Ontario Disability Employment Network (ODEN)

All month we’ve been honouring Ontario’s, if not Canada’s, most famous champion of disability inclusion each week during #NDEAM24 #DEAM. Here’s one more #DisabilityInsights from the late David C. Onley. Want to use it in your NDEAM content this final week? Or any time? Get this Disability Insights in our NDEAM 2024 PR Tool Kit, in the Marketing and Promotion Tools accordion: https://lnkd.in/giMwQKXf #DEAM #EngageTalent #ChampioningDisabilityInclusion #DavidOnley [Image Description] Disability Insights artwork has a photo of David C. Onley set against a gradient dark purple and blue background, with a light purple circle in the upper right corner. The photo of David Onley is at the upper left. Next to it, text in quotation marks reads, People with disabilities are capable of being good employees and we need the same opportunity as able-bodied people. It’s going to take all sorts of people advocating in order to make change. Below this caption text identifies David Onley as The late David Honourable David C. Onley First working Canadian television journalist and (28th) Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario with a visible disability; and founder of ODEN’s Business Champions League. At the bottom left is the title Disability Insights. Underneath are #DisabilityInsights #ChampioningDisabilityInclusion #RethinkDisability #EngageTalent. There is a white ODEN logo at the bottom right.

Canada’s known as “Hollywood North.” That’s because a lot of television shows and series, and movies, are filmed in this country. According to figures from the Motion Picture Association, film and television production in Canada employed over 240,000 people in 2021/2022. That includes everyone from acting talent and extras, to sound editors and technicians, to camera operators, to makeup artists, to set carpenters. But of all the people who work on all these productions in all these capacities, how many are people who have a disability? What exactly is the state of disability representation and inclusion in the film, television and modelling industry in Canada? And how is disability portrayed in it? That’s what we explored in Episode 18 (Season 4) of our #YouCantSpellinclusionWithoutAd podcast, in the second of a two-part series on disability in the media. This conversation with three industry insiders — actors Natasha Urkow and George Alevizos, and agent Katie MacMillan — is one of our top five most-download episodes. Read this excerpt from the conversation: https://lnkd.in/gSj3AbU8 Then, to get the full impact of our guests’ industry-insider perspectives, catch the full episode: https://lnkd.in/gSRhnckJ #EngageTalent #NDEAM24 #DEAM #ChampioningDisabilityInclusion [Image Description] Podcast audiogram has a gradient purple background. Large white text at the top says Episode 18. Underneath this is the title of the episode in white text. It reads, Disability Representation & Inclusion in Canada’s Film, TV & Modelling Industry. There’s a waveform moving in sync with the audio clip text captioning at the bottom of the audiogram. White text in a light purple band below the waveform identifies the speaker. Katie MacMillan, Founder of Kello Inclusive, Canada’s only talent agency representing only disability talent. The podcast artwork for the show You Can’t Spell Inclusion Without a D as at the middle far right of the audiogram graphic.

Have you registered for #RDC24 yet? The conference is just a few days away, and registration closes tomorrow! Register for the conference (November 4 to 6) now: https://lnkd.in/g5gBqzVT Hurry and save your spot at #RDC24, so you don’t miss this session by Brian Zeiler-Kligman — especially if advocacy is part of your role! This is going to be a great, informative session that can help you feel more comfortable and confident communicating and working with government! (Session 7C — Tuesday, November 5, 3:15–4:30 p.m.). #RDC24 #NDEAM24 #DEAM #RethinkDisability #EngageTalent #ChampioningDisabilityInclusion [Image Description] A promotional banner highlighting a speaker at ODEN’s RDC24: Rethinking Disability Conference. It has a purple background with a spotlight effect shining down. At the top, there’s a blue and white "RDC24" logo with the conference title beneath it in white type. Next to this, there’s a blue button labeled "REGISTER TODAY!" in white all-caps text. Beneath the conference title is the headshot of the speaker, Brian Zeiler-Kligman. He has a beard and dark brown hair, and he’s wearing blue glasses. To the right of the photo, his name is written in blue text, followed underneath by his title and the name of his consultancy, “VP, Sussex Strategy Group” in white text. Text below his name reads, "Effective Communicating & Working with Government," the topic of his speaker session, in large white type with a blue chevron next to it. At the bottom of the image, there’s a white ODEN logo and the conference theme, Collaborate | Create | Elevate in blue type.

