Download or read book Employment for People with Disabilities in Nova Scotia written by Emily M. Duffett and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis examines the barriers to employment for people with disabilities in the province of Nova Scotia from the perspectives of service providers and individuals with disabilities. In response to the Federal report "Rethinking disAbility in the Private Sector," this thesis uses the researcher's involvement in an annual Inclusive Education and Employment Symposium to explore the barriers that are present within the political and economic system that limits the opportunities for employment for people with disabilities. From focus group data with Symposium organizers and conversations with Symposium participants with disabilities, I have examined five key issues that were found to be systematic barriers to employment for individuals with disabilities. These are employers' attitudes, financial barriers and disincentives, lack of community and government participation, individual insecurities because of lack of qualifications and experience as well as continued discouragement, and lack of knowledge about available programs and services. Recommendations for improvement are presented at the end as potential ways to combat these concerns.
Download or read book Employment Resources Directory 1999 written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents information on employment programs, services, and training available to persons with disabilities in Nova Scotia. Entries are mostly annotated and are arranged by type of organization: community colleges, community organizations, government, national disability organizations, partnership committees, post-secondary support services, universities, vocational service centres, and work activity programs. Information includes program or service description, address, phone/fax numbers, electronic addresses if available, and name of contact person.
Download or read book The Nova Scotia Disability Employment Toolkit book III written by Joan E. Cummings and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is dedicated to the information needs of employers who can & will be partners in a disability employment strategy. It begins with background on myths about disability and a business case for hiring people with disabilities. Section 2 discusses strategies for recruitment, interviewing, and hiring people with disabilities, including information on recognizing & confronting employment barriers and on aspects of human rights & employment equity. The final section reviews supportive workplace strategies, including job accommodations, disability management, and collaboration with the disability community. Appendices include a human rights guide for employers.
Download or read book Employability of Women with Disabilities written by Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women and published by Halifax : Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women. This book was released on 2006 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brief makes recommendations to foster the employability of women with disabilities, with a view to improving their economic security and ensuring that Canada benefits from their contributions. The brief reviews evidence for the continued economic and labour market difficulties confronting women with disabilities.--Includes text from document.
Download or read book The Nova Scotia Disability Employment Toolkit written by Maritime School of Social Work and published by Halifax, N.S. : [Maritime School of Social Work]. This book was released on 2000 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Employment Statistics for Persons with Disabilities in Nova Scotia written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Work With Purpose written by Jim Prime and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-08 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work With Purpose chronicles the first 50 years of The Flower Cart Group, an organization based in New Minas, Nova Scotia that has served adults with intellectual disabilities since 1970. From it's humble founding in an old school house to becoming a leader in social enterprise, The Flower Cart Group has served thousands of participants, their families and other stakeholders, and have made their community more accepting and inclusive. As the organization transitions to a modern facility it also embraces its long and storied history collected here in one succinct offering.
Download or read book Baseline Report 2004 05 written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of the Canada-Nova Scotia Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities is to improve the employment situation for people with disabilities in Nova Scotia. This report provides background to the Agreement, lists its objectives, and describes programs & services operating under the Agreement and administered by three provincial departments: Community Services, Education, and Health. A table showing planned expenditures for 2004-05 is included along with charts that represent societal indicators of labour market participation for Nova Scotians (educational attainment by severity of disability, and labour force activity & employment income by gender & severity of disability).
Download or read book Work with Purpose Full Colour written by Jim Prime and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-11 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Work With Purpose chronicles the first 50 years of The Flower Cart Group, an organization based in New Minas, Nova Scotia that has served adults with intellectual disabilities since 1970. From its humble founding in an old schoolhouse to becoming a leader in social enterprise, The Flower Cart Group has served thousands of participants, their families and other stakeholders, and have made their community more accepting and inclusive. As the organization transitions to a modern facility it also embraces its long and storied history collected here in one succinct offering.
Download or read book Working towards Equity written by Dustin Galer and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2018-05-04 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Working towards Equity, Dustin Galer argues that paid work significantly shaped the experience of disability during the late twentieth century. Using a critical analysis of disability in archival records, personal collections, government publications and a series of interviews, Galer demonstrates how demands for greater access among disabled people for paid employment stimulated the development of a new discourse of disability in Canada. Family advocates helped people living in institutions move out into the community as rehabilitation professionals played an increasingly critical role in the lives of working-age adults with disabilities. Meanwhile, civil rights activists crafted a new consumer-led vision of social and economic integration. Employment was, and remains, a central component in disabled peoples' efforts to become productive, autonomous and financially secure members of Canadian society. Working towards Equity offers new in-depth analysis on rights activism as it relates to employment, sheltered workshops, deinstitutionalization and labour markets in the contemporary context in Canada.
