More than Words (Studying the Impact of Arts-Based Survivor Engagement on Families and Communities) is a project studying the use of Indigenous-focused, youth-led, survivor engagement through the arts. This 4-year project (2019-2023) is continuing to work with most of Networks for Change sites in Canada. Funded by Women and Gender Equality Canada, this initiative focuses on the impacts of art/media making on the producers themselves (young people) and on their families and communities in relation to their experiences of sexual and gender-based violence.
The title of the project has multiple meanings. First of all, it is meant to symbolize action and not just words. But it also refers to the significance of images and art (and not just words) as critical entry points to reflection and meaning-making. MTW logo was designed by Gabrielle Giroux, Owner & Graphic Designer at Encore Graphics, to represent the First Nations, Métis and Inuit youth leading the project together with their adult and settler accomplices.