HAPPY CANADA DAY! 🍁

Caroline Matte has an evening birthday party to attend at TCE, but at this afternoon gathering with friends and family she was presented with a special LiveWorkPlay 30th anniversary shirt by our co-leaders Julie and Keenan! 🐝🎂

We express our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of passing of John O'Brien.

www.asturner.com/obituaries/j...

His work is foundational to the communication of many of our own values, and specifically our 7 Principles of Just Enough Support.

This is our first post on @bsky.app and it is good timing as we are right in the middle of Nonprofit Appreciation Week 2025. Many nonprofits are not feeling very appreciated right now, so send them a kind word if you can. Genuine encouragment and knowing you are being seen really means a lot. ❤️

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From Ontario Disability Employment Network (ODEN) and @clontario.bsky.social Community Living Ontario "We are following up with ODSP-ES service providers to understand the current state of employment services for people with disabilities in Ontario."

The first meeting of the FESG for 2025 was held online yesterday with a turnout of 75 speakers, presenters, and audience members. In addition to hosting by volunteer chair Mary Gusella and contributions from the LiveWorkPlay employment team, we enjoyed a series of enthusiastic special guests!

Over the first weekend of March 2025, LiveWorkPlay had the opportunity to participate in a panel hosted by the FSNE and discuss with about 30 families a variety of issues and opportunities related to employment for their family member with an intellectual disability or autism.

Happy World Down Syndrome Day 2025!

"My journey with LiveWorkPlay began in 2014, during a time of transition and uncertainty. I had just moved to Ottawa to start university, feeling alone and searching for a sense of community. I had no idea how profoundly it would shape my life..."

LiveWorkPlay is very pleased to be a part of this success story with Whalesbone and Ready, Willing and Able!

A reminder from our co-leaders you don't have to wait until election day, you can already vote!

www.elections.ca/content2.asp....

I have just finished my practicum with LiveWorkPlay as part of my BSW program. The work this organization does is truly wonderful, and I could not be more lucky to have been matched with them for my second and last practicum with Carleton. ~ Mackenzie

For #WAAD2025 we are featuring David Young, who has previously recorded videos to help us celebrate WAAD, and has also been recognized for the progress and achievements of his federal public service career, where he currently serves as an Administrative Officer at Health Canada Legal Services Unit.

Our 30th anniversary celebration on May 9th, 2025, was truly a night to remember. Check out what went on using this YouTube playlist - including two standing ovations! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVrc...

Our 30th Annual General Meeting is in the books, including a very special announcement in honour of the memory of Terri Hill.

At the Ottawa REDBLACKS home opener, it was also the opening day for Sean Lim (starting his job with Levy TD Place for the first time ever) and Veronica Anderson, who just started her third season! Pictured: with their supervisor Charlotte.

LiveWorkPlay was not able to attend the CASE - Canadian Association for Supported Employment conference this year, but we are thrilled to report that former member and honourary lifetime member Ryan Nevitt is at the conference as a delegate and presenter, congratulations Ryan!

Autistic Pride Day is a pride celebration for autistic people held on June 18 each year. Autistic pride points out that autistic people have always been an important part of human society (neurodiversity).

The design represents each Indigenous group with a distinct symbol: the eagle for First Nations, the narwhal for Inuit, and the fiddle for Métis. The colours symbolize the 4 elements of nature: earth, water, fire, and air showing the deep connection Indigenous cultures have with the natural world.