Monday, October 5, 2026, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Social Innovation Atelier, 95 Clegg Street
A talk and workshop on storytelling and arts-based knowledge mobilization with Dr. Elaine Power and Chloe Halpenny.
Join the School of Leadership, Ecology and Equity and the Research Centre on Social Innovation and Transformation (CRITS) for a talk and workshop on storytelling and arts-based knowledge mobilization, featuring Dr. Elaine Power and Chloe Halpenny from the Basic Income Youth Collective.
The question of how to have impact is one that haunts many researchers. Knowledge translation and mobilization are recognized as a central component of research, yet finding ways to create meaningful, tangible impact can be challenging and elusive. We often resort to policy advocacy, public reports or op-eds to reach a wider audience; in recent years, however, arts and storytelling have emerged as an innovative and effective knowledge mobilization tool. This talk and workshop will feature Dr. Elaine Power, who is engaged in exciting new research on storytelling as a knowledge mobilization tool for addressing the root causes of food insecurity. Following her talk, participants will take part in a zine-making workshop with Chloe Halpenny from the Basic Income Youth Collective, gaining hands-on experience in storytelling-based knowledge mobilization practice.
Dr. Elaine Power, Queen’s University
Dr. Elaine Power has spent decades researching food, poverty and public health in Canada. She is a Professor in the School of Kinesiology & Health Studies and Head of the Department of Gender Studies at Queen’s University. After many years of policy advocacy related to her research, Dr. Power has embarked on a new direction, using storytelling as a knowledge mobilization tool to advance society’s understanding of solutions to food insecurity. Her interdisciplinary project Hungry Stories brings together food security researchers and artists to craft stories that change our perception of food insecurity and its root causes. They recently published a graphic novel, Shy Cat and the Stuff-the-Bus Challenge, with Second Story Press.
Chloe Halpenny, Queen’s University and Basic Income Youth Collective
Chloe Halpenny is a PhD candidate, Vanier Scholar and instructor at Queen’s University, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. She has been engaged in research on basic income for several years, including a feminist analysis of the Ontario Basic Income Pilot. She is also a member of the Basic Income Youth Collective, which has published a series of educational mini-zines highlighting the potential role of basic income in addressing longstanding issues of structural inequality.
