LiveWorkPlay Make A Buzz Ottawa 2026, 31st Anniversary Celebration Recap (April 17)
April 22, 2026
What a night, and what a 31st anniversary celebration at Bayview Yards on April 17! It started with the live broadcast of The LiveWorkPlay News and the Top 26 of 2025-2026, but we didn’t get too far – just after #21 the broadcast was interrupted with breaking news from Dylan Black and the United Way… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Make A Buzz Ottawa 2026, 31st Anniversary Celebration Recap (April 17)
LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2026 – Bill Young: Volunteer Match with Chris Jones
April 17, 2026
Award presented live at Make A Buzz Ottawa 2026, LiveWorkPlay’s 31st Anniversary Celebration, April 17, at Bayview Yards Community Match Award – Bill Young & Chris Jones Good evening, everyone! My name is Rebecca Coxon, I am filling in for the wonderful Alex Darling to support our volunteer team while she is off on parental leave.… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2026 – Bill Young: Volunteer Match with Chris Jones
The LiveWorkPlay Inclusive Employer Award presented to LCBO at Make A Buzz Ottawa 17 April 2026
April 17, 2026
Award presented live at Make A Buzz Ottawa 2026, LiveWorkPlay’s 31st Anniversary Celebration, April 17, at Bayview Yards Inclusive Employer Award – LCBO (Accepted by Adam Robinson) Presented by Anna Nelson, Director of Employment Supports Good evening, I’m Anna Nelson, Director of Employment Supports at LiveWorkPlay, and I’m honoured to be presenting this year’s Inclusive Private Sector Employer… Continue reading The LiveWorkPlay Inclusive Employer Award presented to LCBO at Make A Buzz Ottawa 17 April 2026
The LiveWorkPlay Community Partner Award presented to Aisha Stambouli, Valor & Solutions, at Make A Buzz Ottawa 17 April 2026
April 17, 2026
Award presented live at Make A Buzz Ottawa 2026, LiveWorkPlay’s 31st Anniversary Celebration, April 17, at Bayview Yards Community Partner Award – Aisha Stambouli, Valor & Solutions Presented by Julie Kingstone, Co-Leader and Director of Operations Good evening, At LiveWorkPlay, we know that strong partnerships are at the heart of creating meaningful impact in our community. When organizations… Continue reading The LiveWorkPlay Community Partner Award presented to Aisha Stambouli, Valor & Solutions, at Make A Buzz Ottawa 17 April 2026
The LiveWorkPlay Inclusive Employment Champion Award presented to Janelle Wright and the team at Finance Canada, at Make A Buzz Ottawa 17 April 2026
April 17, 2026
Award presented live at Make A Buzz Ottawa 2026, LiveWorkPlay’s 31st Anniversary Celebration, April 17, at Bayview Yards Inclusive Employment Champion – Janelle Wright, and the team at Finance Canada Introduction by Anna Nelson, Director of Employment Supports, presnted by Mary Gusella, Volunteer Chair, Federal Employment Strategy Group (FESG) Good evening, In past years, we… Continue reading The LiveWorkPlay Inclusive Employment Champion Award presented to Janelle Wright and the team at Finance Canada, at Make A Buzz Ottawa 17 April 2026
The Rob More Good Life Award presented to John Cholmondeley at LiveWorkPlay’s Make A Buzz Ottawa 17 April 2026
April 17, 2026
Presented live at Make A Buzz Ottawa 2026, LiveWorkPlay’s 31st Anniversary Celebration, April 17, at Bayview Yards The Rob More Good Life Award – John Cholmondeley Introduction of presenter Mike More by Keenan Wellar. You have been a fabulous audience, so let’s really bring it home with our final and most celebrated award tradition: The Rob More Good Life Award. … Continue reading The Rob More Good Life Award presented to John Cholmondeley at LiveWorkPlay’s Make A Buzz Ottawa 17 April 2026
The LiveWorkPlay Inclusive Employer Award presented to Kinaxis and CHEFS&STAFF4HIRE at Make A Buzz Ottawa 17 April 2026
April 17, 2026
Award presented live at Make A Buzz Ottawa 2026, LiveWorkPlay’s 31st Anniversary Celebration, April 17, at Bayview Yards Inclusive Employer Award – Kinaxis (Neil Butts) and CHEFS&STAFF4HIRE (Lauren Lochan) Presented by Anna Nelson, Director of Employment Supports We have two more Inclusive Private Sector Employer Awards to present this evening, and we’re presenting them at the same time,… Continue reading The LiveWorkPlay Inclusive Employer Award presented to Kinaxis and CHEFS&STAFF4HIRE at Make A Buzz Ottawa 17 April 2026
The Terri Hill My Own Home Bursary awarded to Spencer Penny at LiveWorkPlay’s Make A Buzz Ottawa 17 April 2026
April 17, 2026
Presented live at Make A Buzz Ottawa 2026, LiveWorkPlay’s 31st Anniversary Celebration, April 17, at Bayview Yards The Terri Hill My Own Home Bursary awarded to Spencer Penny Presented by Keenan Wellar, Co-Leader and Director of Communications at LiveWorkPlay The My Own Home bursary started in 2007, following the On My Own Together projects at the Carleton… Continue reading The Terri Hill My Own Home Bursary awarded to Spencer Penny at LiveWorkPlay’s Make A Buzz Ottawa 17 April 2026
LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2026 – Volunteer Leadership Award – Sarah-Jane Harriz
April 17, 2026
This award was presented live at Make A Buzz Ottawa 2026, the LiveWorkPlay 31st Anniversary Celebration at Bayview Yards. The presenter is Rebecca Coxon, Team Lead and interim Volunteer Coordinator. I have the absolute pleasure of recognizing someone who truly embodies what it means to help the community to welcome and include people with intellectual… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2026 – Volunteer Leadership Award – Sarah-Jane Harriz
LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2026 – Daniel Spagnolo: United Way East Ontario Community Builder Award
April 17, 2026
This award was presented live at Make A Buzz Ottawa 2026, the LiveWorkPlay 31st Anniversary Celebration at Bayview Yards. It was a suprise! The text below is not an official transcript, it was produced from speech-to-text of the live video recording. I do, in fact, have some breaking news that will be sure to surprise… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2026 – Daniel Spagnolo: United Way East Ontario Community Builder Award