June 2025 – Live Work Well Research Centre

Woven Stories: How Beadwork Reconnects Me to Indigenous History

Maegan Ellis (she/her) is a master's student in the University of Guelph Department of History, studying under Dr. Kim Anderson. She is researching the creation of Métis beadwork and the history of Métis women in Saskatchewan. As a part of Indigenous History Month, Maegan shares her experiences learning how to bead and how this activity connects her to Indigenous history.

June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month

Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month is an internationally recognized movement that is celebrated annually in June. The goal of this movement is to draw attention to the prevalence and effects of Alzheimer’s and other types of dementia.

June 18 is Autistic Pride Day

Autistic Pride Day is celebrated annually around the world on June 18. This day encourages autistic people to embrace their unique brains and to make connections with other autistic people!

Partner Spotlight: Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW-ICREF) 

The Live Work Well Research Centre (LWWRC) is pleased to highlight one of its partners, the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women-Institut canadien de recherches sur les femmes (CRIAW-ICREF).  

Video available for Countering Policy Exclusions: Canada, disability, and international commitments panel

The video has now been released for the LWWRC’s virtual panel on February 27, 2025, co-hosted with Dr. Leah Levac’s Canada Research Chair in Critical Community Engagement and Public Policy. The panel on “Canada, disability, and international commitments” was the first session in a series titled “Countering Policy Exclusions.” Videos for two other sessions, held on April 10 and May 12, will be available soon.

Announcing Our 2023-24 Annual Report!

We are pleased to announce that the Live Work Well Research Centre's 2023–24 Annual Report is available on our website! The Report describes a productive and exciting year, with many activities and accomplishments. Read about the innovative work by our five Research Clusters, learn about our student engagement efforts and our knowledge mobilization activities, and get to know the Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work through our Partner Spotlight.

SAVE THE DATE: June 10 Virtual GiiiA Network Dialogue

On June 10, 2025, from 1:00-1:50pm ET on Zoom, the Gender-Based Indigenous Intersectional Impact Assessment Network (GiiiA) will be hosting their third Virtual Network Dialogue.

Keynote Speaker Event: Dr. Rheanna Robinson

At the University of Victoria on June 11, 2025, from 9:00-10:20am PDT, join the Provost’s Distinguished Women Scholars Lecture Committee in welcoming Dr. Rheanna Robinson for an engaging lecture! Attend by Zoom, or in-person at the University of Victoria David Turpin Building, to learn about how Indigenous knowledges can offer the world new and important representations of equity and inclusion in unique and varying ways.

Indigenous Leadership to Guide Chemical Risk Management Decisions at U of G

Dr. Susan Chiblow, professor in the School of Environmental Sciences, Ontario Agricultural College, is making strides in chemical pollution research. Susan realized that if humans wish to continue to live on earth, then we need to turn to the original caretakers of this land.

Social Practice and Transformational Change PhD: An Interview with Amy Kipp

We had the pleasure of interviewing Amy Kipp, one of the Co-leads of the Live Work Well Research Centre’s Reimagining Care Cluster. Amy Kipp is the second person to have completed the PhD in Social Practice and Transformational Change (SOPR) from the University of Guelph as of January 28, 2025, when she defended her thesis. SOPR is a four-year, full-time graduate program that combines research-intensive classroom study with experiential and problem-based learning. The program started in 2019 with its first cohort.

Month: June 2025