by Calgary Alternative Employment Services | May 31, 2017 | Blog
Ten years ago, a colleague invited me to attend a local conference focused on the employment of Indigenous People with disabilities. The employment service I oversee was occasionally serving urban indigenous people so I agreed to go in the interest of learning some...
by Calgary Alternative Employment Services | May 5, 2017 | Blog
This year, the theme for the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Mental Health Week is #GETLOUD for mental health. Part of the campaign’s focus is highlighting the lack of adequate mental health services and the difficulty people experience in accessing the support...
by Calgary Alternative Employment Services | May 3, 2017 | Blog
Olivia: What does mental health mean to you? Hayley: I think that mental health is more than just the absence of mental illness. To me, mental health in the workplace means that the individual feels that they are well, and capable of performing their duties to the...
by Calgary Alternative Employment Services | Apr 19, 2017 | Blog
Business has been aware of the benefits of diversity and inclusion in the workplace for years, but being aware of something isn’t the same as being good at it. Very few businesses have really nailed it; most of them know and admit it. Others proclaim ‘Mission...
by Calgary Alternative Employment Services | Feb 1, 2017 | Blog
Maybe you’ve seen some of the article titles in magazines like Forbes and Inc. about the business case for diversity and the correlation between diversity and innovation. The Business community and the Human Resource community are becoming aware of ‘diversity...
