Media Advisory - Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA) launch event

TORONTO, May 17, 2023 /CNW/ - The Institute for Work & Health and McMaster University are launching a six-year initiative called Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA). IDEA aims to increase the employment of persons with disabilities in Canada by increasing the confidence and capacity of employers and workplaces to r ecruit, hire, accommodate, train and promote persons with disabilities.

Date:	Thursday, May 18, 2023
Time:	9:45 a.m. to 3:35 p.m.
	Key Presenters
	10:05-10:15	Kelly McDermott, President, Ontario Bar Association
	10:15 – 10:25	Emile Tompa, Executive Director, IDEA; Senior Scientist, Institute for Work & Health
		Rebecca Gewurtz, Director, IDEA; Associate Professor, McMaster University
	10:25 – 10:35	Krista Carr, Executive Vice President, Inclusion Canada
	10:35-10:50	The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister or Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Government of Canada
	10:50 – 11:15	The Honourable Perrin Beatty, President and CEO, Canadian Chamber of Commerce
		Bea Bruske, President, Canadian Labour Congress
	11:15 – 11:35	Mayor Mike Bradley, City of Sarnia
	11:35 – 11:45	Tammy Yates, Executive Director, Realize Canada
	12:45-12:55	Matt Freeman, Assistant Clinical Professor, McMaster University
	12:55 – 01:15	The Honourable Mona Fortier, President, Treasury Board
	03:00 – 03:10	Mahadeo Sukhai, Research & International Affairs and Chief Accessibility Officer, CNIB
	03:10  –3:25	Michael Gottheil, Accessibility Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission
Location:	Ontario Bar Association, 20 Toronto Street, Suite 200,Toronto, ON (wheelchair access is at 36 Adelaide Street E)
Virtual event: Registration link
Notes:	Open media coverage. Media are invited to attend all or some of the IDEA launch, in person or virtually.

SOURCE Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA)

David Cox, Communications Associate, IDEA, [email protected], Cell phone: [phone]; Cindy Moser, Communications Director, Institute for Work & Health (IWH), [email protected], Cell phone: [phone]; Uyen Vu, Communications Manager, Institute for Work & Health (IWH), [email protected], Cell phone: [phone]