A new national initiative, Enable Accessibility Canada, has launched to champion disability inclusion and showcase accessibility progress across the country.
- The platform launches with three arms: the Enable Accessibility Podcast, Magazine and an annual Awards programme covering employment, entrepreneurship, education and public policy.
- It’s a partnership between CanadianSME, a platform supporting small and medium businesses, and Enabled Talent, a Canadian accessibility and inclusive-workforce technology company.
- Organisers cite Statistics Canada data showing about 8 million Canadians aged 15 and over (27 percent) report a disability, and say the platform will work with governments, employers and educators to encourage “accessibility by design.”
Why it matters: Platforms like this give disabled entrepreneurs, employees and innovators a bigger public stage, which can help shift how employers and institutions think about accessibility.
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