Learn from experts in the IWSCC community, covering topics like inclusion, entrepreneurship, business skills, and self-care. IWSCC webinars are free to access for all learners, and every webinar includes ASL interpretation and closed captions.
Starting and running a business while managing disability, neurodivergence, and/or veteran-related challenges creates unique stressors that standard entrepreneurial advice rarely addresses. Many face a triple burden: business demands, the realities of disability or neurodivergence, and systemic barriers. This interactive webinar offers an evidence-based, accessibility-focused, and lived-experience-driven approach to stress management.
Mindset’s Disability Literacy 101 seminar challenges assumptions, stereotypes and biases with authentic lived-experiences shared by highly-regarded subject-matter experts representing various disabilities. Wherever you may be in your diversity, equity and inclusion journey, mindset is fashioned to help you move the dial.
Rather than a broad “tips for procurement” session, the webinar will focus on a single, concrete lesson: how Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) can use the Request for Proposal (RFP) process as a strategic branding and positioning tool, regardless of outcome.
Inclusive Entrepreneurship is more than just a social endeavor, it’s good business sense! Don’t take it from us though. Our guest educator, accessibility advocate, and IWSCC Certified Business Owner Jolene MacDonald is here to share experience, expertise, and advice from Accessibrand.
Stone Procurement Inc.’s Igli Xhango joins IWSCC to share their experience with one of Canada’s most popular e-procurement tools: SAP Ariba. Learn to navigate the tool, set up a profile as a supplier, and maximize buyer interest by completing that profile the right way.
Transform your understanding of neurodiversity in the workplace through the unique lens of someone who’s lived it. Join neurodivergent consultant and educator Jenine Lillian (they/them) for an engaging session that combines personal experience as a late-diagnosed autistic professional with over 30 years of expertise in education and professional development.
IWSCC is just one part of a national network of allies, supporters, and resource providers. Here are some of our friends that share our vision of an accessible and inclusive Canadian economy.
Community Futures is a federal government program delivering business development services in rural and remote Canadian communities. Their British Colombia offices (CFBC) provide Accessible Entrepreneurship services in both rural and metropolitan BC, as well as online.
Their Entrepreneurs with Disabilities program offers assistance for entrepreneurs with a disability or ongoing health issue to help build and develop their business. Services include assistance developing a business plan, training, business coaching, and access to funding opportunities.
Ready, Willing and Able (RWA) is a national initiative by Inclusion Canada and the Autism Alliance of Canada, funded by the Government of Canada. It aims to increase employment for people with an intellectual disability or autism. RWA partners with employers to generate job opportunities and works with over 250+ supported employment agency partners to help job seekers succeed in the workplace. RWA also supports post-secondary students and entrepreneurs with an intellectual disability or autism, and runs The Inclusive Workplace, an online resource hub for inclusive employment.
Startup Help Inc. is a groundbreaking nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting individuals facing socioeconomic challenges in building successful businesses. We believe that entrepreneurship has the power to break down barriers and create opportunities for all. At Startup Help, we understand that talent and ambition are not confined to any particular demographic or background. We recognize the untapped potential within communities that have historically been marginalized or underserved.