Knowledge Mobilization

Media Coverage

Kong, S.L. (July 20, 2026). Third places are making a comeback, with less emphasis on ‘place’. Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article-third-places-are-making-a-comeback-with-less-emphasis-on-place/ 

Singer, J. (July 13, 2026). Making friends isn’t easy. These London, Ont., women are creating places to connect. CBC News London, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/making-adult-friends-london-9.7266095 

Laliberte Rudman, D., Guest panelist (June 9, 2026). What happens when community spaces vanish? The Rundown on TVO. https://www.tvo.org/video/what-happens-when-community-spaces-vanish. 

Laliberte Rudman D., Guest discussant (July 3, 2025).When did finding a space outside of home and work become important to you? Ontario Today with Amanda Pfeffer. https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-45-ontario-today/clip/16155895-when-finding-space-outside-home-work-become-important 
 
Liu, G. (May 12, 2025). Looking for a third place? Get outside. Outside Online. https://www.outsideonline.com/culture/essays-culture/looking-for-a-third-place-get-outside/ 

CBC National Radio segment by Jason Osler (March 5, 2025), ‘Do you have a third place?’, https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-90-columnists-from-cbc-radio/clip/16132017-do-third-place 

Stacey, M. (Feb.1, 2024). ‘How do we build community?’ Western prof studies sites of social connection. Western News, https://news.westernu.ca/2024/02/western-prof-studies-third-places/ 

What’s your third place? We asked Londoners to show us theirs. (January 21, 2024). CBC News London, https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/what-s-your- third- place-we-asked-londoners-to-show-us-theirs-1.7087771  

Laliberte Rudman, D., Guest discussant (Jan.5, 2024). What is a third place? Invited segment on CBC London Morning, https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-158/clip/16033360 

Educational Resources

Hanneke van Bruggen, Claire Craig, Sarah Kantartzis, Debbie Laliberte Rudman, Barbara Piskur, Nick Pollard, Sandra Schiller and Salvador Simó. (April, 2020). Case studies for social transformation through occupation. International Social Transformation through Occupation Network (ISTTON), with funding support from the European Network of Occupational Therapy in Higher Education (ENOTHE)              

CASE STUDIES FOR SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION THROUGH OCCUPATION

Videos

FHS Storyhouse Undergraduate Video by Xiaohan Yan (May 27, 2024), based on Laliberte Rudman, D. et al. (2023). Third places in precarious workers’ lives, https://storyhouse.substack.com/p/third-places-in-precarious-workers.  

Debbie Laliberte Rudman [International Social Transformation through Occupation Network]. (2021). Mobilizing occupation for social transformation. [Video file]. https://youtu.be/ARJeCf95Wjg

Debbie Laliberte Rudman [Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists]. (October, 2020). Muriel Driver lecture: Mobilizing occupation for social transformation: Radical resistance, disruption, and re-configuration. [Video file]. https://vimeo.com/473562356/89c0373b93.

Debbie Laliberte Rudman [Western’s Research Centre for Health Equity and Social Inclusion]. (September, 2019). City symposium on work and employment. [Video file]. https://citysymposium.com/video/debbie-laliberte-rudman/ 

Debbie Laliberte Rudman [Centre for Critical Qualitative Health Research]. (May, 2018). Narrative inquiry: What’s your story? [Video file]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPyomRrBn_g&t=10s&ab_channel=E-LearningQualitativeMethods