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In this webinar, Francis Fung and Kim Jeffreys from March of Dimes Canada discuss workplace culture and disability inclusion. Despite anti-discrimination legislations and disability awareness campaigns, people with disabilities continue to report system barriers and stigma in their pursuit for meaningful employment. There is a growing attention to organizational culture and its impact on employ...

This webinar explores how organizations and individuals play a crucial role in creating inclusive environments, drawing on key insights from empirical research. Actionable steps that organizations can take to enhance inclusivity will be discussed, including policies such as inclusion audits to evaluate current practices and areas for improvement. Steps that employees can take to advocate for th...

This webinar explored the challenges, barriers and opportunities for inclusive employment of persons with disabilities in the green economy and green jobs. The green economy presents a unique opportunity as it is defined as low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive. Its key features include the creation of jobs that pay a living wage and promote equality of opportunity and income. H...

Overview Workers with autism can benefit from supported employment services that help them find jobs. However, job retention remains a challenge. In this webinar, Valérie Martin will discuss how the relationship between the worker and his or her supervisor is critical to sustained employment and that job coaching services for autistic workers should foster mutual understanding between employee ...

In this webinar, Dr. Susanne M. Bruyère described neurodiversity and discussed the increasing interest among employers in hiring neurodiverse/neurodivergent job applicants. As well, the recruitment and interview process for neurodiverse job candidates, ways to improve the success of neurodiverse employees throughout the employment process, and other considerations in assuring the sustainability...

In this inaugural Webinar, Executive Director Dr. Emile Tompa and Director Dr. Rebecca Gewurtz describe the structure and activities of the IDEA social innovation laboratory. The initiative is spearheading what they describe as demand side capacity building or disability confidence-terms used to describe employer capacity for disability inclusion. Through co-design with partners, the social inn...

In this webinar, Dr. Mahadeo Sukhai talks about why disclosure doesn’t work. “Accommodation” is a dirty word, and is ableist. Take a deep dive into the disclosure and accommodation framework for persons with disabilities, at work. Why is it set up the way it is? How does it work “from the other side?” How is this framework applied to life outside of work? Can we, as persons with disability, nav...

IDEA Intro Video

Dr. Emile Tompa, Senior Scientist at the Institute for Work & Health (IWH), Executive Director of IDEA, and Co-Lead of the IDEA Incubator Hub on Workplace Systems and Partnerships and Francis Fung are hosts of this webinar. Francis Fung is the National Manager, Rehabilitation and Clinical Services at March of Dimes Canada and he co-leads IDEA’s Hub 2, Employment Support Systems. People with dis...