Drs. Sandra Fisher and Catherine Connelly have put together a fact sheet and infographic...
Employment Resources and Publications
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Open Access Paper! Building the “Business Case” for Hiring People with Disabilities: A Financial Cost-Benefit Analysis Methodology and Example
In their new open access paper, Drs. Sandra Fisher and Catherine Connelly demonstrate how to empirically estimate the financial implications...
Open Access MythBusting Paper: The Participation of People with Disabilities in the Workplace Across the Employment Cycle
In the paper led by Dr. Silvia Bonaccio of the University of Ottawa/Telfer School of Management and the CDPP Employment Team, evidence-based responses to 11 specific concerns that employers have...
Open Access Systematic Review: Work-focused interventions that promote the labour market transition of young adults with chronic disabling health conditions
A systematic review led by Dr. Arif Jetha, of the CDPP Employment Team, examined work-focused interventions to support the transition of young adults into the labour market. Results highlight the...
Quality of Participation Measure and Guide
CDPP researchers have developed a measure to evaluate the quality of participation for people with disabilities across employment, mobility, and sport and exercise life domains.
The...
Policy Governing Employment Supports for People with Disabilities in Canada
The Canadian Disability Policy Alliance in collaboration with the Employment Team, has conducted a scan of policy governing employment supports for people with disabilities in 14 jurisdictions in...
Knowledge Translation Bulletins
Young Adults with Chronic Conditions and Disabilities Face Workplace Barriers
This knowledge translation bulletin looks at research that suggests young workers with arthritis have more difficulty accessing workplace supports than older workers with the same condition....
Rethinking the meaning of "Participation" for people with disabilities
The purpose of this document is to encourage community programmers, rehabilitation specialists, policy makers and researchers to better understand the nature of participation by people with...
More Resources and Publications
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Young Adults with Chronic Conditions and Disabilities Face Workplace Barriers
This knowledge translation bulletin looks at research that suggests young workers with arthritis have more difficulty accessing workplace supports than older workers with the same condition....
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Rethinking the meaning of "Participation" for people with disabilities
The purpose of this document is to encourage community programmers, rehabilitation specialists, policy makers and researchers to better understand the nature of participation by people with...
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What Constitutes 'Quality' Participation?
...CDPP’s focus is on improving not just the number of people with disabilities participating, but also the quality of participation. It is important that we have a clear