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Ignore the noise: majority of Canadians still support EDI

During disability employment awareness month, Wendy Cukier spotlights research that shows we still have a way to go in advancing inclusion and most Canadians are behind it
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Inclusive employment centre stage at IDEA Symposium

Symposium gathers leaders to advance disability inclusion
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Transforming workplaces initiative aims to help youth with disabilities enter the trades

A new multi-year project is underway to help workplaces in Canada’s construction and manufacturing sectors retool their systems to better include youth with disabilities.
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New $4.4-million program aims to help employers hire youth with disabilities

A federally funded initiative will help construction and manufacturing employers in Canada improve their ability to recruit and retain young workers with disabilities over the next three years.
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Young workers on a contruction job site, wearing high visibility vests and hard hats

Transforming workplaces initiative aims to help youth with disabilities enter the trades

A new multi-year project is underway to help workplaces in Canada’s construction and manufacturing sectors retool their systems to better include youth with disabilities.
Emile Tompa headshot

New $4.4-million program aims to help employers hire youth with disabilities

A federally funded initiative will help construction and manufacturing employers in Canada improve their ability to recruit and retain young workers with disabilities over the next three years.
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New initiative to build workplace capacity to employ youth with disabilities in construction and manufacturing

Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA) aims to help youth with disabilities get and keep jobs by increasing employer capacity to recruit, onboard, retain, mentor, and promote persons with disabilities in the manufacturing sector.
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Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA) announces new project to enhance workplace capacity to employ youth with disabilities

Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA) aims to help youth with disabilities get and keep jobs by increasing employer capacity to recruit, onboard, retain, mentor, and promote persons with disabilities in the manufacturing sector.
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Boosting employment for youth with disabilities

Initiative addresses labour shortages by breaking down barriers and promoting inclusive hiring
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New initiative will enhance workplace capacity to employ youth with disabilities in construction, building trades, and manufacturing sectors

Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA) will help youth with disabilities get and keep jobs by increasing employer capacity to recruit, onboard, retain, mentor, and promote persons with disabilities in construction/building trades and manufacturing sectors.
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New Canadian research finds workplace culture fuels mental health disclosure

‘There really needs to be that link from executive-level leadership supporting mental health — not as a pet project,’ says academic
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Ready to re-imagine workplaces

With the help of a $9 million dollar federal grant, two McMaster University experts are re-imagining how Canadian workplaces can better welcome and accommodate workers with disabilities.
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McMaster researchers ready to reimagine workplaces for employees with disabilities

Two McMaster University experts are reimagining how Canadian workplaces can better welcome and accommodate workers with disabilities with the help of $9 million in federal funding announced this week.
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Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA): An initiative set to break down barriers, creating a more inclusive labour market

For two years, the world’s economy has been hit with blow after blow. Coronavirus shutdowns along with forest fires and mass floods have produced major backlogs in supply chains worldwide. While consumer demand is increasing, industries continue to find it hard to keep up.

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