LiveWorkPlay Welcome Back Family BBQ 2024 at TD Place: Record Turnout and Tons of Fun!
September 3, 2024
This event started in the summer of 2022 as a way to get back on track with our event schedule, but without the risks of an indoor event. For many years, there has been an indoor dinner event in September as a “welcome back” from the summer for members, families, and volunteers. This has also… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Welcome Back Family BBQ 2024 at TD Place: Record Turnout and Tons of Fun!
LiveWorkPlay and the 50-30 Challenge: Part 3 of 3
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
Make a Buzz Ottawa: LiveWorkPlay 29th Anniversary and Celebration of Community, 10 May 2024
May 15, 2024
What an amazing evening at LiveWorkPlay Make A Buzz Ottawa Celebration of Community 2024! 200 supporters gathered at the Preston Event Centre to enjoy a live edition of The LiveWorkPlay News followed by the Inclusive Employer awards, Volunteer and Community Partner awards, presentation of the My Own Home bursary, the Community Ambassador award, and the… Continue reading Make a Buzz Ottawa: LiveWorkPlay 29th Anniversary and Celebration of Community, 10 May 2024
National Volunteer Week 2024
April 19, 2024
National Volunteer Week (NVW) 2024 kicked off on April 14. LiveWorkPlay shared a week-long celebration of volunteerism to showcase not only the importance of volunteers to our mission, but to demonstrate this year’s NVW theme: every moment of volunteering at LiveWorkPlay matters! Interested in volunteering? During National Volunteer Week, we want to recognize every volunteer… Continue reading National Volunteer Week 2024
The LiveWorkPlay Employment Task Force Is Back!
April 15, 2024
The LiveWorkPlay private sector Employment Task Force (ETF) dates back to 2015, when local inclusive employers and inclusive employment advocates first convened with LiveWorkPlay staff to strategize about supporting additional hires of people with intellectual disabilities and autistic persons in the Ottawa area community. The ETF is a group of employment champions who use their… Continue reading The LiveWorkPlay Employment Task Force Is Back!
LiveWorkPlay Open House and World Autism Awareness Day Celebration with Bayview Yards Community
April 4, 2024
On the afternoon of April 2, 2024, the LiveWorkPlay membership, staff, volunteers, and community partners came together with other members of the Bayview Yards innovation hub to share messages of welcome and gratitude. Bayview Yards became the new home for LiveWorkPlay in November of 2023 after our previous office building endured a catastrophic flood. LiveWorkPlay… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Open House and World Autism Awareness Day Celebration with Bayview Yards Community
LiveWorkPlay Celebrates World Down Syndrome Day, March 21, 2024
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
LiveWorkPlay and the 50 – 30 Challenge: Part 2 of 3
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
Keenan Wellar Interview on 580 CFRA Discussing Community Living Ontario #5toSurvive Campaign
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
Federal Employment Strategy Group (FESG) | Groupe de la stratégie fédérale sur l’emploi (GSFE)
February 2, 2024
Welcome to the landing page for the LiveWorkPlay Federal Employment Strategy Group (FESG). Bienvenue sur la page d’accueil du Groupe de la stratégie fédérale sur l’emploi (GSFE). Read our newsletters / lisez notre bulletin: February 2025, Edition Four / février 2025, quatrième édition November 2024, Edition Three / Novembre 2024, troisieme édition May 2024, Edition… Continue reading Federal Employment Strategy Group (FESG) | Groupe de la stratégie fédérale sur l’emploi (GSFE)