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A poster for the Centring Accessibility to Advance the Right to Housing virtual panel, the second panel in the Countering Policy Exclusions series.

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Video available for Countering Policy Exclusions: Centring accessibility to advance the right to housing panel

Video available for Countering Policy Exclusions: Centring accessibility to advance the right to housing panel

The video has now been released for the LWWRC’s virtual panel on April 10th, 2025, co-hosted with Dr. Leah Levac’s Canada Research Chair in Critical Community Engagement and Public Policy. The panel on “Centring accessibility to advance the right to housing” was the second session in a series titled “Countering Policy Exclusions.” The video for the third session, held on May 12, is also available.  

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Sexuality and Gender Studies at UofG: Fostering Pride in Academia

Sexuality and Gender Studies at UofG: Fostering Pride in Academia

Adam Davies (they/them) is a professor in the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition at the University of Guelph. They are also a co-lead of the Sexual and Gender Diversity cluster at the Live Work Well Research Centre. For Pride Month, we reached out to Adam to hear more about this program and the impact it has had on the 2SLGBTQIA+ community on campus.  

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Woven Stories: How Beadwork Reconnects Me to Indigenous History

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.

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June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month  

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.  

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

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.

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Announcing Our 2023-24 Annual Report!

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. 

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Keynote Speaker Event: Dr. Rheanna Robinson

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.  

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