This Winter 2026 semester at the University of Guelph, Carla Rice — Canada Research Chair in Feminist Studies and Social Practice — will be running a new graduate level course: "Transformational Change Methodologies Lab."
The LWWRC’s Reimagining Care cluster co-lead, Roberta Hawkins, was recently a guest on the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast where she answered the questions: How do we survive in academia? How do we make it better for others? And how do we transform the university?
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Since November 22, 2022, Lynn Gehl has been organizing a fundraising auction to support the ongoing work she is doing with Indigenous women and girls with disabilities. United by #IWagWid across digital and community networks, this initiative spreads awareness for the intersectional oppression faced by disabled Indigenous women in Canada.
Disability Without Poverty (DWP) is excited to host their Disability Poverty in Canada: Learning from Today to Make Tomorrow Better conference on December 3, 2025.
For the 2025-26 year, the Gender-Based Indigenous Intersectional Impact Assessment (GiiiA) Network has launched their Community of Practice (CoP), through which they will host six sessions focused on implementing culturally relevant Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus). These sessions will provide practical guidance, shared learning, and meaningful dialogue to strengthen members’ capacity to apply culturally relevant GBA Plus in ways that honour diverse cultural contexts and lived experiences.
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Wednesday, December 3, 2025, 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. ET
On December 3, from 12:00 – 1:00 pm, the Live Work Well Research Centre’s Reimagining Care research cluster will be hosting the next event in the THINC lab’s IF... Speaker Series, a panel discussion on Digital Methodologies of Care in Social Media Research. Taking place on the second floor of the University of Guelph’s Mclaughlin Library, in the THINC Lab, this interactive conversation will explore how to apply feminist ethics of care in social media research.
Last October, Dr. Hussein Abdullah, a professor in the University of Guelph’s Engineering program, shared the new app he and his team developed to open doors on our U of G campus with just one tap on your phone. Now, just over a year later, Abdullah and his team have returned to announce the installation of the OpenWay Smart Door Access System app in three locations on campus: 159 Albert A. Thornbrough North Door Entrance,142 Rozanski North Door Entrance, and 180 East Residence Dundas Main Entrance.
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The 2025 Hopper Lecture at the University of Guelph will take place on November 11, 2025, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm EST on Microsoft Teams or in OVC PAHL Room 1800. We’re honoured to welcome Ms. Kerryann Ifill to deliver this year’s Hopper Lecture.
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Email: liveworkwell@uoguelph.ca
Phone: 519 824 4120 x54930
Location: MacKinnon Building, Office 501, University of Guelph
