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Culture, broadly defined as a collection of attitudes, values, and behaviours, plays a critical role in shaping how societies interact with and support persons with disabilities.

Fostering an inclusive environment is a shared responsibility. This webinar explores how organizations and individuals play a crucial role in creating inclusive environments, drawing on key insights from empirical research.

Despite anti-discrimination legislations and disability awareness campaigns, people with disabilities continue to report system barriers and stigma in their pursuit for meaningful employment.

A number of population groups face unique barriers to entering and remaining in the workforce in Canada. Individuals with disabilities and youth are two such groups, each with higher-than-average unemployment rates in Ontario and Canada.

With 1 in 5 Canadians affected by mental health annually, prioritizing mental health in the workplace is necessary for employers to experience higher productivity, increased employee engagement and lower turnover.

DWC was founded in 2017 by the Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy (CRWDP, which was the pre-cursor to IDEA), the Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW), Inclusion Newfoundland (InclusionNL) and the Ontario Network of Injured Workers’ Gro

There’s no question that hiring people with disabilities brings immense value to an organization. But is your digital workplace ready to truly support an inclusive employee experience?

Over 2 million individuals in Canada are living with episodic disabilities, yet awareness of the term remains low.

Many employers lack disability confidence, or the know-how to include persons with disabilities in the workforce, which can lead to stigma and discrimination of pesons with disabilities.

This toolkit is part of the resources developed by March of Dimes Canadas EnAbling Change project, funded by the Government of Ontario.

This resource provides practical guidance on how to foster engagement among workers with disabilities employed in the Canadian financial sector.