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Welcome to Our New LWWRC Website!

Things look a little different than they used to, right? Well, for the last few months, the Live Work Well Research Centre has been working on transferring our website from Drupal to Campuspress! Our new site introduces a sleeker appearance with easier navigation to our different reports, resources, and other content. Designed for increased digital accessibility, we hope that our new look will boost engagement, impact, and knowledge sharing.

Complex Erasures: Re/Production of Disability under Settler Colonialism, an Interview with Kaitlyn Pothier and Kathryn Reinders

Kaitlyn Pothier (she/they) has a Master’s degree from the University of Guelph. She completed both her bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Guelph in sociology, criminology, and public policy. Her research interests include intersectional theory, gender-based violence, restorative and transformative justice, family law, disability studies, and Indigenous scholarship. Kaitlyn worked as a graduate research assistant (GRA) on several projects with the Live Work Well Research Centre (LWWRC), including the shadow report with the Native Women’s Association of Canada, Disability and Livelihoods in Canada, and Reimagining Livelihoods.

Intersecting Agendas: Gender and Disability-Inclusive Peacebuilding at the UN, September 26, 2025

On September 26, 2025, from 10:30AM-12:00PM ET, the Engendering Disability-Inclusive Development/Genre, handicap et développement inclusif (EDID-GHDI) partnership and Finding Their Place: The Contributions of Women with Disabilities to Peacebuilding will be co-hosting a virtual panel.

From Forums to Feedback: The Composite Stories Experience

Three composite stories were created using data from the Reimagining Livelihoods project and the Disability and Livelihoods in Canada partnership. This blog describes what composite stories are and how we developed these three stories.

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New Federal Support for Women with Disabilities Facing Economic Insecurity

On August 14, 2025, representatives of the Federal Government—Rechie Valdez and Chi Nguyen—announced that they will be giving $656,053 in funding to Realize.

Creative and Inclusive: My Co-op Experience with the Live Work Well Research Centre in Winter 2025

Jordyne Craig worked as a Co-op Student with the Live Work Well Research Centre (LWWRC) in Winter 2025 and continued as a part-time student in Summer 2025. This is her experience.

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Announcing our Reimagining Livelihoods Multimedia Platform and Composite Stories!

The Live Work Well Research Centre is excited to announce that the Reimagining Livelihoods multimedia platform is now live, with each of our composite stories from the project published on the website!

Video available for Countering Policy Exclusions: Canada, disability, and international commitments Part 2

The video recording has now been released for the LWWRC’s virtual panel on May 12, 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 Part 2” was the third session in a series titled “Countering Policy Exclusions.” The videos for the first and second sessions held on February 27 and April 10 are also available on our YouTube channel.  

Call for Proposals at the CIRCLE Graduate South Asia Conference 2025!

The Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) is a university-wide research centre at the University of Guelph. This October 22–23, they will be hosting the CIRCLE Graduate South Asia Conference 2025. This virtual event invites paper and panel proposals from doctoral researchers in health, natural sciences and engineering, and social sciences and humanities.

Former LWWRC GRA, Kaitlyn Hunter, Receives Vanier Graduate Scholarship!

Congratulations to Kaitlyn Hunter, a PhD student at the University of Waterloo and a former LWWRC GRA, on receiving a Vanier Graduate Scholarship!