Read the latest post from the Centre’s blog, where we invite organizations and individuals whose work and values align with our own to share their thoughts and musings about their work and anything that may be important to them. Are you interested in writing a blog? You may be eligible for an honorarium of $100 for a blog of 500-900 words on a topic that fits the Centre’s Work, Vision, and Values. The blog contribution is approved by the Director and edited as needed by the Centre. Please send your proposal to liveworkwell@uoguelph.ca and let us know what you would like to write about!
On November 7, 2024, at 1:30-3:00p.m. ET on Zoom, the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) will be hosting a lecture series. Speakers Dr. Ravi Malhotra and Emily Ruppel, Ph.D., will dive into the topic of Disability Accommodation in the Workplace.
Dr. Hussein Abdullah, professor in UofG’s School of Engineering, has spent the past twenty years developing technology to improve the lives of people with limb impairments.
September 23rd marked the beginning of Truth and Reconciliation Week at the University of Guelph and across Canada. This week is a time to honour the lost children and survivors of residential schools, and recognize the ongoing effects of colonization on First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.
On June 5, Deborah Stienstra of the Live Work Well Research Centre (LWWRC) joined fellow authors and editors to celebrate the virtual launch of the book "Intersectional Colonialities: Embodied Colonial Violence and Practices of Resistance at the Axis of Disability, Race, Indigeneity, Class, and Gender." Editors Robel Afeworki Abay and Karen Soldatić (Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing) hosted the event on Zoom.
Deborah Stienstra, Director of the Live Work Well Research Centre, is offering a new Fall 2024 course to explore The Politics of Disability. Drawing on research and experiences from Canada and the global South, the course will help to address the historic neglect of issues of and people with disabilities in politics and policy. It will also use an intersectional lens and a cross-disability/impairment approach to consider how various experiences of disability and ableism intersect with other experiences of oppression including gender, race, Indigenousness, class, age, and sexuality, among others.
Congratulations to Leah Levac and Deborah Stienstra on their chapter in a recently published book Counting Matters: Policy, Practice, and the Limits of Gender Equality Measurement in Canada, edited by Christina Gabriel and L. Pauline Rankin. This book investigates how the rise in gender equality measurement contributes to, and falls short of, effective gender equality policy implementation. Leah and Deborah's chapter, with Petrina Beals and Jessica McCuaig, is called "Advancing Intersectional Considerations in Measuring Gender Equality: A Community Vitality Index in Labrador."
On June 12th, Dr. Deborah Stienstra will be presenting at the Canadian Political Science Association conference with Kathryn Reinders on their paper “Using a Feminist Intersectional Livelihoods Analysis to understand experiences of historically marginalized women and girls with disabilities in Canada.” This research is from the work of the LWWRC’s EDID-GHDI (Engendering Disability-Inclusive Development) partnership.
On April 9, 2024, Dr. Deborah Stienstra attended the Institute for Work & Health (IWH) Speaker Series to present her research to IWH scientists and staff. This work relayed the experiences of women with disabilities to understand why it’s essential to move past focusing on jobs as the experience of work and health for women with disabilities and instead move towards a livelihoods approach.
The College of Social and Applied Human Sciences is hosting a conversation with an Afghan female judge. Moderated by an Ontario Superior Court Justice, Escaping the Taliban will discuss the impacts that the Taliban’s return to power in Afghanistan has had on female judges.
This event is being held on Thursday, March 28, from 11:30 am -12:45 pm in Rozanski Hall, Room 103. No registration is required.
The Live Work Well Research Centre is hiring a part-time Graduate Research Assistant (GRA) from May 1, 2024, to March 31, 2025. The position will provide support for the Engendering Disability-Inclusive Development partnership's knowledge mobilization hub for up to 7 hours a week. The deadline for applications is March 17.
Read more about the position and how to apply at https://liveworkwell.ca/connect-centre/student-postdoc-opportunities