/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory/Interview & Photo Opportunity - Opening the Door Wider: Canadian Business SenseAbility launches with event featuring the Honourable David Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario/

TORONTO, Sept. 12, 2014 /CNW/ - The Honourable David Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and the SenseAbility Board of Directors will launch a new organization created to help more Canadian companies access the benefits of hiring people with disabilities on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 7:45 a.m. at Sony Centre for the Performing Arts Lobby.

Canadian Business SenseAbility provides practical learning from private sector leaders to help other businesses make the case for hiring people with disabilities. The focus is on the proven bottom line benefits: higher employee retention, lower absenteeism, a safer workplace and lower overall costs. 

In addition to The Honourable David Onley, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and Honorary Patron of SenseAbility, the organization's Board of Directors will be on hand:

• Kathy Martin, Chair of Canadian Business SenseAbility,
• Kenneth Fredeen General Counsel, Deloitte & Touche LLP and Chair of the Government of Canada's 2012 Panel on Labour Market Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities;
• Mark Wafer, a Tim Hortons franchisee whose workforce is 17 per cent people with disabilities,
• Vanessa White, Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Sodexo Canada,
• Per Scott, Vice President, Human Resources at Royal Bank of Canada,
• Alison Burgess, Vice President, Process Design & Build, Loblaw Companies Limited,
• Charles Gervais, General Counsel, Assumption Life, and
• Joan Turner, CEO, Canadian Business SenseAbility

Event:	Canadian Business SenseAbility Launch at Sony Centre for Performing Arts Lobby
Date and Time:	Wednesday, September 17, 2014
	Presentation: 7:45 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
	Interviews with Presenters: 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Location:	Sony Centre for Performing Arts Lobby
	1 Front Street East, Toronto

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SOURCE: Canadian Business SenseAbility

Carol Panasiuk, The Communications Department on behalf of Canadian Business SenseAbility, [email protected], 647-969-6778