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1. Recommendations for the Government of Canada Relating to COVID and People with Disabilities
   25-Mar-20 • Monica • 0 Comment
2. A Message from the CCRW CEO
   24-Mar-20 • Monica • 0 Comment
3. Minister Qualtrough marks the 10th anniversary of Canada’s ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
   12-Mar-20 • Monica • 0 Comment
4. This grandma is using Legos to make her town more accessible
   10-Mar-20 • Monica • 0 Comment
5. Toronto’s Diverse Workforce includes Disability
   2-Mar-20 • Monica • 0 Comment
6. Government of Canada invites small businesses to propose innovative solutions leading to alternate technology and improved accessibility
   19-Feb-20 • Monica • 0 Comment
7. Ontario Moving Ahead with the Reform of Employment Services
   18-Feb-20 • Monica • 0 Comment
8. Statement by the Prime Minister on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities
   9-Dec-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
9. Canadian Accessibility Network at Carleton Celebrates Launch
   9-Dec-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
10. Veterans with Disabilities
    8-Nov-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
11. New Canadian standard proposed for work disability prevention management systems
    21-Oct-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
12. Campbell: Hiring qualified disabled workers is good for business – and society
    10-Oct-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
13. Greetings from Walmart!
    7-Oct-19 • Elizabeth Smith • 0 Comment
14. Access means #EveryoneEverywhere
    30-Sep-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
15. They believed in me and helped me to believe in myself
    18-Sep-19 • Samira Ahmadzai • 0 Comment
16. I am so happy that they helped me find a job!
    13-Sep-19 • Samira Ahmadzai • 0 Comment
17. The Value of Neurodiversity at Vita Health Products Inc
    13-Sep-19 • Samira Ahmadzai • 0 Comment
18. Carpenters hope to transform fallen historic trees
    12-Sep-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
19. Halifax Dartmouth organization opens doors for youths with disabilities by focusing on workplace talents
    22-Aug-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
20. Next New Sault Ste. Marie grocery store: Grocer 4 Good
    21-Aug-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
21. Bradford accessibility champions target local ‘vessels for change’
    16-Aug-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
22. Employers miss out on talent by overlooking workers living with disabilities
    8-Aug-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
23. People with disabilities are not the damaged goods of the labour force.
    1-Aug-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
24. Carleton Creates Canadian Accessibility Network
    30-Jul-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
25. When and how do financial incentives work best to promote the hiring and retention of people with disabilities? Researchers to find answers
    27-Jun-19 • Samira Ahmadzai • 0 Comment
26. Canada’s first federal accessibility legislation receives Royal Assent
    24-Jun-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
27. Organization that supports job opportunities for people with disabilities officially re-opens
    31-May-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
28. Minister Qualtrough celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day
    17-May-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
29. Government of Canada to provide more support to Canadians with visual impairments and print disabilities
    8-May-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
30. Government of Canada announces major funding for projects that promote the social inclusion of persons with disabilities
    8-Apr-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
31. “I am so happy to have my first job”
    29-Mar-19 • Samira Ahmadzai • 0 Comment
32. DAWN Canada Report on Women and Girls with Disabilities in Canada
    11-Mar-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
33. Apply now to receive a Canadian Hearing Society National Scholarship award
    25-Feb-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
34. CRTC report finds telecom companies use misleading sales tactics
    20-Feb-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
35. Seeking broad input on a pan-Canadian strategy to improve work choices for people with disabilities
    18-Jan-19 • Monica • 0 Comment
36. The Story of How I Found CCRW is Interesting
    13-Dec-18 • Nathalie Byrne • 0 Comment
37. How my disability changed my perspective on jobseeking
    20-Nov-18 • Monica • 0 Comment
