How flexible workplaces can support retention, recruitment, collaboration and innovation

Online/Virtual Event

Overview Join facilitators from the Centre for Workplace Accessibility, Skylight and the Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion for tips and tricks on creating a more flexible and accessible workplace for marginalized and/or disabled faculty and staff members. This JEDII STEM Series session is for any leader, faculty or staff member managing others. […]

Disability and Wellness: Hard of Hearing in the Workplace

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In the week recognizing the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities, join the Centre for Workplace Accessibility’s Leah Watson and Kelly McIntosh as they candidly discuss their experiences working together to create an accessible workplace environment for Leah, who is Hard of Hearing. Feeling accepted, included and supported are keys to workplace wellbeing. Join […]

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Shifting Our Perspective on Inclusion and Accessibility

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In the week recognizing the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we invite you to take part in a workshop with Accessibility Consultant Karen Lai to shift our thinking about inclusion and accessibility. We need to be continually in conversation about it, rather than offer a set of prescribed set of guidelines of including […]

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Invisible Disability in the Workplace: Panel Discussion

Online/Virtual Event

The Centre for Workplace Accessibility is thrilled to host a panel discussion on invisible disability in the workplace in recognition of the UN International Day for Persons with Disabilities (observed on December 3rd) and in collaboration with THRIVE month. Four UBC employee panelists with lived experience (Logan J. Smilges, Rochelle Mazar, Kathryn Douglas-Campbell and Electra […]

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