Inclusive Hiring

Posted by Dean Askin | Reading time: 5:00 | Filed under Inclusive Hiring Canada is known as “Hollywood North.” That’s because so many television shows and series, and theatrical and television films have been, and are filmed, in this country. They include Supernatural, Schitt’s Creek, Hudson and Rex, Deadpool, Star Trek Beyond, Star Trek Discovery…

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…

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…

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….

Filed under Inclusive Hiring, Youth Success, Youth Success Strategy Reading time: 2 minutes | Posted by Dean Askin Youth who have a disability face significant barriers and discrimination in seeking both the experiences needed to develop important skills and in obtaining paid employment. Common myths can make it difficult for these youth to achieve their…

Filed under: Inclusive Hiring, Youth Success, Youth Success Strategy Reading time: 6:30 | Posted by Dr. Jennifer Crowson, PhD Photography courtesy Hilary Gauld | One for the Wall Photography and Canadian Down Syndrome Society Did you know that in 2022, 27% of Canadians aged 15 and older had at least one disability? That amounts to…

Filed under Disability Awareness & Confidence, Inclusive Hiring, NDEAM Reading time:   6 min.  | Posted by Dean Askin  October’s a few days behind us now. There’s a winter chill in the air. National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) and our annual NDEAM campaign is over for another year.   Now it’s time to keep the conversation…

A Light It Up! For NDEAM National Disability Employment Awareness Month purple light banner shines on the sidewalks of Elgin Plaza at Red River College Polytechnic in Winnipeg on October 19, 2023. It's shining in front of a campus building.