LiveWorkPlay
| Founded | 1995 |
|---|---|
| Location | |
Chief Executive Officer | Julie Kingstone and Keenan Wellar, Co-Leaders |
Chair of the Board | Daniel Spagnolo |
| Website | liveworkplay |
LiveWorkPlay is a charity based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1995, the organization supports community inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities or autism, including those with a dual diagnosis.[1] Francophones are served under the name VivreTravaillerJouer.
History[edit]
LiveWorkPlay was founded by Keenan Wellar and his wife Julie Kingstone, who are also the organization's co-leaders.[2][1]
Activities[edit]
LiveWorkPlay assists with employment for people with intellectual disabilities and has partnerships with both public and private employers.[3][4]
LiveWorkPlay also supports people with intellectual disabilities to live independently in the community, instead of in institutional settings, and supports full citizenship including voting rights.[5][6][7][8][9] Efforts in housing started in 2004 with demonstration projects at Carleton University, which were the subject of a documentary[10] by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Moving On program[11] and a study by a University of Ottawa research team published in the Journal on Developmental Disabilities.[12] The organization received investments in 2016 from the Government of Ontario to launch partnerships with non-profit housing providers for the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in new housing communities.[13][14][15][16]
After a 2015 Toronto Star exposé of the existing dead-end employment workshops funded by the Province of Ontario led to their being shut down, Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services official Barbara Simmons described LiveWorkPlay, by contrast, as "one of Ontario's best: an agency that helps people reach their potential in the community by providing ongoing supports to families and employers." [17]
LiveWorkPlay relies on more than 150 volunteers [18], ten of whom have been recipients of the Governor General of Canada Caring Canadian Award[19] and one Sovereign's Medal honoree.[20] Other employees and volunteers, and the organization itself, have received various minor awards and other forms of recognition.[A]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Including Community Builder of the Year award, by United Way of Canada (2013; one of four),[21][22][23] Best Ottawa Not-For-Profit by the Ottawa Business Journal and Ottawa Board of Trade (2019),[24][25] and others.[26] Individual officers and workers of LiveWorkPlay have also received individual awards:Co-Leader and Director of Operations Julie Kingstone,[27][28] Co-Leader and Director of Communications Keenan Wellar,[29][30][31][32] Volunteer Board Chair Cecelia Taylor,[33] and volunteer Mary Gusella, leader of the LiveWorkPlay Federal Employment Strategy Group..[34] The LiveWorkPlay partnership with the Canadian federal public service has been recognized in the Canadian House of Commons, [35]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ottawa Citizen https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/around-town-liveworkplay-celebrates-20-years-of-building-an-inclusive-community
- ↑ Ottawa Sun https://ottawasun.com/news/local-news/walker-liveworkplay-a-community-where-everyone-belongs.
- ↑ "The Bright Side of Business: LiveWorkPlay partners with Ottawa mask manufacturer, creating inclusive work opportunities". Ottawa Business Journal.
- ↑ "LiveWorkPlay connects employers to people with intellectual disabilities". Ottawa Business Journal.
- ↑ Ottawa Citizen https://www.pressreader.com/canada/ottawa-citizen/20070128/281685430372177
- ↑ "Developmentally disabled people shouldn't be living in hospitals, advocates say". cbc.ca.
- ↑ Ottawa Sun https://ottawasun.com/2017/04/20/second-parent-says-their-disabled-adult-child-was-victim-of-charity-scam-outside-rideau-centre
- ↑ Ottawa Citizen https://www.newspapers.com/image/466903512/
- ↑ Ottawa Citizen https://liveworkplay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/The_Ottawa_Citizen_Sun__Nov_9__2003_-scaled.jpg
- ↑ Archived CBC TV Footage https://liveworkplay.ca/cbc-moving-on-doc-2/
- ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/programguide/program/moving_on
- ↑ Journal on Developmental Disabilities https://oadd.org/journal/volume-14-number-3/
- ↑ Government of Ontario Announcement https://mcss.gov.on.ca/documents/en/mcss/publications/spotlight/DS-Spotlight_issue53_en.pdf
- ↑ Government of Ontario Housing Task Force https://www.mcss.gov.on.ca/en/mcss/programs/developmental/htf/index.aspx
- ↑ Publication of Housing Task Force Project Reports https://plantoronto.azurewebsites.net/HTF2/viewer/desktop/index.htm#page/30
- ↑ Archived TV Ontario Footage https://liveworkplay.ca/jaczek-tvo/
- ↑ Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/11/29/ontarios-sheltered-workshops-to-close-forever.html
- ↑ "Meeting of the minds: How two strangers became friends". ottawacitizen.
- ↑ Governor General of Canada https://www.gg.ca/en/media/news/2014/her-excellency-present-caring-canadian-award
- ↑ Governor General of Canada https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/342-72986
- ↑ CTV News https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/community-builders-honoured-at-annual-awards-gala-1.1314843
- ↑ Ottawa Sun https://www.pressreader.com/canada/ottawa-sun/20130607/281483568932663
- ↑ Rogers TV (Archival Footage) https://liveworkplay.ca/cba-2013/
- ↑ Rogers TV (Archival Footage) https://liveworkplay.ca/bobs/
- ↑ Ottawa Business Journal https://www.obj.ca/article/here-are-2019-best-ottawa-business-awards-recipients
- ↑ "LiveWorkPlay Receives Community Living Ontario Social Media Award 2014" – via www.youtube.com.
- ↑ Axiom News http://www.axiomnews.net/business-community-recognizes-non-profit-leader
- ↑ University of Ottawa https://socialsciences.uottawa.ca/alumni/alumni-friends-awards/alumni-award-2014
- ↑ Ottawa Citizen https://liveworkplay.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/kw-uw-award-citizen-2010-scaled.jpg
- ↑ Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/careers/career-advice/helping-disabled-people-is-more-a-calling-than-a-job/article15586107/
- ↑ The Philanthropist https://thephilanthropist.ca/2017/03/canada-150-profiles-keenan-wellar/
- ↑ Accessible Media https://www.ami.ca/category/challenges-change-craig-oliver/media/keenan-wellar-and-brian-tardif
- ↑ Algonquin College https://algonquincollege.force.com/myAC/EC_CommunityNewsDetail?id=a3hC0000001UQeLIAW&name=Cecelia%20Taylor%20receives%20UW%20Community%20Builder%20Award
- ↑ "Community Builders: Making our communities great | United Way East Ontario". November 18, 2020.
- ↑ "Commons debates" (PDF). ourcommons.ca.
Further reading[edit]
- Wellar, Keenan (2015). The Courage to Fail, the Will to Succeed: Twenty Years of the LiveWorkPlay Experience (1995-2015). self-published by LiveWorkPlay. ISBN 978-1367810037. Search this book on
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