LiveWorkPlay Welcome Back Family BBQ 2022
Some eye in the sky minutes from the LiveWorkPlay Welcome Back Family BBQ, September 8, 2022 😍
Happy Canada Day from all of us at LiveWorkPlay! 🇨🇦
Video 1/6 from LiveWorkPlay AGM 2022, June 20. Report from the Independent Auditor, Ross Holmes.
Video 1/6 from LiveWorkPlay AGM 2022, June 20. Report from the Independent Auditor, Ross Holmes.
Video 5/6 from LiveWorkPlay AGM 2022, June 20. Report from the Director of Operations, Julie Kingstone.
Video 5/6 from LiveWorkPlay AGM 2022, June 20. Report from the Director of Operations, Julie Kingstone.
Video 6/6 from LiveWorkPlay AGM 2022, June 20. Report from the Director of Communications, Keenan Wellar.
Video 6/6 from LiveWorkPlay AGM 2022, June 20. Report from the Director of Communications, Keenan Wellar.
Video 4/6 from LiveWorkPlay AGM 2022, June 20. Report from the Chair of the Stewardship Committee, Robin McIntyre.
Video 4/6 from LiveWorkPlay AGM 2022, June 20. Report from the Chair of the Stewardship Committee, Robin McIntyre.
Video 3/6 from LiveWorkPlay AGM 2022, June 20. Report from the Chair of the Governance Committee, Kate Sherwood.
Video 3/6 from LiveWorkPlay AGM 2022, June 20. Report from the Chair of the Governance Committee, Kate Sherwood.
Video 2/6 from LiveWorkPlay AGM 2022, June 20. Report from the Chair of the Board of Directors, Daniel Spagnolo.
Video 2/6 from LiveWorkPlay AGM 2022, June 20. Report from the Chair of the Board of Directors, Daniel Spagnolo.
Ceremony hosted by Julie Kingstone:
The LiveWorkPlay staff recognition ceremony has traditionally taken place at the Annual General Meeting or the Welcome Back Family Feast in September. There hasn’t been an opportunity to introduce you to our staff team in person for more than two years, so it’s my honour to be here this evening to host our return to this important ritual.
As you know, media personality and business leader Kimothy Walker was going to be our guest MC tonight, but she was in a serious car accident on the weekend. She is doing well but does have broken bones that will prevent her from being here tonight, join me in wishing her a very speedy recovery and we'll have her back to host at a future event!
Tonight, we’re also play catch-up with the awarding of staff years of service pins. These one-of-a-kind symbols feature our trademark bumblebee, and if you look closely, with every five years of service, a number is placed on the wings to recognize these milestones of dedication.
Now, there’s been some feedback in the past that it’s hard to keep track of these pins, so that problem has been solved by also awarding each staff member a commemorative LiveWorkPlay fleece!
Now, as a marketing expert, Keenan knows what’s going to happen, everyone wants to know how they can get one of these jackets too! Good news, Keenan is working on a way for you to order one for yourself, and of course they will make great gifts as well. But that’s not for today! So please hold your questions about how to get your own fleece and we'll move ahead with introducing you to the team.
We’re going to celebrate in three groups tonight, so if I can please have group one to the front.
This is our amazing group of newcomers. They have all joined the employment team or community team within the last six months. Please hold your applause, as I introduce you first to the new members of the employment team, and then the community team.
Katie MacMaster
Sarah Nkanza
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Speech by Michael More:
The Rob More Good Life Award was established to celebrate the life of our son, LiveWorkPlay member Rob More, who died tragically along with five others in the September 18, 2013, bus/train crash.
We continue to celebrate Rob’s life, and we also hope to inspire others to pursue a Good Life of their own. Rob loved his home, his neighbourhood, volunteering at the Experimental Farm, and his work at IBM. Rob was a huge sports fan, and this surely would have been one of his favourite LiveWorkPlay events. We know Rob is looking down this evening with a huge smile on his face, seeing the Rob More Good Life Award ceremonial cup being presented here at TD Place in Lansdowne Park.
The Rob More Good Life Award is given each year to an individual who has experienced significant life transitions in pursuit of their own goals and dreams.
We could not be more pleased with how well this year’s recipient represents the spirit of this ceremony in honour of Rob.
This year’s honoree retired from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation in 2016, after a career that spanned more than two decades.
With the passing of his mother and father, he built a new life with his wonderful sister Helen and brother-in-law Steffen.
Among some of the struggles that needed to be overcome, he went through a major hip surgery, and did hard core physio to get back to walking and biking, and his very busy life as a volunteer and artist, and leading figure of the Westboro cultural community.