38. “The best job I ever had”
    17-Sep-18 • Elizabeth Smith • 0 Comment
39. Happily Employed Former Client
    13-Aug-18 • Elizabeth Smith • 0 Comment
40. The FINESSED Project– “Fostering Inclusion and Environments of Support for Students with Episodic Disabilities“
    10-Aug-18 • Monica • 0 Comment
41. Kait’s Employment Success: Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture
    2-Aug-18 • Elizabeth Smith • 0 Comment
42. The Role of Art Therapy in Mental Health & Recovery
    25-Jul-18 • Monica • 0 Comment
43. A ramp down to nature: Woman in wheelchair experiences Hopewell Rocks in new way
    18-Jul-18 • Monica • 0 Comment
44. The dawning of a new age for persons with disabilities in Canada
    11-Jul-18 • Monica • 0 Comment
45. The Accessible Canada Act, increasing access and inclusion to create prosperity for Canada with Disabilities
    22-Jun-18 • Monica • 0 Comment
46. Minister Duncan introduces the proposed Accessible Canada Act
    21-Jun-18 • Monica • 0 Comment
47. Canada reaffirms its commitment to people with disabilities at the Eleventh Session of the Conference of States Parties to the United Nations Conventions on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
    18-Jun-18 • Monica • 0 Comment
48. Wyatt’s CCRW Experience
    13-Jun-18 • Elizabeth Smith • 0 Comment
49. Congratulations Kelsey
    4-Jun-18 • Elizabeth Smith • 0 Comment
50. Evan’s Success Story – St. John’s, NL
    4-May-18 • Elizabeth Smith • 0 Comment
51. CCRW presents The Business Includes Abilities Showcase In Saint John, NB May 28th, 2018!
    4-May-18 • Elizabeth Smith • 0 Comment
52. Canada’s Best Diversity Employers (2018)
    19-Mar-18 • Monica • 0 Comment
53. Are you required to tell your employer if you have a disability?
    16-Mar-18 • Monica • 0 Comment
54. ​Stephen William Hawking. 1942 – 2018. ​ Cosmologist, space traveller and hero.
    14-Mar-18 • Monica • 0 Comment
55. Press Release : OTEC and CCRW present The Business Includes Abilities Showcase In Toronto March 23, 2018!
    13-Mar-18 • Elizabeth Smith • 0 Comment
56. Katie’s Creative Career
    8-Mar-18 • Elizabeth Smith • 0 Comment
57. Better workplace accessibility for Canadians with disabilities would boost economic growth: study
    26-Feb-18 • Monica • 0 Comment
58. Ontario Publishes CCRW Books to Encourage Inclusion Among Children
    20-Feb-18 • Monica • 0 Comment
59. 3rd Edition of “Review of Disability Policy in Canada”
    1-Feb-18 • Monica • 0 Comment
60. Five New Year’s Resolutions For Ontario Employers
    5-Jan-18 • Monica • 0 Comment
61. Spotlight on Invisible Disabilities: Youth consultation on changing attitudes
    22-Dec-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
62. Research on inclusive employment for people with disabilities launched in India
    20-Dec-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
63. Statement by Minister Hehr on International Day of Persons with Disabilities
    5-Dec-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
64. New OHRC policy statement explains the duty to accommodate under Ontario’s Human Rights Code
    16-Oct-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
65. Consultation Report of Canada’s Possible Accession to the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
    4-Oct-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
66. Academic accommodation: New OHRC inquiry report on systemic barriers for post-secondary students with mental health disabilities
    21-Sep-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
67. Improving Ontario’s Social Assistance Programs
    2-Sep-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
68. Dear Everybody,
    29-Aug-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
69. Blind woman from Brampton navigates the choppy waters of job market
    10-Aug-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
70. Canadian Hearing Society Board of Directors Position Posting
    19-Jul-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
71. ‘Just like everyone else’: Islander excited about new mats and wheelchairs in P.E.I. National Park
    14-Jul-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
72. Connecting More People with Disabilities to Job Opportunities
    6-Jun-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
73. Study: Women in Canada: Women with Disabilities
    29-May-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
74. Humber College: Transition to Work Event
    21-May-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
75. National AccessAbility Week 2017
    12-May-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
76. Government of Canada provides support for Toronto youth – Breaking down barriers for youth, including those with disabilities
