Resources

Employers

How many people with episodic disabilities do you work with? How do you maximize their potential and encourage diversity?

Below you will find practical resources to help employers better meet the needs of staff living with episodic disabilities and to create a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Courses

• Managing Episodic Disabilities: A SELF-DIRECTED ONLINE COURSE FOR HUMAN RESOURCES PROFESSIONALS
  Click here to register or for more information
  Click here for a brochure

Information Sheets

• Everyone Knows Someone...Spotlight on Episodic Disabilities, CWGHR Information Sheet #3
• Working with Employees with an Episodic Disability, Information Sheet for Managers

Presentations

• “Understanding Episodic Disabilities and Employment” for the Ministry of Education, April 2010

By Martine Mangion, MSc, CWGHR Manager of Episodic Disabilities Initiatives, Melissa Popiel, MSW, CWGHR Coordinator of HIV and Episodic Disabilities Initiatives & Deanna Matzanke, Scotiabank Director of Global Employment Strategies

• “Understanding Episodic Disabilities and Employment” for the Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), April 2010

By Martine Mangion, MSc, CWGHR Manager of Episodic Disabilities Initiatives, Melissa Popiel, MSW, CWGHR Coordinator of HIV and Episodic Disabilities Initiatives & Richard Chenier, Mood Disorders Society of Canada

Videos

Coming soon

International Conventions

• On March 11, 2010, the Government of Canada ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at the United Nations, “reaffirming the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and the need for persons with disabilities to be guaranteed their full enjoyment without discrimination.”

• Click here to read the Convention in full, namely Article 27 - Work and Employment.

 

 

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