Welcome to the soft launch of our Reimagining Livelihoods website. If you have any feedback, please send it through the form on our Engage webpage.
Reimagining Livelihoods is an outreach project from the University of Guelph’s Live Work Well Research Centre to share results from community-engaged research on different forms of livelihoods and how they shape the experiences of diverse people in Canada and around the world.
Our goal for this website is to provide a dynamic space to share, discuss, and engage with diverse perspectives, experiences, and knowledges about livelihoods, and to learn from each other about barriers and opportunities for living and working well.
Check out our latest news!
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Making a Life, Making a Living Conference, Nov. 12-15, 2025
The University of Alberta, with funding from the Government of Canada and the Rainbow Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (the REKH), is happy to be hosting their Making a Life, Making a Living Conference. Taking place at the University of Alberta, from November 12–15, 2025, this four-day gathering will blend ceremony, scholarship, community wisdom, and celebration.
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New Federal Support for Women with Disabilities Facing Economic Insecurity
On August 14, 2025, representatives of the Federal Government—Rechie Valdez and Chi Nguyen—announced that they will be giving $656,053 in funding to Realize.
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Announcing our third composite story, “Evelyn’s Story: A Livelihoods Journey from Practicality to Passion”
Evelyn’s story is the third composite story to be published; it is a story about the perseverance of Evelyn, a new immigrant from Vietnam and mother of a 10-year-old boy, after she faces the loss of her husband, Adam. Evelyn’s story highlights her struggles as a person with ADHD and Autism and how that impacts her life at work and home, especially with gaining permanent residency in Canada.
