Join the Live Work Well Research Centre (LWWRC) and the Canada Research Chair in Critical Community Engagement and Public Policy on Monday, May 12, 2025, from 12:30pm to 2:00pm ET for an engaging panel on Countering Policy Exclusions: Canada, disability, and international commitments Part 2. The event will be held virtually via Zoom. Registration is required.
This panel of civil society leaders and researchers explored what is needed to ensure the right to housing for women and gender-diverse people with disabilities across the province. They also highlighted how women and gender-diverse people with disabilities are playing a leadership role in responding to housing failures.
Continue Reading Countering Policy Exclusions: Centring accessibility to advance the right to housing – April 10 2025
National Caregiver Day on the first Tuesday in April of each year aims to recognize caregivers’ importance in society and to celebrate and thank caregivers for their work amid the challenges involved. Although caregivers are essential to healthcare and enhance the quality of life for those needing care, many difficulties impact their ability to provide this service for others. To learn about what it is like to be a caregiver, Madison Harrison, a former student staff member in the LWWRC, talked to a Personal Support Worker (PSW) and wrote this blog about the challenges and rewards of being a caregiver in a retirement home. We also provide two additional perspectives: unpaid care work required of family members, and the issue of young disabled individuals being placed in nursing homes rather than assisted-living care homes.
Read more about "National Caregiver Day: The Many Forms of Caregiving"
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