Opportunity to receive funding to help remove barriers to employment for Canadians living with disability
"Companies with accessible and inclusive workplaces are more innovative and more likely to succeed," said Shahab Shahnazari, director, Innovation Partnerships at MaRS. "However, people with disabilities are often excluded. This challenge attempts to find solutions to common barriers that limit our workforce from reflecting the diversity of our country. Reducing barriers now is more critical than ever as we rebuild our economy. I look forward to seeing the ideas from our innovators and the opportunities that these solutions can create."
In the first phase of the challenge, MaRS will seek input from individuals living with disability to identify the four areas of opportunity that will become the focus for the competition. The details of each focus area will be announced on
"The future competitiveness of our country depends on engaging all of our intellectual capital. Enabling persons with disabilities to be full participants in our economy is not just a positive gesture, it's also good for businesses and for Canadian economic growth," said
Key 2021 dates:
Call-out for employment barriers from the disability community | |
Deadline to submit entries | |
Innovation Challenge launch with announcement of four core challenge areas | |
Deadline to submit solution entries |
Proposals from each of the four focus areas will be evaluated by an
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In addition to its ongoing commitment to ensure that 8-9% of annual hires are persons with disabilities, CIBC is also a member of The Valuable 500, an international initiative that strives to put disability on the business agenda. In 2019, CIBC added its support to #DearEverybody, a national movement led by Holland Bloorview to end stigma and disrupt biases surrounding disability.
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