International Migrants Day – December 18
On December 18 we celebrate International Migrants Day, a day declared by the United Nations in the 2000s to celebrate the growing number of migrants throughout all countries.
Supporting Survivors and Gender Equity lab (SSAGE LAB): Research as a powerful tool for creating meaningful change for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
We come together to remind everyone of the importance of Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women on December 6. Considering the meaning of the day, which serves as a call to action in empowering survivors and preventing and reducing gender-based violence (GBV), we want to take a moment to recognize the important research being conducted at Dr. Paula Barata’s Supporting Survivors and Gender Equity Lab (SSAGE Lab). Paula is a professor in the Department of Psychology and the Associate Dean, Academic (ADA), of the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences (CSAHS). She has been engaged in research related to ameliorating violence against women for over 20 years.
Stop Calling Me Differently-abled
Lorelei Root works as an accessibility specialist, with a focus in game development and making digital content more accessible to people with disabilities. She is the chair of the City of Guelph’s Accessibility Advisory Committee and a board member for the Canadian Centre for Disability Studies, and serves on a number of other boards and committees in an accessibility advisory capacity. Due to the significant overlap between disabled and unhoused communities, Lorelei also does a lot of work as a volunteer with various community outreach groups serving the unhoused, low income, and food-insecure populations in Guelph.
