Human Resources committee  I congratulate you on what you're doing. It's a big job, and I really hope that what you do accomplishes getting all of our people employed, or as many people employed who can be employed. It's going to take a big education swing. When I go to a meeting and I have chamber peopl

Human Resources committee  Thanks. As a comment on that, when National Access Awareness Week was discontinued, Saskatchewan continued on with the Saskatchewan Access Awareness Week. Through our organization, we provide yearly $1,000 scholarships to people who are furthering their education, whether it's i

Human Resources committee  This was when I lived in Saskatoon. What we did was invite employers to meet an employee. We went right across the employer sector in Saskatoon, and we invited government, non-government, and small and large businesses to this job fair. We had a very good turnout. As a result, we

Human Resources committee  Thank you. What I wanted to pick up on is that we have to provide incentives for people to go into low-paying entry jobs. When they're going from social assistance to a low-paying entry job, we certainly can't take away their supplements. As I had alluded to before, if someone

Human Resources committee  Basically, one of the things Mark had said was that we recommend that employers be involved in assisting us in developing standards that can be used for getting people with disabilities employed in our province. One of the things we find when employers talk about employment is th

Human Resources committee  Again, it comes back to the National Access Awareness Week that we had a number of years ago. It was actually started by the Man in Motion Tour with Rick Hansen, and it was endorsed by the Prime Minister at the time, Prime Minister Mulroney. What they did was provide dollars, fun

Human Resources committee  I think, first of all, we have to overcome the fact that not all people with disabilities are sick. Not all people with disabilities require someone to be a job shadow. The myth we have to overcome is that it's going to cost an employer a whole bunch of money just to change their

Human Resources committee  I represent the Provincial Interagency Network on Disability. I am also the executive director of Saskatchewan Voice of People with Disabilities, and Ron Bort is my provincial president. First I will define the definition of disability, and then I will touch on the barriers that