2024 Annual National Summit on Episodic Disability and Employment

Event Details

This event finished on 21 March 2024

Realize will host the 4^th National Summit on Episodic Disabilities and Employment – Moving Knowledge to Action, March 20^th and 21^st,2024, from 12pm to 3:30pm (Eastern Time).

Our Summit theme in 2024 is Moving from Knowledge to Action.

This free, virtual Summit is an opportunity for business leaders, managers, human resources professionals people living with episodic disabilities and others to create links between valuable research and actionable workplace solutions. The Summit will catalyze workplace change through sharing best practices and highlighting key research.

Join us! What you learn will help pave the way for a more inclusive and accommodating work environment that supports people living with episodic disabilities and benefits employers too.

2024 Summit Speaker Bios (document will download)

Pre-approved for 6 CPD hours or CEUs by CPHR Alberta, CPHR BC and Yukon, CPHR Nova Scotia, HRPA, and the College of Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals

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Moving from Knowledge to Action Agenda ______________________________________________________________________________

Time 12:00pm – 3:30pm	SUMMIT DAY 1 – FOCUS ON EMPLOYERS March 20, 2024
12:00pm – 12:15pm	Land Acknowledgement – Tammy Yates-Rajaduray Indigenous Opening – Elder Donald Turner Welcome – Tammy Yates-Rajaduray & Melissa Egan
12:15pm – 12:20pm	Video Message: The Honourable Kamal Khera, Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Persons with Disabilities
12:20pm – 12:50pm	Keynote Speaker: Tracey Erin Smith: teacher, solo performer, theatre director and thought leader
	BREAK
SUMMIT SESSIONS	Statistics Canada Reps: Susan Wallace and Tina Chui: Preliminary Analysis from the 2022 Canadian Survey on Disability Discussion and Questions Monique Gignac: Report on the Job Demands & Accommodation Planning Tool evaluation Discussion and Questions BREAK – 2:00pm restart Jacob Love and Misbah Anis: Episodic Disability Accommodation and the Law Discussion and Questions Anna-Liza Badaloo: Are Fairness Concerns Preventing Equity Action? Moving Towards a Culture of Accessibility Discussion and Questions
3:15pm – 3:30pm	Closing Remarks – Tammy Yates-Rajaduray
LEARNING OBJECTIVES Recognize the current statistics on episodic disability in Canada Identify best practices for workplace accommodation related to episodic disability Address concerns about equity and fairness in accommodation with employees Understand the legal obligations for episodic disability accommodation in the workplace
TIME 12:00pm – 3:30pm	SUMMIT DAY 2 – FOCUS ON EMPLOYEES Thursday March 21, 2024
12:00pm – 12:10pm	Welcome – Tammy Yates-Rajaduray & Melissa Egan
SUMMIT SESSIONS	Self-Employment and Episodic Disability: Lived Experience Panel Lys LeClair, Artist/Maker Christina Chan, Acupuncturist Raheme Perry, Web Designer Discussion and Questions BREAK Realize Resources: Highlighting Our Work Melissa Egan, National Lead Episodic Disabilities, Realize Discussion and Questions Fran Odette and Parnika Celly: Toronto Neighbourhood Centres’ Disability Justice Approach to Dismantling Ableism in the Workplace Discussion and Questions BREAK Odelia Bay: Episodic Disability – experience and research Discussion and Questions
3:00pm – 3:20pm	Keynote – Shaun Proulx, *Realize* Podcast Host, author, actor, and activist for the issues of mental health, animal rights, and HIV stigma
3:20pm	Indigenous Closing – Elder Donald Turner
3:25pm	Closing Comments – Tammy Yates-Rajaduray
Participants who attend will learn to: Identify how episodic disability affects individuals and their choices about work Recognize the resources available to increase understanding and awareness of episodic disability at work Engage in conversations to determine workplace accommodation needs of individuals living with episodic disability Demonstrate comprehension of Disability Justice and its role in creating cultures of accessibility

Agenda is subject to change.

We hope you’ll join us!

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2024 Annual National Summit on Episodic Disability and Employment

Event Details

Moving from Knowledge to Action Agenda ______________________________________________________________________________

We hope you’ll join us!

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