This year’s recipient also supports LiveWorkPlay as an ambassador at events and in the media, including features about two of his biggest art commissions, the giant decorative project at the Dovercourt wading pool which was celebrated in multiple newspapers, and a garage door mural commissioned by neighbour, friend, and fan Nick Alpin, which resulted in a popular segment on Accessible Media television. And he has also hosted and co-hosted LiveWorkPlay presentations in celebration
Introductory remarks to LiveWorkPlay Make A Buzz Ottawa 27th Anniversary Celebration, May 5, 2022
Announcement from Make A Buzz Ottawa May 5, 2022 with Chris Beesley, Delicate and Hoyt, and Robin McIntyre
Announcements from Make A Buzz Ottawa 2022, May 5th, 27th Anniversary Celebration!
David Chalmers from Nexus Human Capital Accepts LiveWorkPlay Community Partner Award at Make A Buzz Ottawa, May 5, 2022
David Chalmers from Nexus Human Capital Accepts LiveWorkPlay Community Partner Award at Make A Buzz Ottawa, May 5, 2022: Congratulations! Presented by Ryan Nevitt.
Zach Dryman from CharityacAccounts Accepts LiveWorkPlay Community Partner Award at Make A Buzz Ottawa, May 5, 2022:
Zach Dryman from CharityacAccounts Accepts LiveWorkPlay Community Partner Award at Make A Buzz Ottawa, May 5, 2022: Congratulations CharityacCounts! Presented by Ryan Nevitt.
My Own Home Bursary Awarded to Recipients 54 and 55 at LiveWorkPlay 27th Anniversary, May 5, 2022: each recipient receives $200, and LiveWorkPlay celebrates successfully supporting 55 individuals to move to a home of their own in the community! Presented and sponsored by Barry Wellar and Marjorie Wellar.
Cheryl Pooran from PooranLaw Professional Corporation Accepts LiveWorkPlay Community Partner Award at Make A Buzz Ottawa, May 5, 2022
Cheryl Pooran from PooranLaw Professional Corporation Accepts LiveWorkPlay Community Partner Award at Make A Buzz Ottawa, May 5, 2022: Congratulations PooranLaw! Presented by Ryan Nevitt.
Make A Buzz Ottawa Recognition and Awards at LiveWorkPlay 27th Anniversary, May 5, 2022: Congratulations to our three Community Partner Award recipients, PooranLaw Professional Corporation, Nexus Human Capital, and CharityacCounts! Presented by Ryan Nevitt!
LiveWorkPlay Top 12 Social Media Stories of 2021-2022 at Make A Buzz Ottawa 27th Anniversary: What was the top LiveWorkPlay story of the year? It was a virtual tie between #1 and #2 watch the video for the full story! Co-hosted by Jennifer Harris and Keenan G Wellar.
The LiveWorkPlay News at Make A Buzz Ottawa 2022, May 5, 27th Anniversary: get up to date on an incredibly busy two months, including three breaking news segments! Co-hosted by Allison Moores and Keenan G Wellar.
Make A Buzz Ottawa is our annual anniversary party and celebration of community. We'll share the news of our award recipients tomorrow! But we thank the Ottawa community so much for all the grassroots donations, such generosity, we surpassed our online auction fundraising goal!😍
LiveWorkPlay Celebrates World Down Syndrome Day 2022!
LiveWorkPlay Celebrates World Down Syndrome Day! #WDSD22 #WDSD2022 #WDSD #WorldDownSyndromeDay #WorldDownSyndromeDay2022
Today in commemoration of International Women's Day, LiveWorkPlay board member Andrea Saldhana speaks to wage suppression in the nonprofit sector and how it disproportionately impacts women, through what is known as the “care penalty.”
Learn more from the Ontario Nonprofit Network https://theonn.ca/decentworkforwomen. A special thanks to all the women of LiveWorkPlay and our peer organizations in Developmental Services: you have humbly and invisibly done heroic work in the pandemic and beyond.
#BreakTheBias #IWDevents #InternationalWomensDay #IWD #IWD22 #IWD2022
Enjoy The LiveWorkPlay News for March 3, 2022 at the Winter Family Gathering!
Announcements from the Festive Family Gathering, December 9, 2021
Announcements by Neil Belanger, Jennifer Harris, Alex Darling, Caroline Matte
A Lesson About Inclusion - Canadian Style! Having Fun at the Festive Family Gathering!
Enjoy The LiveWorkPlay News for December 9, 2021, with co-hosts Janet Balcome and Keenan Wellar, and a live audience of more than 100 guests at the LiveWorkPlay Festive Family Online Gathering!
December 3 is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, here is our #IDPD message for #IDPD2021 from our spokesperson Jennifer Harris!
LiveWorkPlay Volunteer Mary Gusella receives award of excellence from Ottawa RedBlacks, October 29, 2021
#NDEAM #ndeam #NDEAM21 #ndeam2021 #deam
Through our membership with INCLUSION INTERNATIONAL our self-advocate representative Jennifer Harris has been working alongside others across the world to improve technical and language accessibility and inclusion for the International Disability Alliance Global Survey. Here is a video clip of Jennifer's presentation but you can learn more about the entire project from the IDA page and website.