The Home Depot has always recognized that a home is most Canadians’ single largest financial and emotional investment. As such, the history of The Home Depot in Canada is one of serving people well through its own ‘people strength’. Catering to do-it-yourselfers, as well as home improvement, construction and building maintenance professionals, The Home Depot, operates […]
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Inclusive Hiring Works Out for a PEI Fitness Centre
The business 782 Fitness invites everyone to train, regardless of the level of their athletic skills. Thus, by creating an accessible environment for all, this business stands out in its philosophy to respect the limits of each person; the focus being on everyone having the pleasure and opportunity of getting in shape. 782 Fitness also […]
Bit Space Development Ltd: Where Inclusion is the Engine for Innovation
Based in Winnipeg, Bit Space Development Ltd. (BSD) is an interactive digital media studio that specializes in creating innovative learning experiences for the classroom and workplace. BSD works with educators and industry professionals from around the world to develop effective solutions for education and training using cutting edge Augmented and Virtual Reality technologies. For BSD, […]
Yellowknife Coffee Shop Celebrates Everyday Diversity and Inclusion
Diverse cultures, races, religions, sexes, disabilities, creeds bonded together as distinct parts create an inclusive work environment where everyone can contribute based on their unique strengths. In 2009, the current owners of the Javaroma Gourmet Coffee & Tea, a coffee shop in Yellowknife imagined a friendly place where people could have good conversations over a […]
Announcing a new Pilot Project with Loblaw Companies Ltd.
Ready, Willing, and Able (RWA) is very pleased to announce that we have just undertaken a Pilot Project with Loblaw Companies Ltd. The Pilot will include approximately 60 of their market, discount, and wholesale locations, located in the provinces of Alberta, Newfoundland and Labrador, PEI, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Quebec. Loblaw […]
RONA Summer Jobs – An Opportunity to Build Inclusion
The Lowe’s Canada network (Lowe’s, RONA, Reno-Depot and Dick’s Lumber) has long met the needs of Canada’s home improvement DIYers and contractors alike with their network of more than 470 corporate and affiliated dealer stores from coast to coast. With over 26,000 employees serving their customers, Lowe’s Canada knows that hiring diversely and inclusively is […]
Ready, Willing, and Able is very pleased to welcome auticon Canada as its newest national employer partner
Ready, Willing, and Able (RWA) is very pleased to welcome auticon Canada as its newest national employer partner. With headquarters in Calgary, and offices in both Montreal and Toronto, auticon Canada is well positioned to hire job seekers on the autism spectrum, as well as provide a neurodiverse and agile workforce for other RWA employment opportunities across the country. […]
The Benefits of Inclusive Hiring – Belpro Medical
Founded in 1996, Belpro Medical is a family-owned company specializing in the manufacture and distribution of products mainly intended for the healthcare market. Specialist in orthopedic supply, restraint, preventive surface and identification bracelet, Belpro Medical stands out for its great ability to adapt its products to the needs of its customers. Belpro Medical is a […]
METRO – Hiring for a Diverse and Inclusive Workplace
METRO is a company that is literally built on the power of partnership. Starting as Magasins LaSalle Stores ltee back in 1947, the roots of what would become METRO were founded in the cooperation of a number of independent grocery retailers who decided to form a buying group that would enable them to offer its […]
Inclusion and Innovation: IBM Makes Diversity a Business Priority
The drive to increase inclusion and diversity within the realm of employment has long been pursued under the banner of employer “innovation”. And when it comes to the combination of employment and innovation (technological and beyond), there’s very few companies with a bigger legacy than IBM. Founded over 100 years ago, IBM has long been […]