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Background: By 2032, more than 25% of older Canadians will identify as Black or racialized. Arts-infused, community-led health research is increasingly vital for amplifying the knowledges, worldviews, and lived realities of communities marginalized by mainstream health methods.

Intergenerational digital storytelling—through the co-creation of short audiovisual narratives—fosters “collective memories of lived experience between distinct generations” (Charise et al., 2022) and generates research processes and products that center minoritized voices. Grounded in Africentric principles of health and wellness (Gebremikael et al., 2022), this project asks: What do intergenerational digital storytelling methods reveal about the textured experiences of aging among Black and racialized older adults?

Methods: In partnership with TAIBU Community Health Centre, Digital Kuumba is an arts-led, community-based mixed-methods study engaging Black and racialized older adults in Scarborough, an eastern borough of Toronto, Canada. Since 2024, older adults, facilitators, peer researchers, and the research team have acted as co-researchers. Data sources include qualitative interviews, collective creative and digital-making processes, validated scales (e.g., WHO-5 Wellbeing Index, Three-Item Loneliness Scale), and the creation and sharing of digital stories (March 2024–January 2026).

Results: To date, Digital Kuumba has produced 24 participant-driven digital stories of aging. Thematic analysis of interviews and focus groups indicates that both the stories and their creation foster belonging, purpose, self-determination, connection, justice, collectivity and joy among participants (aged 55–89 years).

Conclusion: Merging digital storytelling with Africentric values challenges Western models focused on clinical decline, advancing social wellness, knowledge exchange, and anti-racist, anti-ageist policy for Black and racialized older adults.