{"id":56301,"date":"2023-09-01T17:38:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T17:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/supportedemployment.ca\/?p=56301"},"modified":"2023-09-01T18:02:02","modified_gmt":"2023-09-01T18:02:02","slug":"few-persons-who-experience-disability-in-executive-positions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/few-persons-who-experience-disability-in-executive-positions\/","title":{"rendered":"Peu de personnes handicap\u00e9es occupent des postes de direction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"56301\" class=\"elementor elementor-56301\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d497580 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d497580\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f5a2a53\" data-id=\"f5a2a53\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f3209d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f3209d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Peu de personnes handicap\u00e9es occupent des postes de direction<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c645c98 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c645c98\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c24278b\" data-id=\"c24278b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-668ecb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"668ecb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www150.statcan.gc.ca\/n1\/daily-quotidien\/230404\/dq230404b-eng.htm?utm_source=stakeholder&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=statcan-ddap-padd-23-24\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Statistique Canada<\/a> reported that, in 2019, just under one per cent (0.8 per cent) of corporate executives in Canada experienced disability.\u00a0<\/h5><p>This figure remains unchanged from 2016.\u00a0<span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Of executives experiencing disability, more than three in five were directors (almost 61 per cent), while slightly fewer than two in five were officers (39 per cent).<\/span><\/p><div><p>\u00a0It\u2019s important to note that the method used to define disability may limit the number of executives experiencing disability included in this figure:<\/p><\/div><div><ul style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">The 0.8 per cent figure is based on executives who applied for the federal disability tax credit (DTC).\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><ul style=\"font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><li style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Only Canadians with a severe and prolonged disability are eligible for the DTC. Persons who experience a disability that is less severe or recent, or those who do not have access to a medical professional to certify the effects of their disability, may not be eligible for the DTC.<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9114843\" data-id=\"9114843\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acca9f9 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"acca9f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<center><b>DEFINITIONS<\/b><\/center><p><b style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\">Executives<\/b><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Individuals who occupy a leadership and strategic decision-making role within an enterprise and who contribute as either a board director or an officer.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\"><b>Directors or Board Members<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Individuals responsible for supervising the activities of a corporation and for making decisions for those corporations.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\"><b>Officers<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">Staff members responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of a corporation.<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bd0182f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bd0182f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5ecbb74\" data-id=\"5ecbb74\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8067069 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8067069\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1140\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Types-of-disability-in-corporations-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-56311\" alt=\"The most common disabilities were related to mobility (35.6%), mental health-related (17.8%), dressing (15.1%), speaking (10.5%), hearing (7.8%) and other disabilities (life-sustaining therapy, vision and feeding) (13.2%). Sources:\u202fStatistics Canada. T1 Family File, 2019. Corporations Returns Act,\u202f2019.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Types-of-disability-in-corporations-1.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Types-of-disability-in-corporations-1-300x133.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Types-of-disability-in-corporations-1-1024x455.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Types-of-disability-in-corporations-1-768x342.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Types-of-disability-in-corporations-1-600x267.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1140px) 100vw, 1140px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-289b731 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"289b731\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4844e08\" data-id=\"4844e08\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbf7d21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bbf7d21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Osler Study Confirms Rarity of Representation <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb4c249 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fb4c249\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b92e8fe\" data-id=\"b92e8fe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cff0195 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cff0195\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.osler.com\/en\/resources\/governance\/2022\/report-2022-diversity-disclosure-practices-diversity-and-leadership-at-canadian-public-companies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A separate 2022 study by Osler<\/a>, a leading business law firm, found that\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">10 persons experiencing disability held board positions\u00a0<\/span>in the 268 public companies who disclosed this information. Those 10 positions represented just 0.6 per cent of the total number of board positions across those companies.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size );\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">Fourteen companies had at least one executive officer experiencing disability<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">, up from five companies in 2020. An average of 0.06 per cent of executive officers per company experienced a disability. The disclosure method used to identify disability differs by company.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-size ); font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">The Osler study also noted that, while a small percentage of companies have a goal to increase the number of directors who are members of visible minorities (2.1 per cent) and Indigenous peoples (1.5 per cent), no such goals exist for persons experiencing disability.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-188e98e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"188e98e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70a7684\" data-id=\"70a7684\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c38e28b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c38e28b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"762\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Board-Officer-positions.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-56312\" alt=\"Image that contains a graphic representation of the statistics mentioned in the text.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Board-Officer-positions.jpg 762w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Board-Officer-positions-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Board-Officer-positions-600x319.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few Persons Who Experience Disability in Executive Positions Statistics Canada reported that, in 2019, just under one per cent (0.8 per cent) of corporate executives in Canada experienced disability. This [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":269,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[344],"tags":[50,54,338,324,325],"class_list":["post-56301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-statistics","tag-disability","tag-diversity","tag-employment","tag-research","tag-workplace"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/269"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}