There is clear evidence of the reluctance of some employers to hire people with disabilities. Our colleague, Catherine Connelly from McMaster, in collaboration with Sandra Fisher of Muenster University in Germany, conducted a study of one large employer in the hospitality industry to advance a business case for hiring people with disabilities. Using utility analysis, they showed that service costs… Read more »
This project is a collaborative evaluation of a novel approach to changing attitudes toward disability. The approach, called Discrepancy Awareness, uses creative media to bring individuals into contact with their implicit attitudes. In collaboration with PlaysThatWork, the project uses dramatic scenarios to uncover and confront implicit attitudes, and to allow participants to gain insight and reconcile discrepancies with their expressed… Read more »
This national collaboration, led by the CNIB, undertakes an evidence-based approach to the development of employment standards and educational resources on the application of universal design and principles of inclusion within the workplace setting with a focus on sensory and visual processing disabilities.
This project was a contract for Ontario Ministry of Advanced Education and Skill Development to conduct a policy analysis of supported employment options for disabled people in Ontario.
A recent study by our colleagues Silvia Bonaccio and associates uses an evidence-based approach to challenge 11 concerns about employing disabled people at 4 stages in the employment cycle: recruitment, hiring, workplace integration, and performance management. They effectively dispel such detrimental myths as the following: That people with disabilities don’t want to work; That a disabled employee wouldn’t fit in… Read more »
An article published in the Canadian Journal of Disability Studies shows that the activity profiles of disabled and non-disabled Canadians are becoming more alike. Using data from the Canadian Time Use Surveys (1992 & 2010), CDPA colleagues Wilson, McColl and two student RA’s (Zhang & McKinnon) showed that disabled women’s labour force participation increased by 31 minutes per day (from 80… Read more »
In 2014, the Government of Ontario conducted a periodic legislative review of two important pieces of legislation – the Employment Standards Act and the Labour Relations Act. The Review Committee at the Ministry of Labour asked Canadian Disability Participation Project’s Employment Team Lead, Catherine Connelly, to present results of her research for their consideration. She focused on disabled employees in temporary agencies, and… Read more »
In collaboration with Dr. Catherine Connelly of the School of Business at McMaster University, we have conducted a scan of policy governing employment supports for people with disabilities in 14 jurisdictions in Canada – federal, provincial and territorial. This is the first of three reports supporting the work of each of the research teams of the CDPP. Similar reports will be forthcoming… Read more »
In 2010, Dr. Lyn Jongbloed of the University of British Columbia examined various policy approaches to increasing the employment of people with disabilities with a focus on wage subsidies. Dr. Jongbloed’s review evaluates the policy reforms made in 1990s, recent changes, and future prospects for Canadian policy. She considers three general approaches to increasing employment among those with disabilities are in use… Read more »
In 2010, Dr. Lyn Jongbloed of the University of British Columbia conducted an investigation of job retention for people with disabilities. Job retention means staying with the same employer, with the same or different duties or conditions of employment, and includes return to work after a period of paid or unpaid absence. This review, Job Retention for People with Disabilities summarizes research related… Read more »
