Posted by Dean Askin | Reading time: 8:00 | Filed under Inclusive Hiring, Accessibility In North America, the disability inclusion conversation — the fight for equity, has been going on for over 50 years. Here in Ontario, the name David C. Onley is synonymous with championing disability inclusion in employment and accessibility. He wrote best-selling…
Posted by Dean Askin | Reading time: 5:00 | Filed under Inclusive Hiring Ableism happens in many forms. It happens in workplaces, in communities and in society in general, every day. Maybe you have lived experience facing it. Or maybe you’ve practised it, without consciously realizing it. A new “ground-breaking” study called The Big Ableism…
The World Health Organization points out that for people who have a disability, negative attitudes about disability is one of the most common barriers to participation and inclusion — in the broader community and society in general — that they face. But what about the intersection of disability, including attitudes and perceptions about it, with…
Over 800 Locations in Almost 200 Communities Across Canada Shone Purple and Blue Thursday Night — Light It Up! For NDEAM 2024 a Record-Smashing and History-Making Success For Sparking Continuing Conversation About Disability Inclusion in Employment Scope makes the annual national disability-awareness lighting event unique in North America Whitby, ON, October 18, 2024 — There’s…
Posted by Dean Askin | Reading time 12:00 | Filed under Inclusive Hiring, Disability Awareness & Confidence Background photo courtesy Hilary Gauld / One for the Wall Photography and the Canadian Down Syndrome Society. Foreground photo: Adobe Stock. Making your business disability inclusive encompasses proactively, intentionally creating a work environment where all employees feel valued…
Posted by Dean Askin | Reading time: 5:00 | Filed under Inclusive Hiring The employment rate of Canadians who have a disability is higher than it’s ever been. For many years, it was stagnant at 59%. But the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD) by Statistics Canada showed, now 62% of working-age Canadians 25 to…
Over 500 locations in almost 160 cities and towns across Canada taking part — many “first-time” new locations; federal government illuminating almost 50 buildings across Canada including in The Yukon for the first time; Ontario Government Lighting 13 buildings; famous landmarks including Niagara Falls, CN Tower, Olympic Stadium, Terry Fox Memorial, “Jumbo” Monument; Legislatures in…
Posted by Dean Askin | Reading time: 5:00 | Filed under Inclusive Hiring There are well over 600,000 employable Canadians who have a disability, who aren’t employed. Small businesses (SMBs) drive the Canadian economy, but almost half the SMBs in this country have never hired someone who has a disability. Many businesses still haven’t discovered…
Posted by Dean Askin | Reading time 7:00 | Filed under Inclusive Hiring, Disability Awareness & Confidence Photo courtesy Hilary Gauld / One for the Wall Photography and the Canadian Down Syndrome Society There’s making your business disability inclusive. And there’s fostering disability inclusion in your business. One is not the same as the other….
Toronto, ON, October 3, 2024 — Toronto mayor Olivia Chow’s proclamation of October as National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) in Ontario’s capital — and largest — city again this year serves as a strong reminder that Toronto businesses should be proactively and intentionally making their workplaces truly and fully disability inclusive, not just “ticking…
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