DWC 2018 conference
National Conference
DISABILITY AND WORK IN CANADA
A Partnering Strategy for Moving Forward
Delta Hotels Ottawa City Centre – December 4-5, 2018
PLANNING COMMITTEE
Since the November 2017 conference, efforts have been underway to develop a vision and strategy for the future, focused on key initiatives to increase the employment of persons with a disability. A draft strategy was distributed in the Fall of 2018, prior to this second Disability & Work in Canada conference. The objective of this conference was to review the strategy and to foster broad consensus on its key elements.
MATERIALS
Agenda: Short version (Word); Short version (PDF), Expanded version (Word); expanded version (PDF).
Program: Conference program (pdf), conference program (txt).
Moving Forward Together: A Canadian Strategy for Disability and Work. DRAFT for discussion at the Disability and Work in Canada conference, December 4-5, 2018 in Ottawa, Canada. DWC Draft Strategy PDF version, DWC Draft Strategy Word version, DWC Draft Strategy text version.
Policy Roundtable on Disability and Work in Canada Developing a Vision and Strategy for the Future. Summary of the Roundtable held June 26th, 2018. Policy Roundtable summary (PDF version); Policy Roundtable summary (Word version).
SPEAKER PRESENTATIONS: CLICK THE LINKS BELOW TO OPEN PRESENTATION VIDEOS
December 4: Morning Sessions
Watch Indigenous prayer by Albert Dumont, and goals of the DWC Initiative by Ron Saunders
Indigenous Prayer
by Albert Dumont
Goal of the DWC initiative
by Ron Saunders
Overview of the draft strategy
Open presentation slides: Overview of the draft strategy document and how it was developed (pdf)
Plenary panel: provincial strategies on disability and work
Watch the video of the plenary panel: Part 1
Watch the video of the plenary panel: Part 2
Chair: Mary Reid
recently retired as the Director for the Disability Policy Office, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Jennifer Clark
Director, Program Effectiveness, Disability Programs, Government of Saskatchewan
Anne MacRae
Manager of Employment Supports, Persons with Disabilities, Department of Community Services, Province of Nova Scotia
Henry Kielley, Director, Disability Policy Office, Department of Children, Seniors, & Social Development, Government of Newfoundland Labrador
Brian Saunders, Senior Policy Advisor, New Brunswick Premier’s Council on Disabilities
Ian Ross, Executive Director, Policy and Program Development, Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, Government of BC
December 4: Lunchtime Speakers
Vignette: A personal story [video is coming soon]
Welcome by Guest Speaker Kate Young
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility
December 4: Afternoon Sessions
Parallel discussion sessions I: Lived Experience Session
Watch the video of Lived Experience Session Part 1
Watch the video of Lived Experience Session Part 2
Chair: Steve Mantis
Ontario Network of Injured Workers Groups
Janet Paterson
Canadian Injured Workers Alliance
Tim Rose
CIBC
Steven Estey
Council of Canadians with Disabilities
Dana Howse
Safety Net Centre for Occupational Health and Safety Research, Memorial University, Newfoundland and Labrador
Rapporteur: Bill Adair, Spinal Cord Injury Canada. Click here to read the report from Lived Experience Session
Parallel discussion sessions I: Employers Session
Watch the video of Employers Session
Chair: Maureen Haan
Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW)
Ellen Austin
Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC)
Anna-Karina Tabuñar
Sodexo Canada
Jennifer Popkey
TD Bank
Eizabeth Kwan
Canadian Labour Congress
Marcia Rioux
York University
Rapporteur: Meghan Kelly, Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW). Click here to read the report from Employers Session
Parallel discussion sessions I: Service Providers Session
Watch the video of Service Providers Session
Chair: Kathy Hawkins
InclusionNL
Elisabeth Smith
Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW)
Sean McEwen
Calgary Alternative Employment Services
Jen Soucy
LiveWorkPlay
Tammy Yates
Realize
Joseph Giulione
L’Arrimage
Arif Jetha
Institute for Work & Health
Rapporteur: Mary Reid, recently from the Disability Policy Office, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Click here to read the report from Service Providers Session
Parallel discussion sessions II: Unions Session
Watch the video of the unions session
Chair: Robert Blakely
Canada’s Building Trades Unions
Joe Dowdall
International Union of Operating Engineers Local 793
Debbie Colson, International Union of Operating Engineers Local 793
Niki Lundquist
Unifor
Theresa Minnett
Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour
Dana Howse
SafetyNet, Memorial University
Meghan Kelly
Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW)
Rapporteur: Nina Hansen, British Columbia Federation of Labour. Click here to read the report from Unions Session
Parallel discussion sessions II: Federal-Provincial Interface Session
Watch the video of the Federal-Provincial Interface Session
Chair: Aisling Gogan
Government of Newfoundland and Labrador
Eppo Maertens
Employment and Social Development Canada
Ian Ross, Ministry of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, Province of BC
Terry Copes
Sudbury Legal Clinic
Pam Lahey
McMaster University
John Stapleton
Open Policy
Rapporteur: Mary Reid, recently from the Disability Policy Office, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. Click here to read the report from Federal-Provincial Interface Session
Brief reports from sessions (employers session, lived experience session, service providers session, unions session, and federal-provincial interface session)
December 4: Evening Reception
Tapestry from Day 1 of the conference, created by Jennifer Shepherd, Living Tapestries
December 5: Morning Sessions
Monitoring and Evaluation
Presenter: Gail Fawcett, Senior Research Advisor, Employment and Social Development Canada
Presentation slides: First results of 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability
Presentation: Ideas for measuring progress and evaluation
Presenter: Emile Tompa, Co-Director, Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy)
Presentation slides: Ideas for measuring progress and evaluation
Presentation: Overview of initiatives of Labour-Market Information Council [Video is coming soon]
Presenter: Steven Tobin, Executive Director, Labour Market Information Council
Watch the commentary by Michael Prince,
Lansdowne Professor of Social Policy, University of Victoria
Mental Health and the Workplace
Watch the video of Mental Health and the Workplace session
Nitika Rewari
Manager, Research, Evaluation & Knowledge Translation, Prevention and Promotion – Workplace, MHCC
Candace Sellar
Program Manager, CSA Group
Don Palmer
Executive Director, Causeway
Rebecca Gewurtz
Associate Professor, McMaster University
Small business and disability
Watch the video of Small Business and Disability session
Eppo Maertens
Policy Director, Employment and Social Development Canada
Todd Peters
Owner/Operator, River City Remanufacturing
Keegan Colville
Owner/President, Service Master Clean Saint John
Jamie Burton
Vice President, Dolphin Digital
Moving Forward Together: A Review of the Future of Disability & Work, by Jaime Burton (pdf)
Michael Zacks
Director and General Counsel, Office of the Employer Adviser, Ontario
Vignette: A personal story [video is coming soon]
December 5: Afternoon and Closing of the Conference
Next steps and closing remarks (by DWC Steering Committee)
Tapestry from Day 2 of the conference, created by Jennifer Shepherd, Living Tapestries
Photos from the conference (Day 1 and Day 2) (.zip) - 762 mb. Conference photographers: Scott White, Arif Jetha, and Kathy Padkapayeva
Thank you:
