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.
Webinar: Using RFPs to Build Your Brand
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. Participants will be guided through how procurement processes signal values, credibility, and capability, and how suppliers can respond to build long-term visibility and trust with buyers, even when a contract is not awarded. Key Elements Include: How RFPs function as brand touchpoints, not just transactional hurdles Practical guidance on “right-sizing” responses to avoid over-investment and burnout How to make strategic decisions about when to…
Webinar: Stress Management for Entrepreneurs
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….
Webinar: A Practical Guide to SAP Ariba
Procurement is complex! Learn to navigate SAP Ariba, and more in the latest IWSCC Webinar featuring special guest educator: Stone Procurement. 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. This interactive webinar offers an evidence-based, accessibility-focused, and lived-experience-driven approach to stress management….
Webinar: How Inclusive Entrepreneurship Drives Innovation
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….
Webinar: Navigating Neurodiversity
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….
Webinar: Intro to Disability Literacy
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….
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From Workplace Accommodation to Operational Design
Many organizations treat mental health support as a protocol with a built-in shelf-life, leaving the business and its people vulnerable. Take your accommodations policy from reactive to proactive with help from iMindify….
Reach Success with John Fisher and T.H.E.M.
John C. Fisher is the President and CEO of T. Harris Environmental Management, an IWSCC Certified Supplier. John joined as at this year’s Reach Forum to share his experience, and this summer we sat down for an extended chat….
Reach Success with Erin McDonald and EMC³ Consulting
IWSCC is celebrating Canadian Disabled-Owned businesses all summer long with the Reach Success Project: A series of articles exploring entrepreneurship and success. Today, we’re sharing the story, experience, and perspective of Erin McDonald: Founder, Principal, and Chief Cultural Strategist of EMC³ Consulting….
LearnAbility Celebrates National Accessibility Week
Happy National Accessibility Week! This week, and all summer long, IWSCC is celebrating Canadian Disabled-Owned businesses with our Reach Success project and submissions from our community like this one. Today we’re honoured to share the perspective, experience, and values of the 2025 Certified Supplier of the Year, Michelle AuCoin: Entrepreneur,…
What To Do When You Lose a Bid: A Useful
For many Small and Medium-sized businesses (also called Small and Medium Enterprises or SMEs), losing a bid can feel like failing. They spend time, stretch their resources, and get their hopes up, only to be met with silence or a brief regret notice. That reaction is understandable, but incomplete. Procurement is more…
Community Spotlight: IN Engineering + Planning
The Community Spotlight Project is dedicated to providing a platform for our suppliers to express themselves and to share their passion, their ambition, and their ingenuity with the IWSCC community and beyond. Sharing their perspective today is Andrew Melchers and their IWSCC Certified Veteran-Owned Business IN Engineering + Planning….
Why Accessible Events Matter More Than Ever
An accessible event reflects the world we want to create: one where everyone can participate, contribute, and connect. When we welcome more voices into the room, conversations become richer. Experiences expand. Relationships deepen. Accessibility is not just a technical requirement. It is a culture….
Convo Canada Earns National Certification for Disabled-Owned Businesses Driving Representation
Convo Canada, a deaf-owned provider in real-time interpreting technology, has been officially certified by the Inclusive Workplace and Supply Council of Canada (IWSCC). This national certification recognizes Convo Canada’s leadership in building communication tools that centre deaf users first and support Canadian communities….
Research: New Report Calls for Urgent Action to Remove Accessibility
A groundbreaking report by Adaptability Canada, developed in collaboration with leading accessibility and procurement experts, reveals systemic barriers that prevent people with disabilities and disabled-owned businesses from fully participating in Canadian procurement processes. According to a Statistics Canada survey in early 2025, 2.5% of private sector businesses in Canada—more than 25,000…
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