    26-Apr-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
77. ‘What’s a blind guy from Canada going to tell NASA?’: B.C. writer asks
    13-Apr-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
78. CCRW Honours Employers, Clients of Distinction at Awards Ceremony
    14-Mar-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
79. Justin Trudeau Town Hall in Saint John – CCRW was there!
    17-Jan-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
80. Only half of disabled Canadians have a full or part-time job: CIBC poll
    17-Jan-17 • Monica • 0 Comment
81. Disability Supports and Employment Policy
    7-Oct-16 • Monica • 0 Comment
82. Righting a Wrong
    1-Sep-16 • Monica • 0 Comment
83. Breaking down barriers: The Rick Hansen Foundation designs a fully accessible office
    15-Aug-16 • Monica • 0 Comment
84. Air Canada amps up inflight entertainment accessibility for visually impaired
    10-Aug-16 • Monica • 0 Comment
85. Reasonable Doubt: get to know your Community Legal Clinic
    9-Aug-16 • Monica • 0 Comment
86. Breaking down the barriers to employment for autistic people
    6-Jul-16 • Monica • 0 Comment
87. Young and Disabled
    16-Jun-16 • Monica • 0 Comment
88. A radically different “mobility aid”
    6-May-16 • Monica • 0 Comment
89. Winnipeg man, who is blind , shares employment experiences, challenges
    24-Feb-16 • Monica • 0 Comment
90. Guelph study identifies job barriers for graduates with disabilities
    4-Dec-15 • Monica • Comments Off on Guelph study identifies job barriers for graduates with disabilities
91. ‘I was one of the stats’: Former reporter on the morning she woke up, unable to work
    4-Dec-15 • Monica • Comments Off on ‘I was one of the stats’: Former reporter on the morning she woke up, unable to work
92. Saskatchewan groups helps those with disabilities gain and keep jobs
    4-Dec-15 • Monica • Comments Off on Saskatchewan groups helps those with disabilities gain and keep jobs
93. Persons with Disabilities Continue to be Marginalized in Canadian Society: CHRC
    4-Dec-15 • Monica • Comments Off on Persons with Disabilities Continue to be Marginalized in Canadian Society: CHRC
94. Less than half of Canadian adults with disabilities have jobs: StatsCan
    4-Dec-15 • Monica • Comments Off on Less than half of Canadian adults with disabilities have jobs: StatsCan
95. Half of Canadians Accept Job Disability Discrimination
    4-Dec-15 • Monica • Comments Off on Half of Canadians Accept Job Disability Discrimination
96. The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Champions for the Disabled
    10-Feb-15 • Monica • Comments Off on The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Champions for the Disabled
97. CCRW Receives funding for Youth the Future programs in New Brunswick
    19-Jan-15 • Monica • Comments Off on CCRW Receives funding for Youth the Future programs in New Brunswick
98. Stella Young, writer, comedian and disability activist, dies aged 32; tributes flow for ‘passionate advocate’
    12-Dec-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Stella Young, writer, comedian and disability activist, dies aged 32; tributes flow for ‘passionate advocate’
99. Talent Untapped: Mining the talent pool of disability.
    11-Dec-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Talent Untapped: Mining the talent pool of disability.
100. Government of Canada Marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities
     3-Dec-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Government of Canada Marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities
101. UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities – Sustainable Development: The Promise of Technology
     3-Dec-14 • Monica • Comments Off on UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities – Sustainable Development: The Promise of Technology
102. Minister Bergen launches new call for proposals to help Canadians with disabilities obtain jobs
     2-Dec-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Minister Bergen launches new call for proposals to help Canadians with disabilities obtain jobs
103. Government of Canada supports jobs and opportunities for youth and Canadians with disabilities in Newfoundland and Labrador
     1-Dec-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Government of Canada supports jobs and opportunities for youth and Canadians with disabilities in Newfoundland and Labrador
104. BMO Study: Four in 10 Small Business Owners Hiring People With Disabilities
     28-Oct-14 • Monica • Comments Off on BMO Study: Four in 10 Small Business Owners Hiring People With Disabilities
105. Canadian Business SenseAbility to help companies access the benefits of hiring people with disabilities
     28-Oct-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Canadian Business SenseAbility to help companies access the benefits of hiring people with disabilities
106. Depression: More Than Just Sadness
     28-Oct-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Depression: More Than Just Sadness
107. Lindsay teacher credits community for impacting his recovery
     27-Oct-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Lindsay teacher credits community for impacting his recovery
108. Hiring persons with disabilities: So much more than diversity in the workplace
     23-Oct-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Hiring persons with disabilities: So much more than diversity in the workplace
