louder than ever.

03/04/2025

Applications are open for Cohort 6.0 of the Investigaytors program with UofT's CRUISElab!

The Investigaytors is a free, volunteer-based research training program for young gay, bi, q***r, trans, 2-Spirit men and nonbinary folks (ages 18-29) in Toronto. We’d love your support in spreading the word to potential participants!

The Investigaytors provides hands-on experience in q***r men’s health research, with Cohort 6.0 focusing on survey data collection at Pride events across Ontario. This is a fantastic opportunity for young q***r folks to build research skills, connect with community leaders & mentors, and contribute to meaningful 2SLGBTQIA+ health research—no prior research experience required!

Details:
· Weekly in-person meetings on Tuesday evenings, 6-8pm (March–August 2025) at UofT’s Factor-Inwentash School of Social Work
· Food/dinner and Presto fare are provided
· Applications are open now and close March 11!

Here is a link directly to the application form: https://forms.gle/hUJ9vLJ6Z1YSApYi7

We’d truly appreciate it if you could share this opportunity within your networks. If you have any questions, feel free to our Program Coordinator, Eric Van Giessen at e.vangiessen@utoronto.ca

11/25/2024

Apply now 💼 Part-Time Employment Opportunity: Program Coordinator for the Investigaytors program with CRUISElab!

Apply at the link below. This posting will close on November 29.

The Investigaytors is a community health leadership program that equips young q***r, trans, non-binary and Two-Spirit people with the social connections, health knowledge, and community-based research skills they need to be health leaders in their communities.

The Program Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating all administrative aspects of the Investigaytors project including meeting logistics, literature review, and assisting with the development of the curriculum.

Program Coordinator, CRUISElab (80% FTE, 2 Year TERM)

10/08/2024

🎧 Check out a new interview with Dr Verne Ross, M.S.W., Ph.D., a graduate of FIFSW, discussing social work and two-spirit people!

Dr. Verne Ross shares his courageous journey through the educational systems and his social work journey with host January Rogers. He also talks about the these he developed titled The Voices and Stories of Two Spirit People with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education.