A new report published by Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) today has highlighted the need for tailored supports for people with disabilities that want to start their own business. Almost 13.5%[1] of the Irish population has a disability, but Ireland has one of the lowest employment rates for people with disabilities in the European Union at…
Event overview The “Diversifying the Federal Supply Chain Summit” is being organized by the Office of the Procurement Ombudsman (OPO) to increase the diversity of bidders on federal government contracts. Now in its second year, this one-day session is designed to increase awareness of the public and private sector programs that can help all gender…
The forthcoming Netflix documentary spotlights a summer camp that sparked the disability rights movement in the 1970s. By Wendy Lu It’s the summer of 1971. A group of disabled hippie teenagers gather round at Camp Jened in the Catskills of upstate New York. Some teens are smoking outside. Some are playing music or baseball, and…
Released at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time in The Daily, Wednesday, November 28, 2018 This release is available in audio. The video “Highlights from the Canadian Survey on Disability, 2017, American Sign Language version” is also available. Canadians with disabilities: A demographic, employment and income profile, 2017 An estimated one in five Canadians (or 6.2 million)…
MEDIA RELEASE September 10, 2018 Inclusive Workplace and Supply Council of Canada announces RBC as first Founding Member to support disabled owned and Veteran owned businesses in Canada Toronto, ON, September 10, 2018 – Deidre Guy, Founder of the Inclusive Workplace and Supply Council of Canada (IWSCC), is thrilled to announce the…