A summary review of the YDES project so far.
KEY CONCEPTS: unique community and business, triple bottom line, the pragmatics of community living
The Yukon Disability Employment Strategy team put in a huge effort through the late fall and early winter month to visit as many communities as possible, as soon as possible, to ensure we were able to develop a clearer picture of the needs and wants of our communities and their businesses.
As a part of our review work during the month of January 2012, we thought it might be useful to step back from the intensity of the research phase and share some of what we have learned with the world. To this end, we have now had one article accepted for publication in the prominent international disabilities magazine, Disability Now, and have a second article that we are finalizing for an online magazine called Disability Horizons.
Part of our justification for taking the time to focus on sharing some of what we have learned already with the world, is that we felt it important to continue to build upon the foundations established by the Six Steps to Success conference for a regional, national and even international conversation on disability employment issues – as identified here in the Yukon.
We will make sure we post a link to the live articles once they go to print/online. But in the meantime, you can have a sneak preview of the first article below.
We’d like to thank all the community stakeholders we have met so far for your openness and honesty in helping us to identify the priority issues for disabilities employment in Yukon. Great work everyone!
Happy reading!
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