Breaking it Down: Dialogues on Removing Barriers for People With Disabilities in the Workplace (Vancouver, British Columbia, Saturday, March 12, 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 Vancouver, British Columbia on Saturday, March 12th from 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. at Simon Fraser University, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, 149 West Hastings Street. This event is presented by the Centre for Students With Disabilities and Career Services, Simon Fraser University.
Register online now:
<https://secure.neads.ca/register/en.php?id=15BC>https://secure.neads.ca/register/en.php?id=15BC
The BID workshop is part of Breaking Through
Barriers: An Employment Project To Support Persons With Disabilities, a national twoand-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. A full list of speakers will be announced soon!
Introductory Remarks:
Jewelles Smith, Vice-Chair/British Columbia Director, National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS)
Keynote:
Dr. Mahadeo Sukhai, Ph.D, Team Leader and Head, Variant interpretation Group, Advanced Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, University Health Network, Princess Margaret Hospital, The Ontario Cancer Institute
Master of Ceremonies:
Jeremiah Bach, Event Producer, National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS)
Other Speakers Include:
Sana Khan, Employment and Outreach Specialist, Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW): Branding and Social Media
Jewelles Smith, Vice-Chair/British Columbia Director, National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS): Disclosure and Accommodation in the Workplace
For further information contact: Jeremiah Bach, Event Producer, NEADS:
<mailto:jeremiah.bach@neads.ca>jeremiah.bach@neads.ca or our national office