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

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.  

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Equity and Disability Learning Materials Launched by UofG Researchers

Equity and Disability Learning Materials Launched by UofG Researchers

In 2012, Dr. Carla Rice—a University of Guelph professor in the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition—founded the Re•Vision Centre for Art and Social Justice. The Centre strives to conduct research on the power of arts and stories to highlight systemic inequalities in the healthcare, education, and arts fields.  

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