Meet Our Members profiles new and existing member organizations highlighting the talent that they regularly recruit for or the candidates whom they support. It acts as a knowledge exchange resource as well as demonstrating how EARN members champion accessible and inclusive workplaces.
Employers
Accenture is committed to an inclusive environment for persons with disabilities as an integral part of their global inclusion and diversity strategy.
To read more: Accenture
Algonquin College is proud to be the first college in Ontario to endorse equity, diversity and inclusion policies.
To read more: Algonquin College
BuildAble is a unique company of health care and construction professionals who make accessible home and business spaces to meet their clients’ needs.
To read more: BuildAble
With over 16,000 workers, the City of Ottawa is one of the largest employers in our community.
To read more: City of Ottawa
Enterprise Holdings is known for valuing people and putting the customer first.
To read more: Enterprise Holdings
Michael Lifshitz, Founder of Illumabilities, tells us how he started his own company, pursues comedy, and how he wants to nurture future entrepreneurs with disabilities.
To read more: Illumabilities
With a vision to provide each patient with world class care, The Ottawa Hospital is one of Canada’s largest research and teaching hospitals.
To read more: The Ottawa Hospital
Service Providers
Helping employers have open dialogue around accommodating employees with disabilities and bringing solutions to these discussions are what the John Howard Society of Ottawa’s Arches Supportive Employment Services aims to do.
To read more: Arches Supportive Employment Services
March of Dimes Canada believes it’s important to communicate the message that their employment services are there to help both employers and candidates.
To read more: March of Dimes Canada
Indigenous women with disabilities face many barriers to employment.
To read more: Minwaashin Lodge
The key to helping people with disabilities succeed in the workforce is to keep the lines of communication open between employers and employees.
To read more: Neil Squire
Stakeholders
The David C. Onley Initiative for Employment and Enterprise Development is a collaborative applied research initiative amongst the four post-secondary schools in Ottawa, looking at how to reduce the employment gap and increase employment readiness for students and graduates with disabilities.
To read more: David C. Onley Initiative