Hannah Maitland
PhD Candidate in the Department of Gender, Feminist, and Women’s Studies at York University
I’m Hannah, and I’m a queer feminist researcher who studies girl activists, their politics, and their relationships with their mothers.
My other research areas include youth activism, sex education, and sex education controversies. Beyond my research, I’m involved with the Open Digital Literacy and Access Network (ODLAN), the Gender and Sexuality Studies Spotlight Podcast, The Critical Femininities Research Cluster and other organizations and projects that help foster intergenerational relationships in 2S-LGBTQ+ communities.
I currently live and work on Treaty 13 territory in Tkaronto. This land has been cared for by the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Huron-Wendat, and the Métis. The current treaty holders are the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation. This territory is subject to the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region. Indigenous-led action is essential to decolonization and requires Indigenous sovereignty. From Turtle Island to Palestine, occupation is a crime.
Latest Writing
What Girls Want: An Affective Reading of Using Pair Interviewing Methods to Research Activist Girls and Their Relationships with Their Mothers and Mother Figures
This paper is a reflection on the fieldwork process for my dissertation and explores the affective resonances of using a pair interviewing method with mothers and daughters. The paper is open-access and available now in Atlantis!
More Writing
I contributed to Girl Museum’s “Why We Need Girls’ Studies” Series! Read more about my work and the field of girls studies and find other blog posts by girls studies scholars!
ODLAN
The Open Digital Literacy and Access Network (ODLAN) is a queer-centred digital literacy non-profit that I cofounded with Dr. Stephanie Jonsson in 2021. My role with ODLAN includes administrative assistant and research duties. The ODLAN website includes a resource database of accessible digital literacy tools and education. You can also find the latest reports on our ongoing research on queerphobic online hate against 2SLGBTQ+ organizations and communities here in so-called Canada.
