Opportunities fund for persons with disabilities – Active national projects
| Project end date | Service provider | Summary | Project location(s) by province and/or territory | Contact information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-31 | The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) | This project provides training and work experience to people with disabilities. It also helps employers develop inclusive recruitment and retention strategies. | BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, PEI, NL, NT, YK, NU | 1 (800) 563-2642 Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) project webpage |
| 2022-06-30 | Restigouche CBDC | This project strengthens connections between employers and specialized supported employment services through a Canada-wide network. It also helps employers make their workplaces more inclusive. | BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, PEI, NL, NT, YK, NU | (888) 351-3344 Restigouche CBDC project webpage |
| 2021-06-30 | Saint Mary's University Entrepreneurship Centre | This project provides skills training and work placement opportunities to people with disabilities to help prepare them for employment and self-employment. | NS, NB, NL, PEI. | (902) 491-6500 Saint Mary's University Entrepreneurship Centre project webpage |
| 2021-07-31 | Trucking Human Resources Canada | This project provides people with disabilities, including those with invisible or episodic disabilities, with job placements in the trucking sector. It also provides employers with coaching and mentoring resources to facilitate effective onboarding of people with disabilities. | BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, PEI, NL. | (613) 244-4800 Trucking Human Resources Canada project webpage |
| 2023-03-31 | Canadian Association of Community Living and Canadian Autism Spectrum Disorder Association | This project also helps employers by teaching them about working with people with Autism Spectrum Disorders and intellectual disabilities. They also help employers find local service providers, and prepare their workplace for people with ASD. | BC, AB, ON, QC, NB, NS | (709) 437-1504 Canadian Association of Community Living and Canadian Autism Spectrum Disorder Association project webpage |
| 2022-03-31 | Sinneave Family Foundation | This project supports people with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) to prepare for and find work. | BC, AB, SK, NS, NL | (888) 733-7976 Sinneave Family Foundation project webpage |
| 2022-03-31 | Realize | This project will help employers learn about how to support people with episodic disabilities. | BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NL, NB, NU, YK | (416) 513-0440 Ext. 240 Realize project webpage |
| 2022-02-28 | Work Wellness and Disability Prevention Institute | This project will help employers learn how to hire people with mental health and physical disabilities. This project will also help employers learn how to keep people with disabilities working. | YT, NT, NU, BC, AB | Work Wellness and Disability Prevention Institute project webpage |
| 2022-01-31 | Canadian Association for Supported Employment | This project will teach employers the benefits of hiring people with disabilities. It will also find employers to act as mentors to people with disabilities to help them gain the skills and confidence to maintain employment. | BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NL, NB, PEI | Canadian Association for Supported Employment website Canadian Association for Supported Employment project webpage |
| 2021-09-30 | Neil Squire Society | This project provides people with disabilities with skills training and job supports to help them find and keep jobs. This project also helps employers by providing one-on-one education and help to develop hiring plans. | BC, AB, ON, NB | (877) 673-4636 Neil Squire Society project webpage |
| 2021-09-30 | Canadian Mental Health Association | This project supports people with mental health disabilities to get ready for and find work. Services are offered in English or French at some locations. | BC, MB, ON, NB, NS, NL | (416) 433-9093 Canadian Mental Health Association project webpage |
| 2021-09-30 | Make a Change Canada | This project will provide work-readiness training to people with disabilities through a bilingual project website. | BC, AB, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NL, NB, PEI, NU, NWT, YK | (888) 9-ASPIRE Make a Change Canada project webpage |
| 2020-03-31 | Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work | This project gives job training and supports to unemployed people with disabilities to help them find work. This project also works with employers to help them find and keep workers with disabilities. | MB, SK, NB, ON, NL | (800) 664-0925 Ext. 308 Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work project webpage |
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