Description

Diversity in the workplace drives innovation, reduces turnover, and boosts business resilience. Employers can attract top talent and build stronger organizations by fostering inclusive environments. In partnership with Hire for Talent, this session equips employers and HR professionals with the tools to confidently recruit, retain, and support employees with disabilities.

In this 1-hour-long session, participants will learn about essential disability awareness concepts, implementing workplace accommodations, inclusive onboarding and recruitment techniques, and how to utilize workplace inclusion partnerships.

Join us on June 12th from 12pm to 1pm for an online session.

This event is free to attend and each member company that registers and participates in the online session will receive $250 (CAD) as an honorarium. Only one registration per Chamber member.

What Employers Will Gain:

• Practical tips for recruiting, onboarding, and retaining employees from diverse backgrounds.
• Simple strategies for creating accessible and inclusive workplaces.

Meet the Speaker

Sean McEwen is a Workplace Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Culture Consultant and a Director at RealEyes Capacity Consultants. Sean supports businesses and non-profit organizations to build workforce sustainability through diverse and inclusive workplaces.

Over the past 26 years Sean has been designing and overseeing Employment Inclusion services for groups underrepresented in employment, while providing leadership and coaching to teams of career practitioners serving jobseekers and employers. Sean has created and facilitated training for employers across Canada, and has helped develop regional, provincial and national networks dedicated to the employment inclusion of underrepresented groups. He is the 2018 recipient of the “Award of Excellence in Employment” granted by the Alberta Premier’s Council on the Status of Persons with Disabilities. Sean also designed and directed the GEDI-Hub, Western Canada’s first Employer Resource Centre for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

Late in his career, Sean was diagnosed with 5 different disabilities and discovered that he had been working successfully for decades with several of these conditions.

Sean’s educational background is in Youth Services and Mental Health. He is a Certified Employment Specialist and has chaired the board of directors for both the Alberta Association for Supported Employment, as well as the Canadian Association of Supported Employment. Sean works across Canada but is based in Victoria. He lived and worked in Calgary for many years and has worked extensively with Indigenous communities in Treaty 7. Sean’s Blackfoot (Niitsitapi) name is Oh’sskoi piiksi (blue bird).

Hire for Talent - Partner

Hire for Talent is a national awareness campaign aimed at increasing employer confidence in hiring people with disabilities and provides resources to help employers tap into this talent pool during their search for skilled workers.

Delivered by CBDC Restigouche, Hire for Talent is designed to address the coming need for workforce diversity. This initiative is focused on disability as the primary diversity demographic because experience shows that this diversity group has a profound impact on workplace inclusion. Hiring workers with disabilities generates measurable improvements to a workplace’s culture, morale, staff retention, safety and innovation.