1979 May 31
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce (CCC) releases a report entitled “Roles and Initiatives of the Federal Government Regarding Rehab and Employment of the Handicapped”.1 The report revealed that the attitudes of many Canadian employers remained discriminatory towards the disabled population.2 For example, “nearly 75 percent stated that there was no job that disabled workers could handle or that the nature of their work was inappropriate for disabled people”.3 The report promoted “awareness and self-reflection about prejudices held against disabled people”4 and proved to be highly influential “within the public sector and business community.”5 The CCC and the Department of National Health and Welfare organized a “Seminar on Employability of the Handicapped in 1979 in Toronto., wherein key stakeholders met to discuss the report’s findings”6, and to strategize ways to increase employment for people with disabilities.
Justin Galer, “Employers, Disabled Workers, and the War on Attitudes in Late Twentieth-Century Canada,” in Disabling Barriers: Social Movements, Disability History, and the Law eds. Ravi Malhotra and Benjamin Isitt (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2017), 36.
Ibid., 36.
Ibid., 36.
Ibid., 36.
Ibid., 36.
