June 24, 2024
This post is the final in our three part series on LiveWorkPlay and the 50-30 Challenge. If you have landed on this post first, please consider reading Part One and Part Two! The 50 – 30 Challenge is an initiative between the Government of Canada, Canadian businesses, and diversity organizations. At the time of publishing… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay and the 50-30 Challenge: Part 3 of 3
March 14, 2024
The World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD) theme is the message that supporters around the world are asked to share on and around 21 March. For World Down Syndrome Day 2024, the theme is a call for people around the world to End The Stereotypes. A stereotype is a set idea that people have about what… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Celebrates World Down Syndrome Day, March 21, 2024
February 28, 2024
The 50 – 30 Challenge is an initiative between the Government of Canada, Canadian businesses, and diversity organizations. At the time of publishing this post, there were more than 2,450 participating organizations, and more are signing up every day! LiveWorkPlay is proud to be just one of the members of that growing list. The goal… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay and the 50 – 30 Challenge: Part 2 of 3
February 4, 2024
Listen to the original CFRA 580 audio-only here (share feature available) interview with Keenan Wellar, Co-Leader and Director of Communications at LiveWorkPlay with CFRA Live host Andrew Pinsent, or listen and view the captioned version below. You can also read a transcript below. You can also read the Community Living Ontario presentation to the Minister… Continue reading Keenan Wellar Interview on 580 CFRA Discussing Community Living Ontario #5toSurvive Campaign
January 17, 2024
The 50 – 30 Challenge is an initiative between the Government of Canada, Canadian businesses, and diversity organizations. At the time of publishing this post, there were 2,378 participating organizations, and more are signing up every day! LiveWorkPlay is proud to be just one of the members of that growing list. The goal is to… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay and the 50-30 Challenge: Part 1 of 3
December 20, 2023
We are “good news” people here at LiveWorkPlay. We focus on showcasing progress and positive developments to support inclusion and social change. But it is a reality that like all organizations delivering supports and services, we need sufficient resources to do our work. And the objective data explains why this is becoming increasingly difficult. Some… Continue reading #5toSurvive Campaign Championed on CTV Ottawa by Tina Williams, Community Living Upper Ottawa Valley
December 3, 2023
Each year, December 3rd marks the celebration of International Day of Persons With Disabilities. The United Nations tells us that this day “aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities” and “seeks to increase awareness of gains to be derived from the… Continue reading International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2023: Exclusion Hurts but Love Wins!
November 29, 2023
What a wonderful turnout for our panel session on the first day (November 29) of Disability and Work in Canada Conference 2023! Our old friends Nadine Ghadie, Dan Carleton, and Jessica Laniel from Department of Finance Canada and our new friends Amond McKenna and Angela Black from Government of New Brunswick joined Mary Gusella, Anna… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Hosts Dynamic Panel, Champions Inclusive Employment at Disability and Work in Canada 2023
October 1, 2021
Congratulations to LiveWorkPlay member Jennifer Harris who has been declared elected to the Council of Community Living Ontario as announced on the final day of the annual conference. There were 15 excellent candidates with only 6 vacancies. You can listen/watch Jennifer’s speech which we have shared here. The Council of Community Living Ontario consists of… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay member Jennifer Harris elected to Council of Community Living Ontario
April 22, 2021
Jennifer Harris has been a member of LiveWorkPlay since 1998! In this wide-ranging interview based on her recently published autobiography, LiveWorkPlay is mentioned but this is a much bigger and much more important story – including how host Derick Fage and Jennifer found each other and bonded over the challenges of incontinence. Jennifer’s story is… Continue reading Jennifer Harris interview “Let’s Chat with Derick Fage” on Rogers TV: insight into an amazing life in 30 minutes! “I want to effect change”