This webinar will equip employers with practical strategies and best practices for creating accessible built environments that enable employees with disabilities to fully participate and contribute their talents. Drawing on his personal and professional experiences, Marco will share insights from new tools developed by Hire for Talent, in collaboration with Meaningful Access Consulting, covering key topics like conducting accessibility audits, implementing universal design principles, and fostering an inclusive workplace culture. Attendees will gain a deeper understanding of why accessible workplaces matter and leave with concrete ideas they can put into action. 

Key Take-Aways:

• Accessible workplaces benefit everyone and are great for business
• Simple changes can make a big impact on inclusion
• Engaging people with lived experience is key to success
• Accessibility is a journey of continuous improvement

Learning Objectives and Topics Covered:

1. Introduction to Accessible Built Environments
   • Defining accessibility and the built environment
   • Relevant legislation and standards (e.g. Accessible Canada Act, CSA B651)
   • The business case for investing in accessibility
2. Conducting an Accessibility Audit of Your Workplace
   • Benefits of an accessibility audit/review
   • Identifying common physical barriers
   • Overview of the RHFAC rating system and process
3. Designing for Meaningful Access - Best Practices
   • Applying the 7 principles of universal design
   • Specific considerations for physical, sensory and cognitive access
   • Retrofitting existing spaces vs. new builds
4. Creating Sensory-Friendly Workspaces
   • Understanding mind-friendly environments
   • Key design strategies for sensory regulation
   • Enhancing navigation with landmarks and sensory cues
5. Accessibility as an Ongoing Commitment
   • Integrating accessibility into regular processes and culture
   • Actively seeking employee and customer feedback
   • Celebrating and communicating your accessibility efforts
6. Q&A - Answering Your Accessibility Questions

Hire for Talent Overview

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.

Meet the Speaker

Marco Pasqua (Meaningful Access Consulting)

Marco Pasqua, an award-winning Entrepreneur, Accessibility Consultant, and Inspirational Speaker with Cerebral Palsy.  

Throughout his life, Marco has been involved with several organizations as a spokesperson, helping to spread advocacy for people with disabilities across Canada. As an Accessibility and Inclusion Consultant, he has worked with some of BC’s biggest change-driven business leaders who are champions for more accessible, and inclusive workplaces. It’s through these experiences that he is helping to pave the way for all Canadians to have universal access to the programs, services in the places that they live, work and play.   

Pricing

FREE!

Don't miss out on the remaining sessions of our Accessible Workplace Series!

Creating Meaningful Access in the Workplace - June 24

Supporting ADHD in the Workplace - Sept 23

Accessible Workplaces: Supporting People with Disabilities - Oct 21