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Future Directions to Address Disability Issues for the Government of Canada: Working Together for Full Citizenship
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Persons with disabilities face much higher rates of unemployment than do other Canadians, even with the same levels of education. There are barriers not only to finding and keeping a job such as accessible transportation, physical access to buildings and facilities or access to training necessary for a job, but also in gaining access to the technologies that assist persons with disabilities to participate not only in the workplace but also in the wider society.
The Government of Canada has been working with provincial and territorial governments to advance work on disability issues. These governments agreed that they needed to take action to improve inclusion and participation by persons with disabilities in the economic and social mainstream. To achieve this, some examples of the objectives include:improving access and enhancing portability of disability supports; improving access to government programs and services; promoting environments that are barrier free - for all people, of all abilities; promoting better access to educational and training opportunities;encouraging greater participation in disability issues by communities and volunteers; encouraging greater labour force participation rates by persons with disabilities; and promoting greater income equality for persons with disabilities.This document, designed to address disability issues, builds on the framework contained in the publication "In Unison: A Canadian Approach to Disability Issues".
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WebSite
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This document is available electronically on the Internet
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Date de publication
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July 1999
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Format
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Print Publication
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Pagination
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15 p.
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Human Resources Development Canada - HRDC
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Keywords
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Aboriginal, Disabilities, Employment
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Library Locations
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Halifax
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