Human Resources committee  Perhaps I could respond to that. I think I mentioned in my presentation that since 2005 we've held 25 what we call “strategies to employment” events—previously, “job search strategies” events—right across the country. In some cases we've been in one city two or three times. The

Human Resources committee  I guess the question has to do with the difficulty of studying through distance education and not on campus. I agree with you on that. I think the objective is for all students to have full access to college and university programs on campuses where they can study, go into the cl

Human Resources committee  It's important to stress as well that employment is an enshrined right through the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Canadian Human Rights Act. As Carmela Hutchison had mentioned, there are certain obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Di

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before the committee today to discuss the employment of persons with disabilities in Canada. This is an important issue for our organization. It's of fundamental importance to the work that we do. Since its founding in 1986, the