ODEN in the News

Employment Programs for Disabled Job-Seekers Shutter After Ford Government Changes

February 19, 2025

ODEN’s perspective was included in this community journalism investigative feature that was published on TheTrillium.ca and on 14 other Village Media community news sites around Ontario.

Guest Column: Windsor Businesses Must Champion Disability Inclusion

November 6, 2024

ODEN’s Regional National Disability Employment Awareness Month opinion column ran in  The Windsor Star.

Finding a Job is Tough When You Have a Disability — and Ontario’s Revamped Employment System Isn’t Helping

August 14, 2024

ODEN’s perspective is featured in this TVO.org investigative feature

“Light It Up!” Hopes to Create Dialogue on Disability Inclusion in Employment

October 26, 2023

Global News Morning Kingston 5:00 interview about the significance of Light It Up! For NDEAM and the importance of disability-inclusive hiring.

In Hamilton, Moving Beyond Compliance with Disability Inclusion Takes Commitment

October 2, 2023

ODEN’s regional National Disability Employment Awareness Month opinion column, with a shared byline, in The Hamilton Spectator.

Column: In Sudbury, Disability Inclusion Takes True Commitment

September 23, 2023

ODEN’s regional National Disability Employment Awareness Month opinion column, with a shared byline, in The Sudbury Star.

Workplace Culture Shift | It is time to embrace disability inclusion – future business success depends on it

January 24, 2023

Voices column in CIM Magazine, a Canadian mining industry trade publication. Appeared both online and in the print edition.

Why Canadian Companies Should Do More to Hire People With Disabilities

November 9, 2022

ODEN’s perspective is included in this feature article by Declan Carville, Vice-President of Scaled Business at Indeed.

Labour Shortage? Opening Doors to Young Workers with Disabilities Can Fix the Issue

November 9, 2021

ODEN’s CEO was a co-author of this feature published on HealthyDebate.ca.

Campbell: Let’s Make Jobs More Accessible for Canada’s Disabled

December 10, 2019

ODEN’s opinion column for United Nations International Day for Persons With Disabilities 2019, in the Ottawa Citizen.

Campbell: Hiring Qualified Disabled Workers is Good for Business and Society

October 7, 2019

ODEN’s first National Disability Employment Awareness Month opinion column, published in the Ottawa Citizen.