Engaging People with Disabilities

On Thursday, August 12 at 1:00pm ET join us for our CSC-SJC Coalition Knowledge Exchange session on Engaging People with Disabilities: The A to Z of Creating & Maintaining a Socially Inclusive Work Environment.

Creating a truly inclusive work environment means involving people with disabilities at all levels. Developing an open line of communication to employ and maintain working relationships with people of all abilities requires an understanding of their networks, needs, and goals, and an openness to how everyone can contribute to the workplace.

This Knowledge Exchange session is designed for Human Resources specialists, community engagement workers, team leaders, and anyone with an interest in creating a more equitable, socially inclusive future.

In this webinar, strategies and tools to employ and engage people with disabilities will be presented. Taking into account organizational resources, discussion points will include:

• Core teachings from critical disability studies that can assist in understanding people with disabilities –and in understanding yourself
• Methods to recruit with people with disabilities, including creating programs with wide appeal and including the supports they may need for continued engagement
• The importance of creating relationships with organizations led by the differently abled
• Why flexible opportunities are necessary, and how they can improve the workplace for people with and without disabilities

Following the webinar delivered by Farrah K. Seucharan, Disability Advocate & Social Inclusion Researcher, there will be a 60 minute peer coaching opportunity in small breakout groups. This session has been coordinated by the Canada Service Corps Coalition Convening Team at TakingITGlobal in support of shared learning across CSC Partner Organizations.

Please note: There will be live captioning and live French translation only for the webinar content. An English-only recording will also be made available to registered attendees following the session.