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Business leaders can no longer make excuses for not fostering disability inclusion, the leaders of The Valuable 500 declared, in this 2022 (Season 3) episode.

Posted by Dean Askin | Reading time: 5:00 | Filed under Inclusive Hiring Canada is known as “Hollywood North.” That’s because so many television shows and series, and theatrical and television films have been, and are filmed, in this country. They include Supernatural, Schitt’s Creek, Hudson and Rex, Deadpool, Star Trek Beyond, Star Trek Discovery... Read More about "Q&A Excerpt — Disability Inclusion & Representation in Canada’s Film, TV & Modelling Industry"

Posted by Dean Askin | Reading time 12:00 | Filed under Inclusive Hiring, Disability Awareness & Confidence Background photo courtesy Hilary Gauld / One for the Wall Photography and the Canadian Down Syndrome Society. Foreground photo: Adobe Stock. Making your business disability inclusive encompasses proactively, intentionally creating a work environment where all employees feel valued... Read More about "Measuring Impact: 7 Key Metrics for Assessing the Success of Disability Inclusion in Your

This conversation from 2020 about people who have a disability being "the secret weapon" for businesses is still our most downloaded episode.

Here are seven essentials for shifting the compliance mindset and transforming your business with intentional disability inclusion.

Five powerful and practical strategies for making the disability inclusion connections in your business and in the community your business serves.

Making sure disability is included in DEI conversations is essential because disability inclusion is driving the future success of businesses.

Mainstream job boards and recruitment sites take a one-size-fits-all approach. They’re not designed with accessibility and disability in mind.

Disability Awareness and Confidence Training is an essential for step for businesses to take on the disabilility-inclusive hiring journey.

To successfully make the disability-inclusive hiring journey in your business, you first need to understand the diversity of disability.

Any business owner or hiring manager wants to make sure they hire the best-qualified person for the job who’s the right “match” when they are recruiting talent. That’s because the entire recruiting process is a significant investment of time and

The culture of your business plays an important role — the more inclusive it is, the better off your business. It doesn’t matter whether you’re at the helm of a global corporation, or a local small-to-medium enterprise (SME). In a January 2018