Closing the Gap - Connecting Employers
The www.closing-the-gap.ca website is a one-stop resource for the Closing the Gap project that was undertaken in 2004 and 2005. This research and consultation process was designed to identify strategic directions to improve the employment outcomes of people with disabilities.
The project was a labour market partnership co-ordinated by Stuart-O'Hara Inc. Knowledge Management Services. An advisory panel representing a wide range of stakeholders has been active throughout the process. Persons with disabilities, employers, service agencies and community organizations participated in the work.
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There were five elements to the project:
- A literature review identifying challenges and
effective practices both domestically and
internationally.
- Interviews with individuals and organizations to
validate key findings and explore options for effective
actions.
- Surveys of 150 employers and 50 service agencies to
obtain quantitative and qualitative data about issues
related to employment of persons with disabilities.
- A roundtable of persons with disabilities, frontline
agencies and government representatives to share
information from the research and consultation process in
November, 2004.
- A two-day forum with representatives of employers and agencies from the Toronto area was held in September, 2005.
Readers may wish to visit the online versions of the documents. All reports are available in hard copy by request to info@closing-the-gap.ca or by telephone to the project office at 416.922.2479.
This project was funded by the Government of
Canada.
