Employment Standards for the Recruitment and Retention of People with Disabilities - Phase I Summary

policy-makers and practitioners identify policies and Professor, School of Psychology Senior Researcher, Centre for Research on Educational and programs that improve the well-being of all Canadians, Community Services with a special concern for the effects on the disadvantaged, and to raise the standards of evidence Gordon Berlin Research Professor, Georgetown University and that are used in asses. [...] The opinions and interpretations in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessary reflect those of the Government of Canada Social Research and Demonstration Corporation i Employment Accessibility Standards for Recruitment and Retention of People with Disabilities – Phase I Summary INTRODUCTION This report summarizes the findings from the first research phase of the Employment Acc. [...] The project emphasizes the importance of including the perspectives of people with lived experience in every stage of the project to include the considerable expertise that people with disabilities have in navigating employment barriers in their own lives, reflecting on their strengths and capacity to find creative solutions to systemic barriers, and how these can be incorporated into both researc. [...] Given the positive experience of the IWC team’s use of the Four Pillars to help guide employers and build capacity for accessible employment practices, the research team elected to use it as a tool to organize research findings in the literature and the key informant interviews. [...] The IWC team approaches the preparation of organizations to hire diverse talent under the pillar of ‘Readiness’ with actions that focus on mobilizing plans through a diversity, equity, and inclusion leader; enacting a change management process to identify and address barriers in the organization’s hiring practices; training and education to support an organizational culture of inclusion; and revie.