RIISQ Webinar - Digital Storytelling as a participatory research method with adolescents exposed to flooding in rural areas

Time

18:00 (GMT+1)

About

This webinar aims to highlight the relevance of using Digital Storytelling (DST) to examine the experiences of young people following floods and give them a voice.  The participatory research method will first be described and its advantages and limitations in research conducted with young people. Subsequently, a concrete example of using this method will be presented in light of a research process carried out with young people in the rural community of Pontiac following their exposure to the 2019 floods. The preliminary evaluation of the implementation of this approach will then be briefly presented, highlighting the possibility for young people to express themselves regarding the floods, the increase in a feeling of solidarity towards their community, and the realization of different learning.

With a doctorate in social work and a bachelor’s degree in law, Eve Pouliot has been a full professor of social work at the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi (UQAC) since 2006, where she teaches social deviance, social intervention with children and adolescents, family intervention and research methodology. Co-holder of the UQAC-Cégep de Jonquière Chair on the life and health of young people (VISAJ), her research focuses on young people and families in vulnerable situations and evaluating social practices aimed at these populations. Funded by several granting organizations (CRSH, IRSC, FRQ) and using mixed and participatory methods, her recent work focuses more particularly on the experiences of young people and families in the context of natural and technological disasters. Winner of three prizes for excellence in teaching, she is also interested in university pedagogy and the inequalities present in schools.