WEBINAR | Accessibility FIRST: Breaking Barriers for Apprentices with Learning Disabilities in the Skilled Trades
Category: Public Events
Canada’s trades community is striving to become more inclusive and accessible. Apprentices with disabilities — including those with learning disabilities — often face unique barriers to success, while employers and stakeholders seek practical tools to strengthen disability confidence.
What supports and accommodations make the greatest difference? How can employers, educators, and policymakers remove barriers and empower apprentices to thrive?
Join us for a webinar highlighting findings from the Accessibility FIRST project, led by CCRW. Drawing on surveys and key informant interviews, we’ll share evaluation data and real-world insights to help advance inclusion across the skilled trades.
What You’ll Learn:
✔ Barriers experienced by apprentices with learning disabilities
✔ Accommodations and productivity supports that promote success
✔ Best practices to enhance accessibility and inclusion in the trades
✔ How to build disability confidence among employers and stakeholders
Featured Speaker
Michelle Willson
Evaluation Specialist, Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work
Michelle Willson applies data-driven approaches to evaluate and communicate the impact of community services, with a focus on advancing inclusive and accessible employment. Her expertise lies in community-based evaluation methods that strengthen disability confidence and promote equity in the workplace.
Michelle holds an Honours B.A. in Indigenous Studies from Trent University, a post-graduate certificate in Autism and Behaviour Science from Seneca College, and an M.A. in Community Psychology with a Program Evaluation Certificate from Wilfrid Laurier University.
Date: October 15, 2025
Time: 1:00pm – 2:00pm ET
Location: Online