The GLO app for 2SLGBTQI+ youth is up for a Webby Award and you can vote for it to win
Categories: Awards & Recognition, Research, Shelley Craig
GLO — an interactive app designed to support the mental health and wellbeing of queer youth — has been nominated for a Webby Award!
Created in partnership with It Gets Better Canada, Professor Shelley Craig developed the curriculum for the mobile-based app, drawing from her years of research dedicated to fostering the resilience of 2SLGBTQI+ youth. Craig is the Director of INQYR, The International Partnership for Queer Youth Resilience, and holds the Canada Research Chair in Sexual and Gender Minority Youth.
“Queer young people are under significant threat in the current political climate, but being online, even on social media, can offer a safe space where 2SLGBTQI+ youth build relationships and develop their identities,” says Craig. “With fewer and fewer offline safe spaces and safe people for them, harnessing the connectedness of online access and resources is needed more than ever.”
The international Webby Awards honours excellence on the internet. Members of the public are invited to vote for their favourite among the nominees. The GLO app is up for an award in the Education, Culture & Learning category.
Visit the Webby’s website to vote!
Learn more about the GLO app on FIFSW’s website.
Related:
The International Partnership for Queer Youth Resilience (INQYR) invites researchers, students, practitioners, community organizations, and young people to join INQYR Beyond Limits: The Conference 2026, October 2, 2026.
Call for proposals: Community partners, practitioners, students, academics, and scholars are invited to share work that challenges disciplinary, geographic, methodological, and institutional boundaries. Visit INQYR’s website to learn more about the conference and how to submit an abstract. Deadline: April 30, 2026