Introduction: in today's episode, we're joined by Jen Broad and Laura Lobay, who work on the employment team for the charitable organization LiveWorkPlay.

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As employment inclusion specialists, Jen and Laura have extensive experience helping employers and

On this final day of National Volunteer Week 2024, we’re looking forward to celebrating volunteers in person at our next event. Make a Buzz Ottawa on May 10th is an opportunity to show our gratitude for the contributions of every volunteer as a valued member of the LiveWorkPlay

National Volunteer Week (NVW) reminds us at LiveWorkPlay that when our staff team and community partners work together with volunteers, we co-create community well-being. Learn more: liveworkplay.ca/get-involved/v… #NVW2024 #EveryMomentMatters Volunteer Canada Volunteer Ottawa

National Volunteer Week provides the perfect opportunity for an important reminder: volunteering matters! Sharing your time, skills, empathy, and creativity is vital to your wellbeing, and supports the inclusivity and strength of our communities. Learn more:

It’s National Volunteer Week the perfect time to remind ourselves that volunteering means we can experience continuous growth in our own quality of life, while improving the quality of life for others. That’s why volunteers are fundamental to meeting the challenges of every

Our volunteers support us to create connections in the lives of people with intellectual disabilities and autistic persons. We help reduce social isolation by bringing people together to share mutual interests and personal gifts. Moment by moment we can move from surviving to

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

During National Volunteer Week, we want to recognize every volunteer and celebrate their contributions. LiveWorkPlay volunteers help us build our community into a welcoming place for people with intellectual disabilities. Every moment they give means the world to us and makes our

National Volunteer Week (NVW) 2024 kicks off today! We’ll be sharing 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!

A wonderful day experienced by Julie Kingstone and Keenan Wellar sharing LiveWorkPlay efforts to better support learning and growth with an enthusiastic and committed group from TCE Total Communication Environment 👏

What a great afternoon at Bayview Yards for our April 2, 2024 Open House and live broadcast of The LiveWorkPlay News! We will have video and a photo album tomorrow!

Please enjoy our 2024 commemoration of United Nations World Autism Awareness Day with this address delivered by David Young, April 2, 2024. #WAAD #WAAD 2024 #WorldAutismAwarenessDay #worldautismday

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LiveWorkPlay commemorates International Transgender Day of Visibility:

International Transgender Day of Visibility (TDOV) occurs every year on March 31st. This day is dedicated to celebrating transgender people, their contributions to society and raising awareness of

Tim is celebrating Easter weekend by thinking about others! As a volunteer with the Parkdale Food Centre Mino'Weesini Grocery Program, located at 5 Hamilton Avenue North. Mino’Weesini is an Algonquin term meaning ‘good eats’ reflecting the transformative power of sharing good food. To

Check out this March 28 interview with LiveWorkPlay.ca 🐝 Co-Leader Julie Kingstone and Derick Fage of Daytime Ottawa follow our journey to arriving at Bayview Yards and learn about upcoming events like the April 2 Open House and May 10 Make A Buzz Ottawa! liveworkplay.ca/news-events/up…

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On March 25-26 the LiveWorkPlay staff team came together at Bayview Yards and leaned into two days with Bruce Anderson, who is known to many of you for his work on the Core Gift concept, for individuals and teams. This time we were looking at

Talk about worlds colliding! I enjoyed the extreme privelege of being a member of both groups for the two-day collaboration of the #InclusionSymposium From Presence To Citizenship - à la citoyenneté Community Living Ontario LiveWorkPlay.ca 🐝

March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day check out our blog post with videos liveworkplay.ca/2024/03/14/wds… for the #EndTheStereotypes campaign! #WorldDownSyndromeDay #WDSD2024

LiveWorkPlay Inclusive Employment Specialist Jen Broad congratulated Jalynn Plaus on the occasion of her 17th work anniversary at Value Village! Value Village was celebrated with an Inclusive Employee Award at Make A Buzz Ottawa 2017. Who will be honoured at MABO on May 10, 2024?

Big thanks to CSBT for sponsoring the Authentic Inclusion Session at the Inclusion Symposium. Your commitment to authentic inclusion makes a difference! 🌟

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