{"id":3819,"date":"2020-10-20T16:18:26","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T20:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/?page_id=3819"},"modified":"2025-04-22T08:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T12:50:37","slug":"career-transitions-accessibility-federal-public-service","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/accessibility-institute\/projects\/completed-projects\/career-transitions-accessibility-federal-public-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Transitions and Accessibility in the Federal Public Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Career Transitions and Accessibility in the Federal Public Service\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n
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\n Table of Contents\n <\/p>\n

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  1. \n 1. <\/span>\n \n Project Summary\n <\/a>\n\n <\/li>\n
  2. \n 2. <\/span>\n \n Funding\n <\/a>\n\n <\/li>\n
  3. \n 3. <\/span>\n \n Project Team\n <\/a>\n\n
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    1. \n 3.1. <\/span>\n \n Co-Principal Investigators\n <\/a>\n\n <\/li>\n
    2. \n 3.2. <\/span>\n \n Research Team and Outreach\n <\/a>\n\n <\/li>\n
    3. \n 3.3. <\/span>\n \n Research Assistants\n <\/a>\n\n <\/li>\n <\/ol>\n\n <\/li>\n
    4. \n 4. <\/span>\n \n Partners\n <\/a>\n\n <\/li>\n
    5. \n 5. <\/span>\n \n Final Report\n <\/a>\n\n <\/li>\n
    6. \n 6. <\/span>\n \n Contact\n <\/a>\n\n <\/li>\n <\/ol>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

      Project Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      The Career Transitions and Accessibility in the Federal Public Service (FPS) research project is a collaboration of the READ Initiative, Carleton University researchers, and national community partners to study the key transition points in the employment of persons with disabilities into, within, and out of the FPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The project explores the barriers and facilitators to accessibility that employees with disabilities experience in their career transitions within the FPS in order to identify targeted actions and interventions to enhance accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      The project also explores the experiences of persons with disabilities who are applying to enter the FPS, the experiences of those who have left employment with FPS, and the experiences of FPS managers around accessibility practices to gain a holistic view of barriers and facilitators throughout the entire employment lifecycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      This project provides an opportunity to persons with disabilities to share their employment journey and have their voices heard through a survey, in-depth interviews and focus groups. In this way, they will help to inform the development of standards to improve accessibility, not only in the FPS, but in other workplaces too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Funding<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      The READ Initiative received funding for this project from Accessibility Standards Canada<\/a> (ASC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Project Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Co-Principal Investigators<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Boris Vukovic, Director of Accessibility Institute (formerly READ Initiative), Carleton University
      Tara Connolly, Assistant Director R&D, Accessibility Institute (formerly READ Initiative), Carleton University
      Janet Mantler, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Carleton University
      Lorraine Godden, Instructor, Faculty of Public Affairs, Carleton University
      Linda Schweitzer, Professor, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Research Team and Outreach<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Samantha Butler, Research Lead
      Mirvat Sanaallah<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Research Assistants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

      Cassandra Starosta
      Simona Mackovichova
      Joy Mcleod
      Cathrine Pettersen
      Shreena Thapa
      Darby Mallory
      Mahdi Moshirian Farahi
      Shamarukh Chowdhury
      Rielle Haig
      Katja Newman
      Margaret Lyons MacFarlane<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Partners<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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