November 27, 2013
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November 7, 2013
For 80 years, with the help of thousands of volunteers in hundreds of business and government workplaces across the city, United Way Ottawa holds one of the most successful workplace campaigns in Canada. Donors contribute through payroll deductions or online giving, corporate gifts and through special fundraising events. These events also serve to engage employees… Continue reading LiveWorkPlay & United Way Ottawa: Making Connections, Changing Lives
November 5, 2013
From October 22-25, co-leaders Keenan and Julie completed a whirlwind learning and sharing tour, with two days at the annual gathering on Person-Centred Practices (see photo below), a day at the Polivery conference (where policy meets delivery), and a day at the symposium on Social Capital and Community Engagement. They participated as panelists and presenters,… Continue reading What Can We Learn From Catherine & Phil? Everything We Need To Know About Building An Inclusive Community!
November 1, 2013
(This is the unedited text from the original Metro Ottawa newspaper article of November 1, 2013. Click here to see the article including photo as it appeared in the print edition). When Alexis Dusonchet began to volunteer his time, he didn’t expect that he would soon gain a new workout buddy. An avid physical fitness… Continue reading Building Social Capital: Two Lives Changed, Community That Is Changing
October 18, 2013
The LiveWorkPlay News – October 17, 2013 Why not receive The LiveWorkPlay News directly in your mailbox? With your time and donations, we are helping the community welcome people with intellectual disabilities to live, work, and play as valued citizens. A New Year Is Launched Although our fiscal year runs July-June, the LiveWorkPlay community always… Continue reading A New Year Begins: Celebrating, Learning, and Growing Together
October 9, 2013
Aaron Johannes-Rosenberg became familiar with LiveWorkPlay through social media. After many online conversations involving his work at the Spectrum Society for Community Living in Vancouver, Aaron became interested in how he might spend some time with LiveWorkPlay members for his thesis at Athabasca University, where he is part of the Masters of Arts in Interdisciplinary… Continue reading Researchers Get Visual at LiveWorkPlay!
September 30, 2013
LiveWorkPlay hosts the annual Engines of Success recognition banquet every April as a celebration of individuals with intellectual disabilities, volunteers, community partners, and others who help make Ottawa a more inclusive city. The Welcome Back Family Feast and Annual General Meeting is held each September in order to conduct the required business of a non-profit… Continue reading Annual General Meeting 2013 Celebrates Individual & Community Progress
September 24, 2013
Robert More died tragically in the Fallowfield bus crash of September 18. He was on his way to IBM where he had been working for the past decade. Rob was one of the pioneering members of LiveWorkPlay back in 1999 when he joined the team at the Bronson Community Thrift Centre, a social enterprise experiment… Continue reading Remembering Rob More
August 21, 2013
Ontario Trillium Foundation Support The Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Government of Ontario, is providing LiveWorkPlay with $62,000 over one year “to enhance the organization’s capacity to secure meaningful employment suited to the interests and abilities of persons with an intellectual disability. Members of service clubs, professional associations and corporations in Ottawa will… Continue reading A Great Start To A New LiveWorkPlay Year!
July 29, 2013
For 2013 LiveWorkPlay is pleased to be partnering with Rotary Club of West Ottawa (RCWO) and Cystic Fibrosis Canada Ottawa Chapter (CFCOC) for a shared golf tournament! The tournament will take place on Thursday, September 19, at the Glen Mar Golf & Country Club on Fernbank Road in Ottawa’s west end. Starting way back in… Continue reading New LiveWorkPlay Golf Tournament Partnership