SSHRC’s Storytellers Challenge features Ghada Youssef as Finalist
We are delighted to share that the SCVN project has been selected as a finalist in the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada’s Storytellers Challenge for 2026! This challenge is open to postsecondary students, inviting them to show Canadians, in up to three minutes or 300 words, how social sciences and humanities research is impacting our lives, our world and our future for the better.
For SCVN’s entry, research assistant Ghada Youssef produced a 3-minute video summarizing the project’s goals and outputs. She will be participating in the second phase of the challenge by presenting the project in front of a jury at a conference in Montreal, Quebec this June 2026, where five winners will be announced.
Ghada’s selection has also been featured in the UVic News and the VPRI Bulletin article ‘Storytellers on screen’ where she shared that SCVN was among her motivations to pursue her doctoral studies:
“I was very excited that the project uses visual mediums to approach social justice topics—it felt like it sat squarely within what I’m already passionate about.”
Congratulations to Ghada and the media and communications team on this achievement! You can watch the submission video on the SSHRC YouTube below:
Ghada’s participation featuring on Uvic News: