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Join the Live Work Well Research Centre (LWWRC) and the Canada Research Chair in Critical Community Engagement and Public Policy on Thursday, April 10, 2025, from 12:30pm to 2:00pm ET for an engaging panel on Countering Policy Exclusions: Centring accessibility to advance the right to housing. The event will be held both virtually via Zoom and in person at the University of Guelph in MacKinnon Room 019. Registration is required.

In Canada, March is Developmental Disabilities Month, a time when we recognize the unique skills of people with developmental disabilities and the challenges they continue to face. During this month, we spread awareness for those living with disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, and any form of a learning disorder.   

Vanessa Bonham is a fourth-year undergraduate student pursuing an Honours English degree with a minor in Creative Writing and works part-time with the Live Work Well Research Centre as the Communications and Research Assistant. She uses her writing as a medium to explore autism advocacy for late-diagnosed girls. She recently published an article outlining the challenges of using public transit, and in this blog she is exploring the barriers of going to university and being autistic.   

Recently, Roberta co-authored a book with Leslie Kern titled Higher Expectations: How to Survive Academia, Make It Better for Others, and Transform the University. Published in May of 2024, this text discusses challenges and opportunities present in the academic landscape. Higher Expectations is a guide for improving working conditions for everyone when operating in a constrained institution.

On Friday, March 14, from 12-1:30 pm EST, the Mad School (an activist site that supports academic-community collaborations) invites you to join an immersive online teach-in on mental health!

On January 25, 2025, the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women (CRIAW-ICREF) published a report called Harnessing the potential for a more equitable future in Newfoundland and Labrador: Applying Gender-Based Analysis Plus (GBA Plus) to offshore wind development.

Indigenous Recognition Week 2025 is a U of G-specific celebration running from March 3-7. This week of recognition takes place each year at the University to recognize the culture and experiences of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.  

The Disabled Women’s Network of Canada (DAWN Canada) is an intersectional feminist human rights organization that seeks to end poverty, isolation, discrimination, and violence experienced by women and gender-diverse people with disabilities.  

On Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at 3:30 pm ET, the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing invites you to a hybrid speaker series virtually and at 288 Church St., Toronto – Room 707.  

On February 27, from 12:30-2:00pm ET, the Live Work Well Research Centre (LWWRC) and Dr. Leah Levac’s Canada Research Chair in Critical Community Engagement and Public Policy will be co-sponsoring a panel on Zoom.