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Breaking it Down: Dialogues on Removing Barriers for People With Disabilities in the Workplace (Regina, Saskatchewan, Friday, January 22, 2016)

The National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS) invites post-secondary students and graduates with disabilities, career educators and representatives from federally regulated private sector employers to a one day innovative and interactive workshop "Breaking it Down (BID): Dialogues on removing barriers for people with disabilities in the workplace”, to be held in Regina, Saskatchewan on Friday, January 22, 2016 from 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. at the University of Regina, Main Campus, Room LI 215, 2nd Floor, Language Institute.

Register online now: • https://secure.neads.ca/register/en.php?id=15SK

The BID workshop is part of “Breaking Through Barriers”: An Employment Project To Support Persons With Disabilities, a national two–and-a-half year project funded by Labour Canada through its Workplace Opportunities: Removing Barriers to Equity program. The initiative is aimed at connecting recent graduates with disabilities and employers in the federally regulated sector, through in-person workshops and a unique web portal designed to create on-going relationships and resource sharing between disabled graduates and employers.

During this event, students and employers will have the opportunity to hear from both lived experience and employer experts on topics such as: Personal Branding and Social Media; Disclosure and Accommodation In The Workplace; Job Interviews; Soft Skills: Challenges in the Workplace; Professional Development; Barriers and Focused Career Transitions; Moving On From Entry Level. Unlike most employment workshops that rely on a one-way flow of knowledge from employer to potential employee, student and employer participants will have the opportunity to engage in facilitated discussions about the issues aimed at creating a knowledge exchange process between employers and potential employees.

Come join NEADS and representatives of our valued project partners (see below), for an employment workshop that will bring job seekers and job makers together, who will learn from each other by……….Breaking it Down. This event is free to post-secondary students and recent graduates with disabilities (within less than 5 years after graduation). The registration fee is $50 for professionals. You must complete all fields in the registration form.

Speakers include:

Chelsea Mohler, NEADS Researcher/Consultant - Keynote Address

Jeremiah Bach, NEADS' Event Planner and Sana Khan, Employment and Outreach Specialist, Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work - Welcome and Introductions

Sana Khan, Employment and Outreach Specialist, Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work, Personal Branding and Social Media

David Fischl, O'Fischl Inclusion Consulting LTD, Disclosure and Accommodation

Pauline Streete, Executive Director, South Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre, Barriers and Focused Career

Maggie Dixon, Employment Facilitator, South Saskatchewan Independent Living Centre, Soft Skills: Challenges In The Workplace

Continental breakfast and lunch will be served. American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided. Disability accommodations and dietary restrictions/allergies can be identified upon registration for the event.

Project Partners:

Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW)

Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers (CACEE)

Career Edge

Enbridge Liquid Pipelines

Jobpostings

Magnet

Ryerson University

Brock University

University of Toronto

For further information contact: Jeremiah Bach, Event Producer, NEADS: jeremiah.bach@neads.ca or our national office:

Frank Smith, National Coordinator National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS) Rm. 514 Unicentre, Carleton University Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6 tel. (613) 380-8065 ext. 201, frank.smith@neads.ca www.neads.ca

"Supporting access to post-secondary education and employment for students with disabilities"




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