Employment and Persons with Disabilities

The AQEIPS’ Vision:

• At equal competence, hiring a person with a disability
• Access to the regular job market
• Obligation to accommodate, as stated in the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Charters
• Post-secondary studies = facilitating access to the regular job market

The AQEIPS’ Orientations:

• Persons with a post-secondary educational background should have better access to the regular job market compared to those who do not.
• Insuring reasonable accommodations by employers and aiming for permanent full-time jobs.

Means:

To achieve our goals, we must:

• Take the obligation to accommodate into account
• Take part in community life so our voice will be heard
• Strengthen our partnerships (organizations, governments, unions, etc.)
• Defend individual and collective rights and offer support to students with disabilities
• Raise awareness, inform, and educate the community