Keenan Wellar has served as Co-Leader and Director of Communications for charitable organization LiveWorkPlay since 1997. Named non-profit of the year at the 2019 Best Ottawa Business awards, LiveWorkPlay champions inclusion for people with intellectual disabilities and autistic persons in the Ottawa area community, as well as provincially as a founding member of the From Presence To Citizenship initiative, and nationally and internationally in partnership with housing, employment, and other advocacy organizations including Community Living Ontario and Inclusion International.
Keenan has a Masters in Applied Linguistics from Carleton University, degrees in History and Education with Ontario Teacher Certification from uOttawa, a Professional Certificate in Non-Profit Marketing from the Sprott School of Business, and is a BoardSource Certified Governance Trainer who enjoys kayaking and nature photography.