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12/13/2025

What an amazing night! The LiveWorkPlay News live and then music by Kenny Hayes and a delicious three course meal! Full photos and videos coming!

12/10/2025

2025 Theme – Human Rights, Our Everyday Essentials

In this period of turbulence and unpredictability, where many feel a growing sense of insecurity, disaffection and alienation, the theme of Human Rights Day is to reaffirm the values of human rights and show that they remain a winning proposition for humanity.

By bridging the gap between human rights principles and everyday experiences, we aim to spark awareness, inspire confidence and encourage collective action.

The campaign emphasizes that human rights are positive, essential and attainable.

Human rights are POSITIVE
They not only protect, they also bring joy, happiness and safety into daily life. Human rights are lived realities. They are in the food we eat, the air we breathe, the words we speak, the opportunities we pursue or the protections that keep us safe.

Human rights are ESSENTIAL
They are the essentials we all share, the common ground that unites us across differences of race, gender, belief, or background. In a world of uncertainty, human rights remain our everyday constants. When everything feels unstable, your right to safety, to speak freely and to participate in decisions that affect us, become the bedrock of our lives.

Human rights are ATTAINABLE
They begin with us, with the small, everyday choices we make from treating others with respect, speaking up against unfairness, and listening to those whose voices are often ignored. Everyday choices and voices matter more than you may realize; they build a culture of dignity and fairness around us. But human rights also depend on collective action, when communities, movements, and nations come together to demand justice and equality.

Human Rights Day is observed annually around the world on 10 December. It commemorates the anniversary of one of the world's most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

12/06/2025

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Today is a day of remembrance, reflection, and renewed commitment to ending gender-based violence. Every December 6th, we come together to honour the 14 women killed in 1989 at École Polytechnique in Montreal.

We remember their names: Geneviève Bergeron, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Barbara Daigneault, Anne-Marie Edward, Maud Haviernick, Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz, Maryse Laganière, Maryse Leclair, Anne-Marie Lemay, Sonia Pelletier, Michèle Richard, Annie St-Arneault, and Annie Turcotte.

Each of the victims had dreams, aspirations, and a future that was stolen by hate. Their deaths ignite a resolve in all of us to fight for a world where violence against women, girls, and gender-diverse people is unimaginable.

12/05/2025

An amazing evening from 10 years ago!

Watch the original nomination from CTV Ottawa at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNy2EseJvns you'll see Lyse, Caroline, Jeremy, Ryan, Madonna, Cooper. Peter, Constance, Cecelia, Paul, Andrew, Jen, and more - even Dave Kalil! This evening on October 24, 2015 recognized all 36 finalists (including Julie Kingstone and Keenan Wellar representing LiveWorkPlay).

12/05/2025

LiveWorkPlay celebrates International Volunteer Day (IVD) December 5, 2025

It’s International Volunteer Day and we’re sending a giant THANK YOU to our volunteers.

Your time and energy helps to advance our mission in Ottawa and beyond though your engagement with one-to-one matches, Friday Night meetups, our board of directors, employment task forces, and strategy groups.

Thanks for helping to build a community where everyone is welcome. We appreciate you, and we’re lucky to work alongside you.

International Volunteer Day, commonly known as IVD, is celebrated on 5 December every year. It started as an international observance mandated by the United Nations General Assembly in 1985. It is a day where volunteers are acknowledged and the spirit of volunteerism is promoted at the local, national and international levels. United Nations Volunteers joins IVD celebrations with UN Volunteers and all volunteers around the world—amplifying the importance of people-led solutions to our common challenges.

12/03/2025

On 3 December 2025, the United Nations will commemorate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) under the theme “Fostering disability-inclusive societies for advancing social progress.”

This year’s observance builds directly on the momentum of the Second World Summit for Social Development, held in Doha in 4-6 November 2025, where world leaders reaffirmed their commitment to building a just, inclusive and equitable world. Join the online event for free at 10am Ottawa time https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7kiZHaqPRsi-ubEbf45kcQ #/registration

PANEL DISCUSSION

The online panel discussion will focus on key areas of disability inclusion and discuss enabling factors that are critical to achieving disability inclusion, thereby contributing to advancing progress in social development. The following key points will structure the discussion and guide panellists when sharing their presentations and insights:
(i) Highlighting promising practices, practical examples and case studies;
(ii) How the Doha Political Declaration and the Programme of Action for Social Development can be harnessed and utilised to accelerate momentum and progress towards disability inclusive societies and social progress; and
(iii) Outlook on future developments and challenges to fostering disability inclusion as a means of advancing social progress and development.