LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2023, April 16-22 “Volunteering Weaves Us Together”
April 18, 2023
Hello and welcome to National Volunteer Week. I’m Batoul Auf, and it’s been my absolute pleasure to serve as People Connector and Volunteer Coordinator here at LiveWorkPlay over the past year while Alex Darling is on leave with her baby girl Adeline. The volunteer week theme for 2023 is Volunteering Weaves Us Together, and that… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Celebrates National Volunteer Week 2023, April 16-22 “Volunteering Weaves Us Together”
LiveWorkPlay Commemorates World Autism Awareness Day, April 2, 2023 – Join The Virtual Event on Sunday!
March 31, 2023
Transformation: Toward a Neuro-Inclusive World for All Virtual Event: Sunday, 2 April 2023, 10:00 a.m. – 1 p.m. EST Register: https://bzbz.ca/waad2023 This year’s observance of World Autism Awareness Day focuses on the contribution of autistic people at home, at work, in the arts and in policymaking. LiveWorkPlay embraces this amazing theme and the ACTIONS it… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Commemorates World Autism Awareness Day, April 2, 2023 – Join The Virtual Event on Sunday!
Welcome To Spring Family Feast – Special Live Edition of The LiveWorkPlay News!
March 24, 2023
Over 100 members and supporters of the LiveWorkPlay community got together for a casual evening of food and fun on March 23, 2023. We celebrated World Down Syndrome Day (March 21) with a special Top 21 countdown and a live edition of The LiveWorkPlay News! An extensive photo album is available on our Facebook page.
The LiveWorkPlay News (Quarterly Email Newsletter) Winter Edition, February 15, 2023
February 15, 2023
Click Here To Subscribe To The LiveWorkPlay News! THANKS FOR ALL THE LOVE! Whether you celebrate Valentine’s Day or not, it’s always a good reminder for us to say THANK YOU to our volunteers, donors, and members. This is also Nonprofit Appreciation Week, and we’ve already received lots of encouraging messages. If you haven’t heard of it,… Continue reading The LiveWorkPlay News (Quarterly Email Newsletter) Winter Edition, February 15, 2023
The LiveWorkPlay Top 22 of 2022 – Special Edition – The LiveWorkPlay News – January 24, 2023
February 1, 2023
Join TLN co-hosts Steven MacPhee and Keenan Wellar for this special broadcast of The LiveWorkPlay News in front of a live Zoom audience! I’m Keenan Wellar. And I’m Steven MacPhee. And this is… The LiveWorkPlay News! Our next broadcast was not scheduled until the Winter Family Feast in March, but January can be a long… Continue reading The LiveWorkPlay Top 22 of 2022 – Special Edition – The LiveWorkPlay News – January 24, 2023
LiveWorkPlay Festive Family Feast 2022 Features First Ever Live Broadcast Of The LiveWorkPlay News
December 8, 2022
There were grand plans for a live edition of The LiveWorkPlay News (TLN) at the TD Place Family BBQ on September 8, but a wise decision was made to avoid competing with the CityFolk Festival performers in nearby Lansdowne Park. Although the traditional co-host format was not possible at the Festive Family Feast of 2022… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Festive Family Feast 2022 Features First Ever Live Broadcast Of The LiveWorkPlay News
LiveWorkPlay Team Shines At Ontario Disability Employment Network Annual Conference
November 16, 2022
Members of the LiveWorkPlay team had the pleasure of attending and speaking at the annual conference of the Ontario Disability Employment Network (ODEN). Keenan Wellar and Anna Nelson hosted a session about the LiveWorkPlay Federal Public Service inclusive hiring initative, our unique Emplyoment Supports Model, and our growing national network of provider partners. Julie Kingstone, Sarah… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Team Shines At Ontario Disability Employment Network Annual Conference
BBC StoryWorks Transporation Series Features LiveWorkPlay Member Daniel Pinsonneault in Ottawa!
October 11, 2022
The Way We Move: Transporting Stories is a BBC StoryWorks feature that was filmed in 20 cities across the world. The Ottawa segment features OC Transpo and LiveWorkPlay member Daniel Pinsonneault, in his home at The Haven in Barrhaven, his work at Costco, and out on the town with his giflriend and a group of… Continue reading BBC StoryWorks Transporation Series Features LiveWorkPlay Member Daniel Pinsonneault in Ottawa!
Celebrating Community: LiveWorkPlay Family BBQ Event Scores Big At TD Place!
September 8, 2022
The welcome to summer barbecue event on June 15 was supposed to be a one-time phenemenon, but it was so popular that within minutes, the search was on for a possible date to repeat it in the fall. Despite the very busy schedule of events at TD Place, we managed to book the evening of… Continue reading Celebrating Community: LiveWorkPlay Family BBQ Event Scores Big At TD Place!
LiveWorkPlay Co-Leader Keenan Wellar: 25th Work Anniversary Retrospective
July 26, 2022
July, 2022, is the 25th work anniversary for LiveWorkPlay Co-Leader and Director of Communications, Keenan Wellar. The occasion was celebrated at a community gathering last month, and this brief retrospective is a formal commemoration of this incredible milestone. Left: Keenan, Julie, Marie (former board member), Mark (former board member), and Jesse (former staff member) putting… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay Co-Leader Keenan Wellar: 25th Work Anniversary Retrospective