Healing and homecoming:
Identity and community narratives of returns and reconnections among queer and trans diasporic Filipino/a/xs in Montreal
A doctoral dissertation by community-based researcher, Dr. Jacqueline Colting Stol
In the Summer of 2022, seven individuals with heritage from the Philippines archipelago and who identify with LGBTQ+ participated in a four workshop series focused on telling our stories of identity and community through photography and other artistic forms. The project was designed drawing from Photovoice and Kuwentuhan methods. We then presented these stories at an art exhibit. I gathered feedback from them individually and as a group on the process, and we celebrated our contributions over food and laughter. We continue to witness each other’s transformations and to reconnect in various ways.
The research project was a dissertation in partial fulfillment of a PhD in Social Work. The zine was written and compiled by the main researcher of the project, Dr. Jacqueline Colting Stol. The zine was designed by Deann Louise C. Nardo.
Jacqueline Colting Stol is a member of Kapwa Centre and completed a doctorate in Social Work. Her mother is Ibaloi and Ilocano from Tublay, Benguet, Philippines, and her father was born in Canada with parents from the Netherlands. She aims to use artistic, creative and community-based methods in research to archive and celebrate the histories, emotions, resistance and vibrancies of Filipino, migrant, diaspora and queer and trans communities.
