EmployAbilities: Putting Abilities to Work
By Mahenaz Layton
EmployAbilities: Putting Abilities to Work
Life changed for Therese Lehoux six years ago when she came to EmployAbilities. Her husband Jim had heard an ad on the radio about EmployAbilities’ mission to support persons with disabilities through economic independence, and encouraged her to explore the opportunity. “I couldn’t believe it – could they really help to train and get me a real job”, she wondered.
Mapping a Way to Success – A Career Counselling Perspective on Learning Disabilities
by Sheila Mulhern and Peter Rattan
Mapping a Way to Success – A Career Counselling Perspective on Learning Disabilities
Gaining Meaningful Employment: A Job Seeker’s Perspective
Introduction
The employment of persons with disabilities is a very broad and diverse field. Even though there are some common themes in this field such as workplace accommodations, barriers to employment and disclosure, the employment of persons with disabilities is unique. It is most important to remember that persons with disabilities are people first and their differences must be valued by those who assist them to enter the labour market. Each person with a disability will face their own specific set of challenges and the challenges faced by one, may or may not necessarily be the same challenges faced by another person with a similar disability. Even though persons with disabilities have obstacles to overcome in their job search, it is important to remember they also have skills, knowledge and abilities required to find and maintain meaningful employment.
Upcoming Events
Upcoming Canadian Events
Opportunities 2005 Conference, Ontario Network of Employment Skills Training Projects – ONESTEP and Ontario Alliance of Career Development Practitioners – OACDP, Richmond Hill ON. November 21 – 23, 2005
National Supported Employment Conference, National Supported Employment Conference Canadian Association for Supported Employment, Saskatoon SK. November 23 – 25, 2005
NBCDAG Annual Forum: “Making Connections: Energize Your Future! “, New Brunswick Career Development Action Group – NBCDAG, Frederiction, NB. November 29 – 30, 2005
CACEE Ontario Regional Conference: Leading Our Future, Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers – CACEE, Toronto, ON. December 5 – 6, 2005
NATCON 2006: Career Development for Workplace Skills, Canada Career Consortium – CCC, Ottawa, ON. January 23 – 25, 2006
HRPAO Annual Conference and Exposition, Human Resources Professionals Association of Ontario (HRPAO), Toronto, ON. February 1 – 3, 2006
Upcoming International Events
Phoenix Rising – Exploring Tradition and Change, The Western Association of Colleges and Employers (WACE) Rocky Mountain Association of Colleges and Employers (RMACE), Phoenix, Arizona, US. December 7 – 9, 2005
2005 ACTE Convention and Career Tech Expo, Association for Career & Technical Education, New Orleans, Louisiana US. December 8 – 10, 2005
International Conference on Researching Work and Learning, OVAL Research Faculty of Education, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. December 11 – 14, 2005
The 4th Annual Hawaii International Conference, East West Council for Education Asia-Pacific Research Institute of Peking University, Honolulu, Hawaii US. January 6 – 9, 2006
Center on Education and Work 2006 Conference , Center on Education and Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wisconsin US. January 30 – February 30, 2006
Other Deadlines:
Call for Presentations
International Conference on Counselling 2006: Creating, Connecting, Celebrating – Center on Education and Work, International Association for Counselling, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Deadline: January 31, 2006.
Regional Voices
From Quebec
The New “Projet Personnel d’Orientation” Course
Five years ago, the Quebec Ministry of Education decided to remove the formal course “Career Choice Training” (éducation au choix de carrière) from the secondary school curriculum and to implement the “Guidance Oriented School” (approche orientante), a more flexible approach that involves teachers and professionals who are interested in organizing activities or making links between a school subject, a profession, the job market and career development.
Publications + Products
Advanced Facilitation Strategies
Ingrid Bens
John Wiley & Sons, July 2005
ISBN: 0787977306
New Programs and Initiatives
By Gail Franklin
Disabilities No Barrier to New Outsourcing Business
Ruth was an office administrator with an insurance firm until a week after her thirty-seventh birthday. Then she was involved in a serious car accident. Despite months of rehabilitation, she was left with chronic neck and shoulder pain, memory problems and panic attacks. These injuries cut her out of the full-time labour force and destroyed her confidence that she would ever return to work.
Book Club
Alternative Resumes
for the young and creative!
Michael G. Howard, 2004
ISBN 0-9737024-0-0
mghbc@shaw.ca