Media Advisory - Inclusive Design for Employment Access (IDEA) launch event

Date: 

Thursday, May 18, 2023

Time: 

9:45 a.m. to 3:35 p.m.

Key Presenters

10:05-10:15            

Kelly McDermott, President, Ontario Bar Association

10:15 ? 10:25        

Emile Tompa, Executive Director, IDEA; Senior Scientist, Institute for Work & Health

Rebecca Gewurtz, Director, IDEA; Associate Professor, McMaster University

10:25 ? 10:35        

Krista Carr, Executive Vice President, Inclusion Canada

10:35-10:50            

The Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister or Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion, Government of Canada

10:50 ? 11:15        

The Honourable Perrin Beatty, President and CEO, Canadian Chamber of Commerce

Bea Bruske, President, Canadian Labour Congress

11:15 ? 11:35        

Mayor Mike Bradley, City of Sarnia

11:35 ? 11:45        

Tammy Yates, Executive Director, Realize Canada

12:45-12:55            

Matt Freeman, Assistant Clinical Professor, McMaster University

12:55 ? 01:15        

The Honourable Mona Fortier, President, Treasury Board

03:00 ? 03:10        

Mahadeo Sukhai, Research & International Affairs and Chief Accessibility Officer, CNIB

03:10  ?3:25  

Michael Gottheil, Accessibility Commissioner, Canadian Human Rights Commission

Location:     

Ontario Bar Association, 20 Toronto Street, Suite 200,Toronto, ON (wheelchair access is at 36 Adelaide Street E)

Virtual event: Registration link

Notes: 

Open media coverage. Media are invited to attend all or some of the IDEA launch, in person or virtually.