MentorAbility Canada
MentorAbility Hub Opportunity: Manitoba
Are you part of an organization providing employment services and/or services for persons who experience disability in Manitoba? Are you interested in collaborating with service providers and employers in your province and across the country to strengthen workplace inclusion? Consider applying to become a MentorAbility Hub for Manitoba.
We are currently inviting organizations to submit applications, individually or as a group, to become the new Manitoba MentorAbility Hub.
If this RFP is of interest to you and if you intend to submit an application, please advise us by email at [email protected] so that we can keep you informed.
* Ces ressources pour les appels d’offres sont fournies en anglais, mais veuillez communiquer avec l’équipe MentorHabiletés si vous avez besoin d’une ressource en français.
Key Dates
RFP Launch Date: September 25, 2025
RFP Information Session: October 1, 2025
Proposal Due Date: October 10, 2025
Notification of Award: October 30-31
Earliest Hub Start Date: November 3, 2025
RFP Information Session
We invite interested organizations to join us for an Information Session on the upcoming MentorAbility Manitoba Hub Request for Proposals (RFP).
Date: Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m. CT/Manitoba time
Location: Virtual – Microsoft Teams
During this session, you will:
- Learn more about the MentorAbility Canada Project
- Meet members of the project team
- Receive a detailed walkthrough of the RFP application process
- Participate in a live Q&A session
Attendance is highly encouraged for all organizations interested in applying to become the MentorAbility Manitoba Hub.
The session will be recorded, and the recording will be made available to all registrants following the event.
Accessibility: The meeting will be conducted in English, with English closed captions available for attendees. If you require any accommodation to attend or participate in this event, please contact us at [email protected]
What is MentorAbility?
MentorAbility Canada is a national initiative built on a supported employment foundation that promotes the recruitment, employment, and retention of persons experiencing disability. The initiative provides and celebrates in-person and virtual mentoring experiences, networking and learning events, social media campaigns, as well as building a body of evidence through research activities.
With a specific focus on facilitating unique, short-term (from 1 hour to 1 day) mentoring opportunities between employers and persons experiencing disability, this initiative is part of a national effort to promote the employment of Canadians experiencing disability.
MentorAbility Canada: Inclusive Workplaces (video on YouTube)
700+
Facilitated Mentorships
400+
Employers Engaged
200+
Communities Engaged
1000+
MentorAbility Events
MentorAbility Experience Stories
Get to know the stories of the people involved in facilitated mentorships with MentorAbility Canada. Each story showcases a unique experience between a mentor and mentee and the local supported employment service provider that facilitated it.
To learn more about the impact that the MentorAbility Canada program is having from coast to coast to coast, read from our collection of shared experience stories:
Who Can Participate?
Employers
Is your organization interested in expanding its workplace diversity and strengthening workplace culture and employee engagement strategies? Become a MentorAbility partner and offer your staff opportunities to become a MentorAbility mentor!
Service Providers
Are you an employment service provider interested in expanding and strengthening your employer engagement while providing valuable career exploration opportunities for your clients who experience disability? Become a MentorAbility partner today!
Job Seekers
Are you a person experiencing disability? Do you want to be part of the workforce? Would you like to meet people to learn more about a career that interests you? Participate in a MentorAbility mentorship!
All MentorAbility Participants Benefit:
- Local employment service providers (site partners) connect with a national network, build value-added relationships with local employers, and offer unique career development experience to their clients.
- Persons experiencing disability who are actively seeking employment (mentees) are matched with a mentor to learn more about careers that interest them.
- Employers and individuals interested in offering mentoring opportunities (employers and mentors), including private businesses, non-profit and public service organizations, learn inclusive employment strategies and connect with a pool of potential future employees.
MentorAbility Hubs
MentorAbility Canada is coordinated by CASE in collaboration with implementing partners, called “MentorAbility Hubs,” that are located across the country. Together we provide information, knowledge, and tools to facilitate beneficial short-term mentoring opportunities for employers, mentors and job seekers.
Hubs are the first connection point for local employment service providers (site partners), persons experiencing disability (mentees) and employers (mentors ) to connect with the national MentorAbility Canada network.
Twelve MentorAbility Canada provincial and territorial hubs, along with many site partners, offer resources and information and/or facilitate mentoring experiences across Canada.
Explore the MentorAbility Hubs below and connect with the Hub in your region today.
Connect With Your Local MentorAbility Hub
Alberta Hub:
Gateway Association
Contact Person: Kazeem Abolaji
Email: [email protected]
Contact Person: Susannah Tawse
Email: [email protected]
British Columbia Hub:
Inclusion BC
Tel No: 1-604-777-9100 or
1-800-618-1119
Manitoba Hub:
Work And Social Opportunities (WASO)
Contact Person: Richard Cockrem
Email: [email protected]
Tel No: 1-800-684-5628 ext. 706
New Brunswick Hub:
Avenue NB
Contact Person: Marsha Hitchcock
Email: [email protected]
Contact Person: Sébastien Modéré
Email: [email protected]
Nova Scotia Hub:
TEAM Work Cooperative
Contact Person: Amy Grant
Email: [email protected]
Newfoundland & Labrador Hub:
Avalon Employment Inc.
Contact Person: Courtney Abbott, Chloe Elliott
Email: [email protected]
[email protected]
Tel No: 1-709-579-4866
Nunavut Hub:
Nunavummi Disabilities Makinnasuaqtiit Society (NDMS)
Contact Person: Lisa Spencer
Email: [email protected]
Tel No: 1-902-577-3066
Ontario Hub:
March of Dimes Canada
Contact Person: Lisa Livingston
Email: [email protected]
Tel No: 1-519-579-5530 ext. 262
Ontario Hub:
Ontario Disability Employment Network (ODEN)
Contact Person: Kiersten Smith
Email: [email protected]
Prince Edward Island Hub:
ResourceAbilities
Contact Person: Meadow Ramsay
Email: [email protected]
Tel No: 1-902-838-4743
Location: Summerside-Prince County
Contact Person: Avery Pike
Email: [email protected]
Tel No: 1-902-436-0638
Quebec Hub:
ROSEPH
Contact Person: Adeline Zilliox
Email: [email protected]
Tel No: 1-438-869-8075
Yukon Hub:
Inclusion Yukon
Contact Person: Lorraine Paddock
Email: [email protected]
Tel No: 1-867-667-4606
Saskatchewan Hub:
SaskAbilities
Contact Person: Carmen Donald
Email: [email protected]
Location: Saskatoon
Contact Person: Samantha Luker
Email: [email protected]
Northwest Territories Hub: CDETNO
Contact Person: Anh Thu Bui
Email: [email protected]
Tel No: 1-867-873-8790
Northwest Territories Hub: Inclusion NWT
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