Minister's Council on Employment for Persons with Disabilities

The Minister’s Council advises the Ministry of Housing and Social Development on solutions and strategies for increasing the employment, employability and independence of persons with disabilities, particularly through partnerships with business and industry throughout BC.

The Minister’s Council is a "call to action," and a positive challenge to BC’s business community.

10 By 10 Challenge

Challenging businesses and communities in BC to increase the number of employed persons with disabilities by 10 percent by the year 2010.

The challenge provides the focus, inspiration and tools to encourage employers and communities to explore ways they can increase employment for persons with disabilities. Meeting this challenge is a win-win-win situation – skilled workers are given the chance to join their local workforce, employers access skilled and dedicated workers and BC’s profile as a leader in access and inclusion for people with disabilities continues to rise.

Disability Supports for Employment Fund (DSEF)

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The DSEF is a $25 million fund that provides grants through the Vancouver Foundation to the charitable, non-profit sector in BC and augments the array of employment supports offered by the Ministry of Housing and Social Development. It funds innovative projects that provide disability supports to enhance the capacity of agencies and communities to assist adults with disabilities secure and retain meaningful employment, self-employment and volunteer work.

WorkAble Solutions

All research points to the fact that persons with disabilities represent a growing, and as yet, largely untapped talent pool. WorkAble Solutions is an initiative to connect BC employers to persons with disabilities by providing valuable employment resources and support. One WorkAble Solutions tool is a job posting website which houses hundreds of job seeker profiles and a variety of employers who are posting new job opportunities everyday. The goal of the initiative is to help employers turn potential challenges into workable solutions and increase the recruitment and retention of persons with disabilities.