Ontario Disability Employment Network Receives $1 Million Grant to Expand Project SEARCH Initiative That Readies Youth Who Have a Disability for Success in Work Force Five-year project is a “win-win” that will help create more inclusive workplaces in Ontario; help youth achieve full potential; help businesses build talent pipelines to meet future labour needs WHITBY,…
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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…
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…
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…
Whitby, ON, October 1, 2024 — Ontario businesses approaching disability inclusion and accessibility strictly from a narrow “compliance” mindset to meet standards under the 2005 Accessibility for Ontarians With Disabilities Act (AODA), and employment standards and human rights laws — are hindering the ability of their employees to achieve their full potential, and thereby hampering…
Community Living Ontario and the Ontario Disability Employment Network (ODEN) have published Tangled in Red Tape, a report showing the extent to which Ontario’s Employment Services Transformation has been impacted by underfunding and overwhelming administrative burdens. It has been five years since the provincial government announced its plan to make Ontario’s employment service system “more efficient,…
(TORONTO, March 24, 2023) — Yesterday the Province released the 2023 Ontario Budget – Building a Strong Ontario. It includes several investments in infrastructure and systems. The budget did not indicate any cuts to current funding of the various Ministries. However, it did not mention significant investments in services and supports for the people of…
Jobs Ability Canada is now officially the only online job portal in Canada using international award-winning artificial intelligence (AI) technology for accessibility to level the playing field for job seeker who have a disability.
WHITBY, ON, November 15, 2022 — The Ontario Government’s move yesterday to increase the earnings exemption for recipients of the Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP) Income Support should be viewed by businesses as a significant opportunity to solve their labour shortages and stay competitive through a disability-inclusive talent recruitment strategy. “This move is a win-win…
Whitby, ON, Canada and London, U.K., October 25, 2022 — Business leaders can no longer make excuses for not fostering disability inclusion, the leaders of The Valuable 500 declare in a new podcast episode released today by the Ontario Disability Employment Network (ODEN) to mark National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM) in North America. Caroline…