DWC strategy: moving forward together

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’ Groups (ONIWG) to support the development of the Pan-Canadian Strategy for Disability and Work. Members from these organizations sat on the first DWC Steering Committee, which is the core decision making body of the DWC.

After two years of consultations with persons with disabilities, injured workers, disability organizations, government representatives, labour/unions, employers and service providers from across the country – through national conferences, provincial/territorial-based focus groups, and an online survey that garnered more than 440 responses – the DWC Steering Committee published its pan-Canadian strategy for disability and work in November 2019.