Download or read book Who Knows written by Roeher Institute and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is a directory of individuals & organizations who are knowledgeable about the employment of persons with physical, intellectual, sensory, psychiatric, & other disabilities. The over 500 knowledge stakeholders mapped in this publication are categorized according to the types of knowledge they hold (philosophical, ethical, & values-related; descriptive; technical, applied, & practical; explanatory or evaluative; and prescriptive) as well as the type of stakeholder (such as academic, employer, government official). Information provided includes name of person & organization, address, telephone/fax numbers, e-mail & Web address if any, notes on such matters as projects carried out or special expertise, type of knowledge & stakeholder, types of disability covered, and categories of knowledge users.
Download or read book A Comprehensive Disability Services Strategy for Nova Scotia written by Metro Resource Centre for Independant Living and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Review of the Employment Equity Act a Report to the Standing Committee on Human Resources Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities written by Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women and published by Halifax : Nova Scotia Advisory Council on the Status of Women. This book was released on 2002 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Making a Home written by Jen Powley and published by Fernwood Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-04T00:00:00Z with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In some Canadian provinces, people with severe physical disabilities are simply warehoused in nursing homes, where many people, especially in the age of homecare, are in the final stages of their lives. It is difficult for a young person to live in a home geared for death; their physical assistance needs are met, but their social, psychological and emotional needs are not. Jen Powley argues that everyone deserves to live with the dignity of risk. In Making a Home, Powley tells the story of how she got young disabled people like herself out of nursing homes by developing a shared attendant services system for adults with severe physical disabilities. This book makes a case for living in the community and against dehumanizing institutionalization.
Download or read book Seeing Red written by Suzanne Hindmarch and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to think of HIV/AIDS policy in a critical manner? Seeing Red offers the first critical analysis of HIV/AIDS policy in Canada. Featuring the diverse experiences of people living with HIV, this collection highlights various perspectives from academics, activists, and community workers who look ahead to the new and complex challenges associated with HIV/AIDS and Canadian society. In addition to representing a diversity of voices and perspectives, Seeing Red reflects on historical responses to HIV/AIDS in Canada. Among the specific issues addressed are the over-representation of Indigenous peoples among those living with HIV, the criminalization of HIV, and barriers to health and support services, particularly as experienced by vulnerable and marginalized populations. The editors and contributors seek to show that Canada has been neither uniquely compassionate nor proactive when it comes to supporting those living with HIV/AIDS. Instead, this remains a critical area of public policy, one fraught with challenges as well as possibilities.
Download or read book Canadian Perspectives on Community Development written by Sarah Todd and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 2020-03-03 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in a perspective that speaks to the diversity of contexts and processes used across Canada, this work is nevertheless firmly grounded in theory, offering an in-depth analysis geared toward advanced study in community practice. This depth is further strengthened by the diversity of topics represented in this collective work: community work in various regions of the country exploring issues of poverty and environmental activism; community work with immigrants and refugees, and with trans communities; feminist community organizing as well as organizing with persons with disabilities and with members of linguistic communities; and, finally, artsbased community work with the elderly. This book is published in English. - S’il reflète une diversité de contextes et de processus mis en oeuvre partout au Canada, cet ouvrage est toutefois fermement ancré dans la théorie, convenant aux études avancées en pratique communautaire. La diversité des sujets que propose cet ouvrage collectif est d’un intérêt particulier, qu’il s’agisse du travail communautaire dans diverses régions du pays explorant les questions de la pauvreté et de l’activisme environnemental; le travail communautaire auprès des immigrants et des réfugiés et avec les communautés de personnes trans; l’organisation de la communauté féministe ainsi que celle des personnes handicapées ou celle des membres de communautés linguistiques, et enfin, le travail communautaire axé sur les arts auprès des personnes âgées. Ce livre est publié en anglais.
Download or read book Women Willing to Work an Exploratory Investigation of the Economic Integration of Women with Disabilities in Nova Scotia written by Elizabeth Doull and published by Halifax, N.S. : The Task Force. This book was released on 1993 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
