Moving Forward Together:
Disability and Work in Canada (DWC) Initiative 
Guide to the Strategy and Supporting Documents
The 2019 pan-Canadian strategy on disability and work is a stand-alone document accompanied by several supporting background documents. This guide is a list of the various supporting documents to the strategy with brief descriptions of the documents and the corresponding links to the full document. The links are also provided within the strategy document. How to navigate these documents is outlined in this guide. 
Strategy
The pan-Canadian strategy on Disability & Work is a 20-page stand-alone document. The purpose of this strategy is to offer a strategic framework for increasing the sustainable employment of persons with disabilities in Canada. The strategy articulates a vision, core values, objectives, initiatives and measures. These are framed broadly enough that they can be embraced as a guide for action by persons with disabilities, injured workers, employers, labour, community service providers and all levels of government.
DWC Strategy: Moving Forward Together (PDF version) 
DWC Strategy: Moving Forward Together (Word version) 
DWC Strategy: Moving Forward Together (Plain text)

Supporting Documents
There are five supporting background documents to the strategy, as follows:
1.) The Case for a New Strategy 
2.) How this Strategy was Developed  
3.) What have We Accomplished in Canada?  
4.) Provincial Strategies  
5.) Terminology and Acronyms  
These documents are described below followed by a link to the document. 
The Case for a New Strategy 
This supporting document provides information on the case for a new strategy, including key statistics on under-employment of people with disabilities, and provides the main rationale for the development of the strategy. There is also reference to the new federal legislation, Bill C-81, the Accessible Canada Act, as well as on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). 
The Case for a New Strategy (PDF version) 
The Case for a New Strategy (Word version)
The Case for a New Strategy (Text version)

How this Strategy was Developed 
This supporting document provides a detailed review of how the strategy was developed. Initiatives to develop comprehensive strategies on disability and work began by the 1970s, and the important development of the Disability & Work in Canada initiative and processes and activities that has led to the development of this strategy are described in this document. 
How this Strategy was Developed (PDF version)
How this Strategy was Developed (Word version)
How this Strategy was Developed (Text version)  

What We Have Accomplished in Canada
This supporting document is a useful summary detailing what has been accomplished over the past few decades relating to the development of programs and policies on disability and work in Canada. These include federal and provincial initiatives, as well as other promising trends and developments regarding the employment of persons with disabilities in Canada. A link to the summary of provincial strategies is provided in this document. 
What We Have Accomplished in Canada (PDF version)
What We Have Accomplished (Word version)
What We Have Accomplished (Text version)
 
Provincial Strategies on Disability and Work in Canada 
This supporting document to the strategy is a summary of the provincial disability and work strategies across Canada. This summary is available in both French and English. 
Provincial Strategies (PDF version)
Provincial Strategies (Word version)
Provincial Strategies (Text version)
Résumé des Stratégies Provinciales (en version PDF)
Résumé des Stratégies Provinciales (en version Word)
Résumé des Stratégies Provinciales (en version texte)

Terminology and Acronyms 
This supporting document is a resource that provides definitions of terminology and acronyms used in the strategy, to help readers understand what different words and expressions mean in the Disability and Work in Canada (DWC) context. 
Terminology and Acronyms (PDF version)
Terminology and Acronyms (Word version)
Terminology and Acronyms (Text version) 




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