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AI can affect anonymous surveys. Here are some ways for researchers to mitigate its impact
This is the latest Conversation article from ODLAN about the recent impact of AI on our research with 2SLGBTQIA+ organizations and communities.
Dietzel, C., Vipond, E., and Maitland, H. (2025, January 29) ‘AI Can Affect Anonymous Surveys. Here Are Some Ways for Researchers to Mitigate Its Impact’. The Conversation. http://theconversation.com/ai-can-affect- anonymous-surveys-here-are-some-ways-for-researchers-to- mitigate-its-impact-247758.
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!
Maitland, H. (2024). What Girls Want: An Affective Reading of Activist Girls and Their Relationships with Their Mothers and Mother Figures. Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture & Social Justice, 45(2), 99-113 https://atlantisjournal.ca/index.php/atlantis/article/view/5775
Queerphobic hate is on the rise, and LGBTQ+ communities in Canada need more support
I co-authored this piece with my ODLAN colleagues, Stephanie Jonsson and Christopher Dietzel. It outlines some of the findings from ODLAN’s report “The Internet Isn’t All Rainbows” Exposing and Mitigating Queerphobic Hate Against 2SLGBTQ+ Organizations.
Dietzel, C., Maitland, H., & Jonsson, S. (2023, October 24). Queerphobic hate is on the rise, and LGBTQ+ communities in Canada need more support. The Conversation. http://theconversation.com/queerphobic-hate-is-on-the-rise-and-lgbtq-communities-in-canada-need-more-support-214932
Liminal: The Second Annual Critical Femininities Conference
The conference proceedings for Critical Femininities was a joint effort with the 2022 conference team, including Andi Schwartz, Ruth O’Sullivan, Jade Da Costa, Kathleen Cherrington, and myself. The entire proceedings are available on the Centre for Feminist Research (CFR) website!
Schwartz, A., Maitland, H., & O’Sullivan, R. (Eds.). (2023). Liminal: Proceedings of the Second Annual Critical Femininities Conference. Centre for Feminist Research. https://www.yorku.ca/cfr/liminal/
This YWCA Blog post was co-written with AV Verhaeghe on behalf of ODLAN. It previews ODLAN’s research on combating queerphobic online hate for 2SLGBTQ+ Organizations.
We Can’t Stop All the Bigots and Trolls: Protecting 2SLGBTQIA+ Organizations from Online Hate
Verhaeghe, A., & Maitland, H. (2023, April 27). We Can’t Stop All the Bigots and Trolls: Protecting 2SLGBTQIA+ organizations from Online Hate | YWCA [YWCA Canada]. https://ywcacanada.ca/news/we-cant-stop-all-the-bigots-and-trolls-protecting-2slgbtqia-organizations-from-online-hate/
When the facts are not enough: The limitations of fact-checking sex education controversies
My article, “When the Facts are not enough: the limitations of fact-checking sex education controversies,” on the sex education curriculum controversy in Ontario is available now in this special issue of Sex Education!
Maitland, H. (2022). When the facts are not enough: The limitations of fact-checking sex education controversies. Sex Education, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1080/14681811.2022.2106958
Whatever Happened to Ontario’s Sex Ed Curriculum? The Complete Timeline
This article breaks down the timeline of events in the decades-long sex education curriculum controversy in Ontario for Shameless Magazine. Click the image to the right to learn more about the politics, protests, and student activism surrounding sex ed.
Maitland, H. (2022, January 4). Whatever Happened to Ontario’s Sex Ed Curriculum? The Complete Timeline. Shameless Magazine. https://shamelessmag.com/blog/entry/whatever-happened-to-ontarios-sex-ed-curriculum-the-complete-timeline
