Inclusive Employment

October is National Disability Employment Awareness month in Canada. As October comes to a close, we wanted to reflect on the annual event created to build awareness around the positive outcomes of hiring persons with disabilities.  Although many people with disabilities have excellent skills and a lot of talent to contribute to Canadian employers, their...

How Liberty Security Partners with Entrust to Make a Difference Liberty Security provides comprehensive security systems, home automation technology, and energy management solutions to residential, commercial and health care customers across Canada. Over the course of the last couple years, Liberty’s Edmonton office has successfully employed 3 individuals with developmental disabilities. These employees participate in Entrust’s Framework...

Alberta Career Week brings employment opportunities Government announces employment program expansion On Tuesday, we had the pleasure of hosting a press conference announcing the Government of Alberta’s $15 million expansion of the Transition to Employment Services program. This provincial workforce development initiative supports unemployed individuals seeking employment opportunities. (Listen to the recording of the announcement...

How Indigenous Clients Connect to Community and Heritage Having a sense of belonging is important for everyone’s well-being and personal development. This is why we are focused on bridging the gap between our clients and their communities through targeted programming and support services. For our Indigenous clients in particular, a connection to community also means...

Advocate for the meaningful inclusion of all Albertans.  Inclusive employment has several benefits for both the employee and employer. Here are 5 facts of hiring someone with a disability: 1: They are dependable and punctual employees For someone with a disability, they take great pride in their ability to contribute and are excited to come to work...