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The Queer Liberation Collective is a group of queer activists working towards collective liberation through arts-based programs that center joy and hope.
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Jake (they/them)
Jake is a non-binary queer youth worker, group facilitator and performer. They have been facilitating groups with youth and families for over 3 years in schools, community agencies, shelters and the outdoors. Their intention in facilitating groups is to create safe spaces where people can be their most authentic selves, feel a sense of community and experience joy.
Rei (they/them)
Rei (they/them) is a non-binary/trans lesbian poet, multimedia artist, and facilitator of Japanese and Taiwanese-Chinese second-generation immigrant heritage. They have over three years of experience designing and leading educational, wellness, and arts-based programming. They have facilitated workshops and group programs across schools, community organizations, shelters, healthcare settings, post-secondary institutions, and summer camps. Their experience spans youth and families, students, adults with disabilities, and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, with programming focused on gender expression, identity, mental health, community building, and skill development. Rei is passionate about creating inclusive spaces that foster creativity, connection, self-discovery, and belonging.
Ezra (they/them)
Ezra is a lifelong multidisciplinary artist with experience coordinating and delivering arts-based, reflective programming across academic and institutional settings. Their recent work includes facilitating a Critical Hope collective poetry workshop for social work graduate students at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Social Work and for staff at the Ontario Ministry of Health’s Indigenous Health Policy Unit.
We’re deeply grounded in social justice values and the belief that community care is a collective responsibility. The joy we have cultivated in our own lives, alongside the shared grief of existing within oppressive systems, fuels our passion to create spaces for self-expression, connection, and consciousness-raising around both the struggle and beauty of queerness. In the face of oppression, we center critical hope, resilience, and belonging through creative practices including dance, poetry, multimedia painting, and collaging.
We’ve previously supported communities including youth experiencing homelessness, students, QTBIPOC folks, parents and teachers.
We strive to create spaces for people to feel seen, explore their identities/values and engage in critical self-reflection. Our aim is to instil hope, foster social change and promote equity and inclusivity.
We’re flexible around cost and always find a way to work within an organization’s budget, we want to make programming accessible and never want cost to be a barrier. Fees are determined based on number of participants involved as well as preparation and facilitation time. We also offer tiered pricing for organizations interested in booking a series of workshops or running a program.