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ALT Image still of Alissa Assu from the West Coast Wildflowers video with a blue transparent overlay. Text reads: “We're still going to make mistakes, but at least we are having this dialogue, these conversations, and these considerations. I think that's where other business owners can start, is not setting the bar so high that you can't take bite-sized pieces and make this manageable for you or your team or your business.”
ALT Group photo from the Indigenous Disability Wellness Gathering in 2022. Left to right: Yat Li, Cathy Browne, Associate Producer at CBC Vancouver, Dan Coulter, former Minister for Social Development and Poverty Reduction Nicholas Simons, and BCANDS CEO Neil Belanger.
ALT Dan Coulter speaking at a podium on stage at the Untapped Awards 2022.
ALT Former Presidents Group co-chairs Lisa Beecroft, Co-Owner of Gabi & Jules, and Robin Silvester, former CEO of Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, with Yat Li and Dan Coulter at a business gathering at Small Business BC in spring 2022.
ALT Dan Coulter alongside former Minister for Social Development and Poverty Reduction Nicholas Simons at the announcement of the Accessible BC Act. They are behind a long white table, with a screen of 16 disability advocates and business leaders behind them, including former Presidents Group co-chair Lisa Beecroft.
ALT Navy blue graphic with an abstract depiction of the world with a yellow pin with an accessibility icon near Canada. Text: Free tool. Disability inclusive employer self-assessment. DisabilityInclusion.ca. Presidents Group and Open Door Group logos.
ALT Graphic for International Human Rights Day by Accessible Employers, featuring diverse illustrations of people across the bottom, including various mobility devices like a wheelchair, cane, and guide dog. Text reads: Disability rights are human rights.
ALT 4 in 5 Canadians with “very severe” disabilities experienced at least one barrier to accessibility in public spaces.
ALT Infographic. Text reads: Mobility disabilities, 2022. 52% of those with a mobility disability used adapted features within their home. The most common adapted features included… bathroom aids (38%); walk-in bath or shower (20%); ramp or ground-level entrance (9%); elevator, stair lift, platform or porch lift (9%).
ALT Infographic. Text reads: Flexibility disabilities, 2022. 62% of persons with a flexibility disability received help with daily activities. Most common activities for which people with flexibility disabilities received help: heavy household chores (e.g., yard work, snow removal or spring cleaning) (75%), everyday housework (e.g., dusting or tidying up) (62%), getting to appointments or running errands (61%).
ALT Infographic. Text reads: Dexterity disabilities, 2022. 51%: Proportion of employed persons with a dexterity disability who required workplace accommodations. The most common workplace accommodations were… modified work hours (27%), special chair or back support (20%), modified or different duties (20%).
ALT Three individuals beside the title: Tourism Workplace Accessibility Clinic. One person in a wheelchair is shaking hands with another seated at a desk, while a third person observes. The caption reads: Building pathways to inclusion.
ALT Poster reads: International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2024. #IDPD2024 Accessibility Chat with Stephanie Cadieux, Canada’s Chief Accessibility Officer. International perspectives on a barrier-free world. The poster features a photo of Stephanie Cadieux, as well as photos of each panelist: Dr. Shani Dhanda (United Kingdom), Yat Li (Canada), Tricia Malowney (Australia), the Most Honourable Kerryann F. Ifill (Barbados) and Jeff Wissel (United States of America). The Canada wordmark appears at the bottom of the poster.
ALT Person with a developmental or intellectual disability smiling at a desk with a laptop and stacks of paperwork in an office setting. Promotional image for International Day of Persons with Disabilities, December 3, 2024, by Accessible Employers.
ALT Text reads: International Perspectives on a Barrier-Free World, a conversation with Stephanie Cadieux, Canada’s Chief Accessibility Officer. A photo of Yat Li is featured in the middle of the poster, followed by a quote from him: “I'm really excited about some of the regulatory changes right now and the broader adoption of the key principle ‘Nothing About Us Without Us.’” Below the quote, text reads: #IDPD2024. December 3, 2024. Link to their YouTube channel. The bottom of the poster features the Canada wordmark.
ALT Half of the image shows a person sitting at a workstation discussing something shown on a laptop. The person he is talking to is not pictured. The other half of the image shows a transparent blue background of disability-related icons. Text reads: Case Study BCAA Creates Distance from Data.
ALT Dark blue poster with grey brick covering the bottom half. Three logos are highlighted in the centre, l-r: District of Central Saanich, Buy Social Canada, Able & Available Job Board. Text reads: Welcome to the Community of Accessible Employers.
ALT The image features two hands reaching out and holding each other. The design is done in shades of purple and blue with a textured effect. Text on the right reads, "National Addictions Awareness Week" in bold, uppercase letters.
ALT A young woman and man wearing safety goggles work on machinery.
ALT Hire For Talent's Toolkit promotional graphic for Addiction. Shows a white person with short brown hair with their head in their hands looking downcast. Text reads: National Addictions Awareness Week. November 24-30.
ALT BC Transit website redesign survey poster, featuring cartoon-style figures interacting with a large computer screen displaying website elements, under a blue sky and next to a construction crane. Text reads: We want to hear from you.
ALT The Accessible Employers and Open Door Group team is pictured at the Indigenous Disability Gathering with partners. Left to right: Cayley Muir, Chief Operating Officer at Open Door Group, Christine Buchanan the Director of Vocational and Wellness Services, Neil Belanger the BCANDS CEO, Sheila Malcolmson the Minister of Social Development and Poverty Reduction, and Yat Li the Associate Director of Accessible Employers.
ALT Pictured at the Indigenous Disability Gathering in front of the Accessible Employers and Open Door Group table. Left to right: Cayley Muir, Chief Operating Officer at Open Door Group, Stephanie Cadieux, Chief Accessibility Officer at Government of Canada, and Yat Li, Associate Director at Accessible Employers.