New Podcast Episode, “From photovoice, to zine-making, to film: A conversation with Rene Adams, Erin MacDonald, Cherry Cruz, and Gabrielle Griffith”
- Feb 26
- 2 min read
The “Let me just share my screen” podcast has released a fourth episode! The episode is titled, “From photovoice, to zine-making, to film: A conversation with Rene Adams, Erin MacDonald, Cherry Cruz, and Gabrielle Griffith.”
In this episode, host Gabrielle Griffith sits down with co-researchers from a CIHR-funded initiative that explored young adult mental wellness across diverse communities. Together, they reflect on their creative journey with doing photovoice, collaborative analysis, zine-making, and filmmaking online. The team created these visual products to represent voices of young adults and the family, friends, and peers who support them through mental wellness challenges. Gabrielle invites the guests to evaluate what worked well, what proved challenging, and what impact the project made. Their conversation offers a rare “look back” at online participatory visual methods after a project’s completion, highlighting how these creative approaches shaped both the research and the researchers themselves. They also share candid insights about collaborating entirely online: what helped the team feel connected, what obstacles emerged, and how digital spaces can support meaningful community-engaged research. This reflective dialogue is both a learning resource and an inspiration for anyone working with participatory visual methods.
The “Let me just share my screen” podcast was first launched in May 2025 by the Centre for Community Based Research and the Arts Informed Methods team at Trillium Health Partners. Each episode is packed with fresh ideas, practical tips, and ethical considerations to help you plan, create, and exhibit your arts-based projects. This podcast is inspired by a CIHR-funded research project that gathered experiences of health researchers conducting photovoice and digital storytelling projects online with diverse communities.
Accompanying the podcast are three new infographics (information sheet):
Learn about the project and listen to the available episodes on Spotify, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music. Subscribe so you do not miss the next episode!
These infographics and the production of this episode was funded by the Evaluation Capacity Network. Special thanks to Photovoice Worldwide for their support!
