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The LWWRC Summer ‘25 Reading List to Engage with Our Clusters

The Live Work Well Research Centre (LWWRC) is home to five research clusters exploring complex themes and the ways they influence work, family, and well-being in all their diverse forms: “All My Relations” Indigenous Ways of Knowing; Disabilities, Access, and Inclusion; Displacements, Emergence, and Change; Reimagining Care; and Sexual and Gender Diversity.  

In the past, the Centre has developed engagement lists for our members to further understand our research clusters. Now that summer is finally here, we have pulled top picks from previous engagement lists and also added new suggestions to the mix. Check out our book recommendations below, and stay tuned for future engagement lists featuring podcasts, movies, and TV shows! 

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

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, will be available soon.  

A blue sky with a series of flags from different countries pictured flying high. The words “Multiculturalism Day” are printed in the centre of the design.

Multiculturalism Day

Multiculturalism Day occurs annually in Canada on June 27. This day is an opportunity for Canadians of all backgrounds to honour the diverse heritage and culture of those around them and appreciate the cultural mosaic that Canada embraces.  

A photo of Maegan Ellis standing under and pointing at a sign for the arctic circle. She is pictured with long brown hair under a ballcap, an orange skirt, and a traditional ribbon skirt.

Woven Stories: How Beadwork Reconnects Me to Indigenous History

I was told from a young age that I am Métis—or “May-dee,” depending on who you ask. With maternal roots in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, and paternal roots in Georgian Bay, Ontario, my family history is rich with Indigenous–settler relations I only recently started exploring. I was raised in Midland, on the shores of Georgian Bay and traditional territory of the Chippewa Tri-Council, on land within Treaties #5 and #16.

A graphic of a brain against a purple background with purple butterflies overlaying the brain. Purple is the colour for Alzheimer’s. In white letters are the words ‘Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month June 2025.’

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. 

The rainbow infinity symbol used to represent autism, along with the words “Autistic Pride Day June 18.”

June 18 is Autistic Pride Day

Autistic Pride Day is celebrated annually around the world on June 18. This day encourages autistic people to embrace their unique brains and to make connections with other autistic people! 

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