Exploring Disability Confidence with Employers
September 15th, 2016By: Karen Lai, Accessibility & Inclusion Consultant and Susanna Gurr, Managing Director BC Centre for Employment Excellence
News in category: Community and Individual Profiles
Celebrating Employment Success During Disability Employment Month in BC
September 15th, 2016In an effort to enhance sector capacity to provide employment services to individuals with complex, multiple disabilities, the Ministry of Social Development and Social Innovation (MSDSI), in collaboration with Community Living BC (CLBC), is pleased to present three stories that … Continue reading
Learning Initiatives for Rural and Northern BC – Apply Now!
June 20th, 2016The 2016/17 Learning Initiatives in Rural and Northern BC (LIRN BC) Expression of Interest (EOI) is now available. The deadline is Monday, July 4, 2016 at 5:00 pm.
New Initiative: The Disability Confident Companies in Vancouver
November 5th, 2015The BC Centre for Employment Excellence (the Centre) is pleased to be launching a new initiative, The Disability Confident Companies in Vancouver, which will showcase selected businesses that have implemented inclusive practices for individuals with disabilities.
Free Webinar: Mapping Inclusive Employment Practices for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities: A Participatory Research Mapping Project
June 3rd, 2015Date/Time: Tuesday, June 23, 12:00pm – 1:00pm PST Presenters: Rachelle Hole, Jon Corbett and Shawn deRaaf
FREE Webinar: Employer Services Network – A Model of Job Development Coordination
February 6th, 2015Date/Time: Wednesday, February 18, 12:00pm – 1:00pm PST Presenters: Irene Vaksman, JVS Toronto, Sadia Khan, ACCES Employment
Alternative Options and New Beginnings: What the Alternative Career Pathways Initiative Does for Skilled Newcomers in Canada
December 18th, 2014This article was submitted by Nimmi Bangert, Alternative Career Pathways Coordinator at the National Association of Career Colleges (NACC).
Online Training in Customized Employment
June 6th, 2014The BC Centre for Employment Excellence (CfEE) and CBI Consultants were pleased to make ten Advancing Inclusive Employment training bursaries available for practitioners to complete the Introductory Training on Customized Employment Level 1 online course, delivered by CBI.
Changing the Way Businesses Think about Hiring People with Autism
January 24th, 2014For close to a decade, Specialisterne has established human resources practices that have successfully supported the engagement of both people with autism and employers in meaningful employment opportunities.
Learning from Practice: The Job Developer’s Resource Network
November 28th, 2013If one thinks of an Employment Services Centre in terms of a business model, then Job Developers can be thought of as the Sales and Marketing Team.
Introducing the BC Centre for Employment Excellence
October 31st, 2013The BC Centre for Employment Excellence (the Centre) is an independent research and knowledge sharing organization whose mission is to coordinate the best and emerging evidence about employment practices, programs and policy, and to disseminate and promote research into practice … Continue reading
Getting “Canadian Experience” Through MAPLE 2.0
August 29th, 2013Professional newcomers to Canada face a Catch-22 situation: They can’t get a job in their profession without Canadian experience and they can’t get Canadian experience because they can’t get a job.
Learning from Practice: Recipe for Success – The SASET Culinary Arts Program
May 29th, 2013In this episode of Learning From Practice, we profile a special culinary arts program offered to Aboriginal students by Stó:Lō Aboriginal Skills & Employment Training, or SASET.
A Summary of the Community Consultations Conducted in Various Locations across BC – What We Heard
May 16th, 2013The BC Centre for Employment Excellence organized a series of community consultations with service providers and practitioners in the employment services sector between November and February 2013.
Learning from Practice: Working Around the Barriers
April 25th, 2013How do people get jobs or training when they live in isolated areas, when there are no employment centres, no easy access to this kind of support in their community, when limited internet access prevents even the kind of online … Continue reading
Learning from Practice: WorkBC – Working with the Employment Program of BC
April 2nd, 2013One year ago today, on April 2, 2012, the route to finding a job in British Columbia changed dramatically.
Learning from Practice: “Nature’s Physician”
January 7th, 2013This is the next story in our series Learning from Practice. Discover how Gastown Vocational Services takes an interdisciplinary approach to support people with mental health challenges.
A Unique Program from the Neil Squire Society Provides Free Online Computer Tutoring for Persons with Disabilities
December 20th, 2012The Neil Squire Society’s Distance Computer Comfort Program has helped dozens of people.
Learning from Practice: Finding the Right Fit
November 27th, 2012This is the first story in our new series, Learning from Practice, about how customized employment helped one young girl and one caring employer.
Focus Shift: What Do Employers Want?
October 22nd, 2012Travis, father of two, benefits from WorkAdvance, a program that identifies solid career paths for able-minded job seekers by concentrating on employers’ needs
Bridging program connects small businesses and foreign educated immigrants
October 17th, 2012The Globe and Mail profiles a recent immigrant who moved to Canada with expectations of working for a big Canadian company.