Where people who have a disability are most likely to be employed vs. people without disabilities: –Health Care and Social Assistance, 15.1% vs. 12.6% –Educational Services, 8.6% vs. 7.4% –Public Administration, 6.8% vs. 5.5% –Business/Building/Other Support Services, 4.7% vs. 3.2% Source: Statistics Canada, Labour market characteristics of persons with and without disabilities in 2022: Results from the Labour Force Survey. [Image Description] A horizontal infographic that shows Where People Who Have a Disability Are Most Likely to be Employed vs. people without disabilities. There’s a light blue band that runs two-thirds of the way across the top. The infographic title is overlaid in large black type. At the right there’s an illustration of five people with different disabilities. One has a service dog, one uses a wheelchair and three appear to have invisible disabilities. All the statistics are in the centre section of the infographic, which is white. There are icons representing each sector, and the statistics are underneath the icons. There’s an icon representing a hospital, with a graphic of a health care worker helping a person using a walker, representing Health Care and Social Assistance. At the bottom left centre there is an icon graphic of a stack of textbooks and pencil holder, with a red apple on top of the books. It represents the Educational Services sector. At the top middle in the white space there’s a small graphic representing Public Administration. It’s a light blue icon representing the upper bodies of three people, and there’s a rectangle with the word “Admin” inside it that makes up the rest of the graphic. Below this there’s an icon representing the downtown core of a city and the Business/Building/Other Support sectors. There is a dark purple band that runs across the bottom of the infographic. At the far left, the source information is overlaid in small white type. There is a white ODEN logo at the far right in the purple band.

Employment Service Professionals in Ontario…are you coming to #RDC24? If you haven’t registered yet, hurry and do it today — time’s running out! Registration closes Wednesday. This year’s Rethinking Disability Conference is just a week away. Watch this video to get an idea of all that’s happening at #RDC24! #NDEAM24 #ChampioningDisabilityInclusion

Last call to register for our highlight, wrap-up event of #NDEAM24! Don’t miss this virtual, live panel discussion on Wednesday! Starts at 1 p.m. Register now: https://lnkd.in/dRWj4MJt It’s going to be a great discussion about the current state of disability inclusion in business, in Ontario! We’re looking forward to seeing you Wednesday afternoon on Zoom! [Image description] The image promotes an upcoming event titled " Championing Disability Inclusion in Employment" happening on Wednesday, October 30. It features three panellists: His Honour Mike Bradley (Mayor of Sarnia, ON and ODEN Business Champion), Danica McPhee (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Indigeneity Co-ordinator, Erie Shores HealthCare), and Robert Onley (Founder & Senior Lawyer, Onley Law, and one of David Onley’s three sons). Their headshots are shown next to their names and titles. The event will discuss the current state of disability inclusion in business, in Ontario. At the bottom, an orange button with black text reads "Register Now". The event will take place at 1 p.m. ET on Zoom, and viewers are directed to visit odenetwork.com for more details. The background is purple, and a faint image of a smiling individual is visible behind the text.

The Ontario Disability Employment Network (ODEN) is saying farewell to a wonderful team member today. Hogan Lam joined ODEN in June 2023 and was a well respected member of the Special Projects and Innovation team. Many of you may have met Hogan or interacted with him when he was working on ODEN's Case Study collection, developing the ODEN Disability Employment Service Awards program - which is being celebrated for the first time at the Rethinking Disability Conference in November, or had the opportunity to spend time with him at a variety of ODEN Connection Events, conferences, and networking events. His contribution to #ODEN was incredible in his short time with us, and he will be missed. Hogan is moving to Hong Kong shortly, and we wish him all the best in his new endeavours.

NDEAM24 is almost over. If you haven’t taken our Disability Myth Quiz yet, wrap up Week 4 by testing your knowledge! Find out if you have the disability awareness needed to be #ChampioningDisabilityInclusion in employment. Take our Disability Myth Quiz: https://lnkd.in/duebDFDk French version: https://lnkd.in/gyJEnSKY #EngageTalent

Here in Ontario, the name David C. Onley is synonymous with #ChampioningDisabilityInclusion in employment and #Accessibility. He was the first working television journalist in Canada, and the first Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, who had a visible disability. And he was a tireless, passionate champion for the rights of people who have a disability. His continuous advocacy efforts changed the fabric of society in Ontario. He played a key role in the 2005 passage of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act — the first accessibility legislation in Canada. He educated and informed; he influenced and encouraged; he challenged the business community and the the government to rehink disability. David Onley was a changemaker and passionate supporter of access to not only the built environment, but also of access to opportunity. He left a remarkable legacy that made an impact on so much and so many. Read this excerpt from Episode 27 of our #YouCantSpellinclusionWithoutAd podcast that aired September 24: https://lnkd.in/gkXrp5RZ Then to get the full impact, take in the full, 90-minute emotional conversation with three people who David Onley well: https://lnkd.in/gFJ93THx [Image Description] Visual art for You Can’t Spell Inclusion Without a D podcast Q&A excerpt blog post of Episode 27. There’s a background image of the podcast show art with a 65% dark purple and dark blue screen over it. Large white white type overlaid on the right-hand side of the image reads, From Episode 27 Remembering David C. Onley and His Legacy. The title is between two horizontal white rules. There is a quote along the bottom in white type that reads, “He took his public position and championed for all those that didn’t have champions, and it was amazing to watch” At the upper left corner is the podcast show artwork.

Here’s another tip from our “7 Tips for Creating Highly Effective Job Postings” tip sheet to help you make sure the job postings and descriptions you create are inclusive! Watch for one more tip next week to wrap things up. We’re highlighting different tips from this tip sheet every week during #NDEAM2024 #DEAM! #ChampioningDisabilityInclusion #EngageTalent