{"id":49081,"date":"2018-08-20T13:44:20","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T17:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=49081"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:42","slug":"carleton-university-to-host-launch-of-david-c-onley-initiative-for-employment-and-enterprise-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2018\/carleton-university-to-host-launch-of-david-c-onley-initiative-for-employment-and-enterprise-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton University to Host Launch of David C. Onley Initiative for Employment and Enterprise Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton University to Host Launch of David C. Onley Initiative for Employment and Enterprise Development\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Carleton University will host the launch of the David C. Onley Initiative for Employment and Enterprise Development<\/a> \u2013 a partnership among Ottawa\u2019s post-secondary institutions to develop knowledge, resources and tools supporting students with disabilities in advancing their careers. Envisioned by Carleton\u2019s Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities<\/a> and the Research, Education, Accessibility and Design<\/a> Initiative (READ), this two-year, $5-million initiative is funded by Ontario\u2019s Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The project aims to increase employability and entrepreneurship of post-secondary students with disabilities. It will examine factors contributing to lower rates of employment and strive to boost them by engaging industry, building awareness, fostering entrepreneurial endeavors and developing employment supports in post-secondary institutions. It will assist students through applied research, providing access to employability and entrepreneurship resources, and working with employers to address their capacity to support the needs of employees with disabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Onley Initiative is directed by Carleton\u2019s READ Initiative in partnership with the University of Ottawa, Algonquin College and La Cit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When:<\/strong> Monday, Aug. 27, 2018 from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
\nWhere:<\/strong> Second Floor Atrium and Conference Rooms, Richcraft Hall, Carleton University
\nInfo:<\/strong> This event is free and open to the public. Registration is available online<\/a>. A campus map can be found online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media are invited to attend.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The initiative\u2019s namesake, the Honourable David C. Onley, former Ontario lieutenant-governor, will deliver a keynote address. The presidents of the four post-secondary institutions will confirm their commitment to the Onley Initiative partnership with a signing ceremony.<\/strong>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is the first project contributing to the Education City<\/em>, an effort to facilitate collaboration through partnerships among the four post-secondary institutions in Ottawa. The initiative will create eight positions \u2013 two at each school \u2013 dedicated to research and development in disability and career services, as well as two positions \u2013 one at Carleton and one at Algonquin \u2013 dedicated to the employability of students with autism spectrum disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about the Onley Initiative, please go to: https:\/\/carleton.ca\/read\/current-projects\/david-c-onley-initiative\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Media Contact
\n<\/strong>Steven Reid
\nMedia Relations Officer
\nCarleton University
\n613-520-2600, ext. 8718
\n613-265-6613
\nSteven_Reid3@Carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carleton University will host the launch of the David C. Onley Initiative for Employment and Enterprise Development \u2013 a partnership among Ottawa\u2019s post-secondary institutions to develop knowledge, resources and tools supporting students with disabilities in advancing their careers. Envisioned by Carleton\u2019s Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities and the Research, Education, Accessibility and Design […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":7222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[182],"class_list":["post-49081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-media-advisories","tag-paul-menton-centre"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49081"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49224,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49081\/revisions\/49224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}