archivedisability

Early-career professionals with disabilities face distinct challenges in identifying positions, interviewing and networking, among many other things....

Whether disclosure is necessary in order to receive accommodations for physical or invisible disabilities, to create a more accepting company culture, or to feel you are able to show up...

Reviewing hiring processes, providing disability awareness training and offering accommodation support can help bring in new talent....

It should have been a day like any other. But when George McKenzie, then 21, woke up, something didn’t feel right. “My tongue was all cottony and I actually wondered...

In this country, 50 per cent of those with one or more disabilities have a university degree. Employment outcomes for them? The same as someone with a high-school diploma. That's...

Five key objectives – including inclusive skills development and lifelong learning – need to be met if people with disabilities are to benefit from the major trends shaping the new...

According to the Council of Canadians with Disabilities, 14.3% of Canadians report having a disability. Canadians with disabilities are more than twice as likely to live in poverty as other...

In a workplace, as in many other spaces, disabilities interfere with our ability to do as expected. The social contract breaks down—anarchy by way of hypoglycemia—and when the issue is...

Statistics show that people who have a disability are more loyal to the organizations they work for than other employees. But poor onboarding experiences lead to employees leaving within their...

Thirty-per cent of Canadians who identify with a specific diversity group, including visible minorities and LGBTQ, have experienced at least one incident of discrimination at their current employer, a new...