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On December 18 we celebrate International Migrants Day, a day declared by the United Nations in the 2000s to celebrate the growing number of migrants throughout all countries. 

We come together to remind everyone of the importance of Canada’s National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women on December 6. Considering the meaning of the day, which serves as a call to action in empowering survivors and preventing and reducing gender-based violence (GBV), we want to take a moment to recognize the important research being conducted at Dr. Paula Barata’s Supporting Survivors and Gender Equity Lab (SSAGE Lab).

Lorelei Root works as an accessibility specialist, with a focus in game development and making digital content more accessible to people with disabilities. She is the chair of the City of Guelph’s Accessibility Advisory Committee and a board member for the Canadian Centre for Disability Studies, and serves on a number of other boards and committees in an accessibility advisory capacity.

The Live Work Well Research Centre would like to draw your attention to the following call for participants from Toronto Metropolitan University. 

November 25 signifies International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and marks the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) campaign.

November 13 marks the beginning of Transgender Awareness Week, which will run until November 19 and culminate on November 20 for Transgender Day of Remembrance. This week is an opportunity for advocates to raise awareness about the transgender community through events, education, and spirit.  

On November 6th, the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences (CSAHS) hosted a lecture series focusing on International Research as part of their 2024 Research Week. Live Work Well Research Centre Director, Dr. Deborah Stienstra, joined virtually to give a lecture on her experience with conducting international research through the Endangering Engendering Disability-Inclusive Development-Genre, handicap et développement inclusif (EDID-GHDI) partnership.  

On November 11, the University of Guelph announced the launch of their new Trauma-Informed Care Training: Connecting with Compassion. This program will be the first of its kind, aimed at supporting student mental health and offered to UofG faculty and staff.  

November 3 marks the beginning of Treaties Recognition Week, lasting until November 9. Across Canada, this week recognizes the importance of treaties and the necessity of education on treaty rights, relationships, and their continued relevance.  

Kaitlyn Pothier and Kathryn Currie Reinders recently published a chapter in Canadian Settler Colonialism: Reliving the Past, Opening New Paths called “Complex Erasures: Re/Production of Disability Under Settler Colonialism.” The authors used their experience as Live Work Well Research Centre (LWWRC) graduate research assistants on a shadow report for the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons of Disabilities (UNCRPD) to explore how colonial perspectives of disability do not account for Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQQIA people with disabilities.