People With Disabilities

• WorkBC encourages employers in the Central Okanagan to be more inclusive

  WorkBC says there is currently an untapped resource in job seekers in the community, though they may need some extra accommodations and training.

  Canada

  Mar 16
  
• Ontario’s 2025 accessibility goals impossible without urgent action, report finds

  Ontario will fail to meet its goal of making the province accessible for people with disabilities by 2025 unless the government takes urgent action, a new report has found.

  Canada

  Mar 10
  
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• Penticton, B.C. company encourages other employers to hire inclusively too

  A Penticton company is encouraging other employers to hire inclusively just as they have.

  Canada

  Feb 9
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• Residents living with disabilities share accessibility concerns during Sask. Accessibility Challenge

  Bortis coordinated the 'SCI Sask Accessibility Challenge'. It's an event to build awareness and understanding for those without disabilities to put themselves in their shoes. 

  Canada

  Jan 22
• Job-shadow experiences highlight work by people with disabilities

  For people living with disabilities, finding employment can be daunting. Winder Inclusive Community Service out of Sherwood Park took a new approach to break those barriers.

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2022
• Nova Scotia reveals new modular home designs for people with disabilities

  Nova Scotia says construction of the first five 'small option' homes for people with disabilities begins this summer, with the residents expected to move in early next year.

  Canada

  Aug 31, 2022
• ‘Staffing crisis’: Advocates say Alberta disability workers leaving jobs because of low wages

  The Alberta Disability Workers Association says the industry is facing a staffing crisis, and it has launched a campaign calling on the provincial government to take action.

  Health

  May 12, 2022
• ‘My son does not deserve to be one of those statistics’: Mom’s human rights claim over COVID rules

  A mother who filed a human rights complaint on behalf of her disabled 12-year-old son after COVID-19 restrictions were lifted is moving to appeal the dismissal of that complaint.

  Health

  Apr 14, 2022
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• Escape from Ukraine: 4-time Paralympian’s 1,000-kilometre journey with disabled son

  A group of disabled refugees have fled Ukraine and are now in Latvia, as a disability advocate sounds the alarm for the welfare of many left behind, stuck in their homes.

  World

  Mar 7, 2022
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• COVID-19 outbreaks at N.S. facilities for people with disabilities not made public

  In the days after Christmas, two workers at the Kings Regional Rehabilitation Centre in Waterville, N.S., and one resident had contracted COVID-19.

  Health

  Jan 14, 2022