Truth &
Transformation
2026
Advancing gender equity for Black women, girls, gender-diverse, and trans people in Canada
Truth-telling by, for and about survivors and advocates
Truth and Transformation 2026 is the first-of-its-kind national research report by and for Black women, girls, gender-diverse and trans survivors and advocates of gendered anti-Black violence in Canada.
Grounded in the Amourgynoir Framework and community participatory action research methodology, this report centres the lived experiences of B-WGGDT survivors and advocates across fourteen communities — from the Atlantic coast to the Pacific, and across the Prairies, North, and Central Canada.
The report is organized into three volumes, each examining regional patterns of gendered anti-Black violence alongside cross-cutting themes including the experiences of Black 2SLGBTQIA+ survivors, Black Muslim women, Black Francophone communities, and Afro-Indigenous people.
Together, these volumes advance 113 Calls to Action addressed to governments, institutions, and systems at every level — to be held accountable, repair harm, and advance gender equity for Black women, girls, gender-diverse, and trans people across Canada.
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Examining the intersections of gendered anti-Black violence, geographic isolation, and systemic neglect across Prairie and Northern communities — including voices rarely centred in national research.
Documenting the distinct histories and contemporary realities of Black communities in Atlantic Canada and the country's most populous provinces, including Black Francophone voices and African Nova Scotian communities.
Centring British Columbia alongside four cross-cutting thematic chapters examining the distinct and layered experiences of communities whose voices are too often erased from both mainstream and anti-racist movements.
What the Research Examines
Centring the compounded experiences of Black queer, trans, and gender-diverse survivors navigating anti-Black racism and transphobia within systems, movements, and communities.
Examining how Islamophobia, anti-Black racism, and gender-based violence intersect in the lives of Black Muslim women — an erasure sustained across both dominant feminist and anti-racist discourse.
Amplifying the voices of Black Francophone survivors across Canada, whose experiences are doubly marginalized by linguistic exclusion within both English-language research and French-language services.
Honouring the distinct histories, identities, and survivances of Afro-Indigenous people — whose lives exist at the intersection of anti-Black racism, colonial violence, and Indigenous sovereignty.