| 8:30 AM | Information Sharing – Yukon Convention Centre
Mal Malloch
Master of Ceremonies |
| 8:35 AM | Equality in the Workplace - Yukon Convention Centre
Catharine Read, Yukon Public Service Commissioner |
| 9:00 AM | Concurrent Workshops: Workshop A - The Right to Accommodate, Confusion Compounded – Yukon Convention Centre Yude M. Henteleff, C.M., Q.C., LL.D. (Hon) and Joshua B. Hawkes, Q.C. Workshop B - Employing Persons with Disabilities: A Successful Model for Employers - High Country Inn Melanie Mitra with Alexi Davis, Prospect Human Services, Calgary |
| 10:00 AM | Refreshment Break |
| 10:15 AM |
Concurrent Workshops: Workshop A - Best Practices That Will Help Meet Today's Labour Market Challenges - High Country Inn Ballroom A
Heather Cram, MALA, FCSLA
Workshop B - Successful Transitions to Employment for Youth with Disabilities - High Country Inn Ballroom B
Xela Rysstad, B.A.
Workshop C - Beyond Traditional Job Development – Yukon Convention Centre
Denise Bissonnette |
| 11:30 AM | Stress Is A Communicable Disease (But You Don't Have To Catch It) - Yukon Convention Centre
Dr. Robert Buckman |
| 12:30 PM | Lunch – Yukon Convention Centre |
| 1:30 PM | Partnership Models That Work and Why – Yukon Convention Centre
Moderator: Winston Leckie
Panelists:
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| 3:00 PM | Refreshment Break |
| 3:15 PM | Your Perspectives on These Solutions
Key players representing employers, disability serving agencies, persons with disabilities and labour representatives present their feedback on the proposed practices. Plenary Session - Yukon Convention Centre
Moderator: Rob McInnes Panelists: - Organized Labour Representative: Lisa Addario, Legal Officer, Membership Programs, Public Service Alliance of Canada
- Organized Labour Representative: Sharleen Patterson, Union Advisor, Yukon Employees' Union
- Public Sector Employer Representative: Martha Kenney, Director of Corporate Human Resourse Services, Government of Yukon
- Persons With Disabilities Representative: Bradley Rusk, Administrative Assistant, Yukon Government
- Non-Government Organization Service Provider Representative: Rick Goodfellow, Executive Director, Challenge Community Vocational Alternatives
- Service Provider Representative: Shelagh Rowles, Dean, Applied Science and Management, Yukon College
- Private Sector Employer Representative: Rick Karp, President, Whitehorse Chamber of Commerce
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5:00 PM
| Concluding Remarks
Catharine Read, Yukon Public Service Commissioner Joanne Stanhope, President, Yukon Council On disABILITY
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