109. Would you like to be on the CCRW Board of Directors?
     8-Aug-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Would you like to be on the CCRW Board of Directors?
110. Employers missing out: skilled workers with disabilities being overlooked.
     16-Jul-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Employers missing out: skilled workers with disabilities being overlooked.
111. Moncton “Walk & Roll” Postponed
     6-Jun-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Moncton “Walk & Roll” Postponed
112. Canada has a large pool of eager and available workers: The disabled
     8-May-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Canada has a large pool of eager and available workers: The disabled
113. 2014 Mental Health Week
     5-May-14 • Monica • Comments Off on 2014 Mental Health Week
114. Governments of Canada and British Columbia announce agreement to help British Columbians with disabilities get jobs
     28-Apr-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Governments of Canada and British Columbia announce agreement to help British Columbians with disabilities get jobs
115. Toronto introduces Internet and Phone voting for fall elections.
     24-Apr-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Toronto introduces Internet and Phone voting for fall elections.
116. Hiring people with disabilities
     3-Mar-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Hiring people with disabilities
117. Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation Launches New Business Case for Recruiting and Retaining People With Episodic Disabilities
     27-Feb-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation Launches New Business Case for Recruiting and Retaining People With Episodic Disabilities
118. Job training for Canadians with intellectual disabilities gets boost in federal budget
     18-Feb-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Job training for Canadians with intellectual disabilities gets boost in federal budget
119. M-430 Strengthening Employment for Canadians with Disabilities gets unanimous support in House of Commons
     18-Feb-14 • Monica • Comments Off on M-430 Strengthening Employment for Canadians with Disabilities gets unanimous support in House of Commons
120. Canada submits first report on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
     18-Feb-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Canada submits first report on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
121. The Accessibility for Manitobans Act becomes Law
     5-Feb-14 • Monica • Comments Off on The Accessibility for Manitobans Act becomes Law
122. MUN teams working on Canada-wide disability research project
     4-Feb-14 • Monica • Comments Off on MUN teams working on Canada-wide disability research project
123. New Research Centre to Help Injured, Ill and Disabled Workers Stay in Job Market
     4-Feb-14 • Monica • Comments Off on New Research Centre to Help Injured, Ill and Disabled Workers Stay in Job Market
124. Consultation to shape vision for accessibility in B.C.
     10-Jan-14 • Monica • Comments Off on Consultation to shape vision for accessibility in B.C.
125. Harper government helps Canadians with disabilities access jobs
     20-Dec-13 • Monica • Comments Off on Harper government helps Canadians with disabilities access jobs
126. Employment inclusion program celebrates early successes
     18-Dec-13 • Monica • Comments Off on Employment inclusion program celebrates early successes
127. Fake Interpreter Insults Deaf Communities
     11-Dec-13 • Monica • Comments Off on Fake Interpreter Insults Deaf Communities
128. A Free Online Employment Tool for Canadians with Disabilities and the Employers Who Need Them: Skills Training Partnership (STP)®
     27-Mar-13 • Monica • 0 Comment
129. The Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work’s Job Accommodation Service® launches a strategic initiative for an accessible Ontario
     25-Oct-12 • Monica • 0 Comment
130. Harper Government helps 1600 Canadians with disabilities get jobs
     10-Oct-12 • Monica • 0 Comment
131. Harper Government helps 1600 Canadians with disabilities get jobs
     10-Oct-12 • Monica • 0 Comment
132. CCRW congratulates the 2011 CCRW Youth Scholarship Winners
     27-Mar-11 • Monica • 0 Comment