INQYR Beyond Limits: The Conference
Mobilizing innovative global social research for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth joy and resilience
INQYR Beyond Limits is a space to advance knowledge and action with and for 2SLGBTQIA+ young people. It is built on the belief that the strongest knowledge is made together, across research, practice, community, and lived experience, and that this knowledge can and should drive real change.
Conference Focus
INQYR Beyond Limits is for everyone committed to advancing the health, well-being, and rights of 2SLGBTQIA+ young people, those who believe that research, practice, and community knowledge can and should drive real change.
Researchers and academics working on queer youth, gender, sexuality, and health
Clinicians and practitioners supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ young people
Community organizations and advocates working with or for queer and trans youth
Students developing your research, practice, and voice
Queer young people with lived experience and knowledge to share
Policymakers and funders working toward structural equity for 2SLGBTQIA+ youth
We especially welcome those doing this work in places where it is becoming harder, where legislation threatens queer and trans lives, where funding is shrinking, and where showing up is itself an act of resistance. Come with questions, grief, anger, or hard-won hope. What matters is that you show up.
Who Should Attend?
This is more than a conference. It's a space to gain knowledge, build connections, and foster collective strength.
Cutting-edge global research. Explore the latest thinking across health, social work, policy, community practice, and beyond, drawn from research happening around the world.
Real connections. Build new and lasting relationships with researchers, advocates, and practitioners working across borders and sectors.
Share your work. Oral presentations and posters are open to researchers, students and emerging scholars, practitioners, and community partners.
Global movement. Add your voice to an international network mobilizing knowledge for real change in policy, practice, and young people's lives.
Joy and resistance. Join a full day of learning and solidarity, then cap it off with an evening of skating, snacks, and celebration together
Showing up is its own kind of advocacy. Come add your voice.
Why Should I Attend?
Program Structure
The one-day in-person program will be happening at The Chelsea Hotel (33 Gerrard St W) in Toronto, Canada, on October 2, 2026.
University of Toronto, established 1827, boasts stunning neo-Gothic architecture and world-class scholarship — just steps from our conference venue.
Toronto’s Church-Wellesley Village is one of the oldest established gaybourhoods in Canada
The city, whose official motto is 'Diversity, Our Strength,' has been recognized by both the United Nations and the BBC as the most diverse city in the world.
Toronto's attractions include the iconic CN Tower, world-class museums, waterfront trails, and endless vibrant neighbourhoods waiting to be explored.
Friday, October 2, 2026
Come for the Conference. Stay for the City.
Toronto is one of the most 2SLGBTQIA+-affirming cities in the world, and the Chelsea Hotel (33 Gerrard St W) is the perfect home for this conference; newly renovated, fully accessible, and genuinely committed to welcoming every guest.
Special hotel rate for conference registrants. Details coming soon.
Schedule
8:00AM - 9:00AM
Registration with coffee and pastries
9:00AM - 10:45AM
Opening welcome and Keynote
10:45AM to 11:00AM
Break
11:00AM - 12:30PM
Block A (3 parallel Sessions)
12:30PM - 2:00PM
Lunch and Poster Session
(catered, on site)
2:00PM - 3:30PM
Afternoon Plenary
3:30PM - 3:45PM
Snack Break
3:45PM - 5:15PM
Block B (3 parallel Sessions)
5:30PM - 5:45PM
Transition, recognitions, next steps
An evening roller disco, snacks, sips & skates (included with registration)
7:00PM - 11:00PM
The final session? A roller disco. Queer joy has always found a way to move, and we're keeping that tradition alive. INQYR Beyond Limits closes with a celebration on wheels hosted by Nitro Skates, with rentals, lessons, drinks, and snacks on hand. No experience required, just bring the energy.
Snacks, Sips, and Skates
SUBMIT
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Call for Proposals
INQYR Beyond Limits invites work that challenges disciplinary, geographic, methodological, and institutional boundaries.
Submissions from community partners, practitioners, and students are encountered alongside academic and scholarly work.
Themes
Cross-Border Collaborations and Global Issues
Exploring how researchers, practitioners, and communities work across regions and jurisdictions to respond to shifting policy landscapes, anti-trans and anti-gender backlash, and global inequities affecting 2SLGBTQIA+ youth.
Health, Well-Being, and Community Care
Centering mental health, resilience, and care across micro, mezzo, and macro levels, with attention to culturally grounded, intersectional, and community-led approaches that foster connection, support, and collective well-being.
Technology, AI, Digital Life, and Creative Methods
Examining how ICTs, digital environments, and creative methods shape the lives of 2SLGBTQIA+ youth, alongside equity and access considerations and innovative modes of knowledge mobilization.