VICTORIA – B.C. is launching a series of 19 in-person community consultation sessions around the province as part of a comprehensive Disability White Paper Consultation on issues facing people with disabilities. This consultation is guided by a leadership team made up of government, the disability community and
Read more →Enabling Accessibility Fund – New Workplace Accessibility Stream Announced December 20, 2013 – Calgary, AB – Emploi et Développement social Canada The Government of Canada is inviting small businesses and social enterprises to apply for funding through the Enabling Accessibility Fund for projects that will increase accessibility for
Read more →By Tyler Clarke, Prince Albert Daily Herald Published December 16, 2013 Only a few months in, the Ready to Work Inclusion Program has already put two people with employment barriers into paid positions. A receptive business community and a keen batch of people striving beyond their employment
Read more →TORONTO, Dec. 11, 2013 /CNW/ – Access denied to Deaf communities of the world on a day of admiration for a great leader is an insult. The fake sign language interpreter at Mandela’s memorial ceremony on Tuesday in South Africa ridicules the life of the legend. Not
Read more →Media Release: A Free Online Employment Tool for Canadians with Disabilities and the Employers Who Need Them: Skills Training Partnership (STP)® Persons with disabilities remain the most under represented group in Canada’s workforce. Of the 14.3 per cent of the Canadian population identified as living with a
Read more →Toronto, Ontario, October 25, 2012 – The Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW) – Job Accommodation Service (JAS) ® has signed a strategic partnership agreement with OD Consulting and CanAdapt Solutions Inc. Through this initiative, services and support will be provided to companies and organizations of
Read more →Saint John, New Brunswick, October 10, 2012 — Rodney Weston, Member of Parliament for Saint John, on behalf of the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development, today announced that the Harper Government is helping 1 600 Canadians with disabilities get jobs. “Our top
Read more →Toronto, Ontario, October 10, 2012 — Dr. Kellie Leitch, Parliamentary Secretary to the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development and to Canada’s Labour Minister, today announced that the Harper Government is helping up to 1,600 Canadians with disabilities get jobs. “Our top priorities
Read more →2011 marked the launch of the CCRW Youth Scholarship to assist students with disabilities in their pursuit for post-secondary education and training. This year, CCRW offered 6 (six) scholarships in the amount of $2,500 each for Canadian high-school students entering post-secondary education in September 2011. Michael Bauer
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