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!
Canadian Public Policy/Analyse de politiques, since 1975 the foremost peer-reviewed journal examining social and economic policy in Canada, invites submissions related to the COVID-19 pandemic for expedited publication.
Deadline for submission: June 15, 2020
More info: https://utpjournals.press/journals/cpp/cfp
This thread explores numerous issues related to the importance of diversity and inclusion in higher education, as well as challenges of growing these areas.
Some of the issues include
Read it: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1244989594187124740.html
Statistics Canada released Dynamics of Disability: Progressive, Recurrent or Fluctuating Limitations, a new report based on the Canadian Survey on Disability on December 3, 2019, International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The report challenges mainstream understandings of disability as stable and permanent by emphasizing how the lived experiences of people with disabilities illustrate complex dynamics of disability, including progressive, recurrent or fluctuating limitations.
This special issue aims to explore the place of feminism in the classroom, revealing pleasure and resistance, complaint and celebration. Welcoming contributions that address the strategies, obstacles, and opportunities of feminist pedagogy in a range of contexts.
The Live Work Well Research Centre and the Guelph and Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination have been awarded a one-year Partnership Engage Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The research project titled Storied Lives: shifting perspectives on poverty, will develop a collection of composite stories of those living in poverty in the Guelph-Wellington, Ontario region.
How can we scope multi-year community-university collaborations that draw on the university’s diverse resources and contribute to community resilience? Explore how a community-engaged scholarship (CES) framework can help us better understand and learn from community resilience.
At the 20th anniversary celebration of the University of Guelph, Centre for Families Work and Well-being held last night, it was announced that the Centre would be taking on a new name and a new strategic direction.
The Centre – which was first founded in 1998 and focuses on researching and promoting family and individual well-being, responsive workplaces and sustainable communities – will be renamed as the Live Work Well Research Centre.
The City of Guelph has recently appointed Deborah Stienstra to serve on its Accessibility Advisory Committee for 2018. The Commitee provides vision and direction to staff and Council regarding the removal of barriers that exist within Municipal services, practices and programs.