Infographic: Implementing the Accessibility Strategy – Highlights 2021

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This is an infographic describing the progress made across the federal public service with implementing Nothing Without Us, An Accessibility Strategy for the Federal Public Service.

Title of the graphic is Implementing the Accessibility Strategy, Highlights 2021 and is displayed in white text against a blue background at the top of the image.

This image has a number of sections dividing it horizontally. The very next section down has a pink background with black text, which reads: The Accessibility Strategy was launched in 2019 to help the public service lead by example in accessibility and to prepare organizations for the Accessible Canada Act.  

The next section down has a green background with the following black text: The Accessibility Strategy has 5 priority areas:  Employment; Built Environment; Technology; Services; and Culture.

The next section is pale blue with black text. It displays an intertwined circular graphic meant to represent employees with the following text appearing beneath it: employees with disabilities are underrepresented in the federal public service workforce, representing only 5.2% of the workforce despite 9% availability. To the immediate right of that is an image of a roadside barricade with the following bulleted list: Accessibility barriers exist in key areas: Physical barriers in workspaces and service locations; Technological barriers in documents, tools, platforms and systems; and attitudinal barriers in workplace cultures, mindsets and behaviours.

We then move down to a section with a bright pink background and white text. This section is divided into three parts by horizontal lines. The first one on the left shows a graphic that is an arrow planted in the centre of a target. Below the graphic is the following text: New targeted inventories for careers in: economics and social sciences (EC), digital and computer science (CS/IT), Financial Analysis (FI). Moving to the right to the second section we find a circular graphic containing four arrows pointing to the centre. Below that graphic is the following text: 55 interns hired in 28 organizations through the Federal Internship Program for Canadians with Disabilities. Then moving once again to the right to the third part we find another circular decorative graphic with the following text beneath it: New development programs to increase diversity and inclusion: Mentorship+ and Mosaic Leadership Development Program.

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This is an infographic describing the progress made across the federal public service with implementing Nothing Without Us, An Accessibility Strategy for the Federal Public Service.

Title of the graphic is Implementing the Accessibility Strategy, Highlights 2021 and is displayed in white text against a blue background at the top of the image.

This image has a number of sections dividing it horizontally. The very next section down has a pale green background with black text. It has a heading that reads: Accessibility improvements in public service workplaces. Below the heading on the left half of the page we find a graphic of a ruler and square with the following text displayed to its right: 17% of crown-owned portfolio buildings underwent technical accessibility assessments. The right half of this section has a graphic representing a maze with the following text displayed to its right: 25 workshops with 259 participants identified barriers and solutions in the built environment.

The next section below has a pink background with white text. This section has the following heading: Building accessibility confidence. Below the heading we find two decorative graphics diving the section into three parts. The first part reads: Monthly virtual events reaching 30K employees. The second part has the following text: 3 new disability inclusion videos highlighting the lived experience of employees with disabilities. The third part reads: 2 new case studies on preventing harassment and discrimination.

Continuing to move down, our next section is pale blue with black text. This section has the following heading: Improvements in the tools and supports available to employees. Below the heading, the section is divided into three parts by pink vertical lines. The first part on the left reads:19 projects completed or underway through the Centralized Enabling Workplace Fund. Below the text is a graphic depicting a money tree. The second part features the following text: 23 federal organizations are now early adopters of the GC Accessibility passport. Below this text we find a graphic of an upward pointing arrow. The third part reads: 241 adaptive tools loaned across 32 departments to support employees through the Lending Library. Below this text is a graphic representing two interconnected cogs of a machine.

The final section of the infographic with a slightly darker shade of blue and black text features the heading: Work ahead. This section is also divided into three parts by vertical lines. The first part reads: Engaging and co-designing solutions with persons with disabilities. The second part slightly to the right reads: Preparing Accessibility Plans with input from persons with disabilities in 2022. The third part reads: Launching new tools and sharing best practices on accessibility.

The very bottom of the infographic asks readers to learn more about progress on implementing the Accessibility Strategy by reading the full progress report available at Canada.ca/AccessibleGC.