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Career Services of Brockville received the Ontario Disability Employment Network's award for Outstanding Employment Service Provider, recognizing its efforts to help people with disabilities find work and build inclusive workplaces. The organization continues to create employment opportunities for disabled people across the community.
A scoping review of 41 studies found that occupational therapy is a standard component of multidisciplinary rehabilitation for functional neurological disorder, a condition affecting working-age adults, but profession-specific interventions and outcomes were inconsistently documented. The review highlights gaps in evidence regarding occupational therapy's independent contribution to rehabilitation outcomes for this disabling neurological condition.
Canadian occupational safety standards now prioritize disability inclusion and mental health as workplace safety issues. The article indicates a shift in how workplace safety frameworks address the needs of disabled and mentally ill workers.
The article explains Canada's disability benefits system, including federal programs like the Canada Disability Benefit and Canada Pension Plan Disability, provincial supports, and private insurance options available to disabled people. It outlines eligibility requirements and how to access various income replacement and support services for people with disabilities.
The article examines employment barriers for Canadians with disabilities, noting that the employment rate for disabled people (67%) lags significantly behind non-disabled people (83%), and highlights how disability-related costs and welfare clawback policies can leave employed disabled people below the poverty line. It argues that disability employment policy should ensure that work provides genuine financial security and a pathway out of poverty, rather than simply placing people in jobs.
A seven-week online therapy program based on acceptance and commitment therapy reduced distress and increased sense of meaning at work for 164 Quebec workers dealing with burnout, job dissatisfaction, and career difficulties. The program showed particular benefits for lower earners and workers without permanent jobs, addressing employment challenges in precarious work situations.
The Raw Carrot is a Canadian social enterprise that employs people facing barriers to work, including those with disabilities, by offering dignified paid employment in a flexible, supportive workplace environment. The organization operates 10 locations across Canada and demonstrates how inclusive employment models can provide purpose, independence and economic security for disabled and disadvantaged job seekers.
Employers and community leaders in Yorkton, Saskatchewan gathered for a Disability Employment Awareness Month event to learn about inclusive hiring practices and employment opportunities for people with disabilities. Partners in Employment and SaskAbilities shared success stories and discussed how supported employment placements benefit both employees and employers.
Employers and community leaders gathered at a Disability Employment Awareness Month event in Yorkton, Saskatchewan to learn about inclusive hiring practices and the Partners in Employment program, which has served over 2,500 people provincially. Local employers shared success stories of disabled workers who secured meaningful employment and advanced into full-time positions through supported employment placements.
The Durham Region Disability Employment Conference brought together over 200 employers, community organizations and accessibility advocates to discuss strategies for inclusive hiring and accessible workplaces. The event featured keynote speaker Dr. Mahadeo Sukhai and panel discussions on removing barriers to employment for people with disabilities.
Imagine waking up on the first morning of retirement after decades of dedicated service, expecting to embrace freedom, travel, grandchildren, and the long-awaited peace that accompanies the end of a...
A union challenge to Imperial Oil’s medical forms for disability benefits at its Port Moody terminal has been dismissed on jurisdictional grounds. In an Aug. 7 decision, labour arbitrator Randall J.
About 15% to 20% of the global population identifies as neurodivergent, yet these same individuals experience significant employment disparities and unemployment rates ranging from 30% to 85%.
More than 600 job seekers attended Airdrie’s fall regional job fair this week, while employer numbers remained near spring levels despite lower job-seeker attendance.
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As Disability Employment Awareness Month (DEAM) gets underway across Canada, staff at the North Island Employment Foundation Society (NIEFS) say a decades-long web of partnerships between local...
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