Disability and Work in Canada National Conference:
A Partnering Strategy for Moving Forward
Disability and Work in Canada 2018 was held at the Delta Hotels by Marriott Ottawa City Centre, December 4 and 5, 2018. The conference reviewed a proposed national strategy to improve the level of employment of persons with disabilities in Canada.
Since the November 2017 conference, efforts have been underway to develop a vision and strategy for the future, focused on key initiatives to increase the employment of persons with a disability. A draft strategy was distributed in the Fall of 2018, prior to the national conference. You can find the draft here below. The objective is to foster broad consensus on the key elements of that strategy.
VIDEOS FROM THE CONFERENCE
Tuesday December 4th, morning
Indigenous prayer by Albert Dumont, and goals of the DWC Initiative by Ron Saunders
Overview of the draft strategy document and how it was developed (by DWC Steering Committee)
The address by Yazmine Laroche, Deputy Minister, Public Service Accessibility
Vignette: A personal story by Mandy Penney
Plenary Panel: Provincial Strategies on Disability and Work
Tuesday December 4th, afternoon
Panel discussion sessions I:
Panel discussion sessions II:
Federal-Provincial Interface Session
Brief reports from sessions (employers session, lived experience session, service providers session, unions session, and federal-provincial interface session)
Speaker presentation: John Rae
Wednesday December 5, morning
Ideas for Measuring Progress and Evaluation (Emile Tompa)
Mental health and the workplace
Small business and disability
PRESENTATION SLIDES FROM THE CONFERENCE
Overview of the DWC Initiative, the Strategy and how it was developed (pdf)
Monitoring and Evaluation gaps and opportunities, by Emile Tompa (pdf)
Moving Forward Together; A Review of the Future of Disability & Work, by Jamie Burton
Conference agenda: Short version (Word); Short version (PDF), Expanded version (Word); expanded version (PDF).
Conference program: Conference program (pdf), conference program (txt).
Moving Forward Together: A Canadian Strategy for Disability and Work. DRAFT for discussion at the Disability and Work in Canada conference, December 4-5, 2018 in Ottawa, Canada. DWC Draft Strategy PDF version, DWC Draft Strategy Word version, DWC Draft Strategy text version.
Policy Roundtable on Disability and Work in Canada Developing a Vision and Strategy for the Future. Summary of the Roundtable held June 26th, 2018. Policy Roundtable summary (PDF version); Policy Roundtable summary (Word version).