{"id":6051,"date":"2021-08-24T09:06:27","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T15:06:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/supportedemployment.ca\/?p=6051"},"modified":"2023-07-05T16:58:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T16:58:04","slug":"abilities-at-work-podcast-mentorability-in-ontario-and-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/abilities-at-work-podcast-mentorability-in-ontario-and-quebec\/","title":{"rendered":"Abilities at Work Podcast: MentorAbility in Ontario and Qu\u00e9bec"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/abilitiesatwork\/embed\/episodes\/6--MentorAbility-in-Ontario-and-Qubec-e165dq7\" height=\"204px\" width=\"800px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;sixth episode of the Abilities at Work podcast showcases the impact of&nbsp;MentorAbility Canada&nbsp;in Ontario and Queb\u00e9c, and describes how the initiative provides a simple way for employers to build more inclusive workplaces while supporting jobseekers in exploring their career interests. <br><br>The episode features&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lisa-livingston-a3761b28\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lisa Livingston<\/a>, who works at March of Dimes and acts as MentorAbility Canada \u2013 Ontario Provincial Coordinator, as well as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/marussia-paradis-25560168\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Marussia Paradis<\/a>, who works at SPHERE and acts as MentorAbility \u2013 Qu\u00e9bec Coordinator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Related resources:<br>&#8211; MentorAbility Canada:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/mentorability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">About<\/a>&nbsp;l&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/mentorability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Provincial Hubs<\/a><br>&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marchofdimes.ca\/en-ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">March of Dimes Canada<\/a><br>&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sphere-qc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SPHERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Subscribe<\/strong> to the Abilities at Work podcast on:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-93610a41-e0af-4bbc-8c5c-1e7d2e5995fd\" class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/anchor.fm\/abilitiesatwork\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anchor.fm<\/a>;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/ca\/podcast\/abilities-at-work\/id1576451462\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Apple Podcasts<\/strong><\/a>;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breaker.audio\/abilities-at-work?__cf_chl_jschl_tk__=531581108da57b87fceb44ffdad34ec7ccca8ae0-1626367799-0-Aa2eJ0jo-V4rxwPGrmLvU3BKbIQeJQ4k05Ui2W8aiASEKsai9sKIBJLgO0_WOz_peIy5DDJMQZVrKXJYulrEJnDE36d5xjLKX1K63IBO7Xl0Iv2kwTqarb4vvsDGwxbIpDz1WKCLtOBKEOZSEBq60cF-zO214kkESDzqZTS4kax7rb81nNS85zcNFIHEMAcLO7r3YB9RbS7T8sgjD96xIRrwb3CWguYcYf0wYAWPn9rYkd4CaM7opV2WQoD1wXdxq9GfaQG9jGyRbUlkGsC9dPESMXqbG58MXo23g-6vrxPGEnfM0zGdloveGjtOb7w0KjYB3iZfIemZtX0B3BRs4DOheEUd_a3whZqUTIA1n4Y_w5xB6YRIz4OHWepDXvL6qNL8Yt7H7Kp41cxXzhWt0IvkGyDgrL97ANP1Q9Pky1kNpJCuc-H7uo5xL55B5WXaa4aEDR9dDdV9WDfi8It_GcGNYEJbBUEcJhd_P4WL4Om0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Breaker<\/a>;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.google.com\/feed\/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82MTVjNGM1MC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Google Podcasts<\/strong><\/a>;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/pca.st\/crc9z7hf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pocket Casts<\/a>; or<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6tIFTQvEyQWLuIhmOwLQlk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Spotify<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Abilities-at-Work-podcast-logo-1.png\" alt=\"Abilities at Work podcast logo\" class=\"wp-image-6070\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>Podcast episode transcription:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">This is Abilities at Work, a weekly podcast hosted by the Canadian Association for Supported Employment.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Alex&nbsp;Rascanu:<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>Hello everyone! I\u2019m your host, Alex&nbsp;Rascanu. The&nbsp;sixth&nbsp;episode of the Abilities at Work podcast showcases the impact of&nbsp;MentorAbility&nbsp;Canada&nbsp;in Ontario and Quebec.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>On today\u2019s episode we feature&nbsp;Lisa Livingston, who works at March of Dimes and acts as&nbsp;MentorAbility&nbsp;Canada \u2013 Ontario Provincial Coordinator, as well as&nbsp;Marussia Paradis, who works at SPHERE and acts as&nbsp;MentorAbility&nbsp;\u2013 Quebec Coordinator.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s&nbsp;now&nbsp;find out&nbsp;from&nbsp;Lisa&nbsp;how she came to join&nbsp;MentorAbility&nbsp;Canada and what the program looks like in Ontario.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Lisa Livingston:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>Thank you for having me. I\u2019m really happy to speak with you today about the project, what we\u2019ve done and some of the success stories. I\u2019m a Regional Employment Services Manager&nbsp;with March of Dimes Canada. March of Dimes has been around for over 70 years, helping people who have disabilities in various capacities and one of those is through&nbsp;employment&nbsp;services.&nbsp;About&nbsp;two and&nbsp;a half years ago we collaborated with ODEN (Ontario Disability Employment Network) on a proposal with CASE [Canadian Association for Supported Employment]&nbsp;for the national&nbsp;MentorAbility&nbsp;Canada project to facilitate the program in Ontario collaboratively. We were successful&nbsp;on that bid and, over the last two and a half years, we have been helping various agencies and groups work together and bring together people who have a disability&nbsp;with an employer who is operating in a field of interest to that person. We\u2019ve been&nbsp;giving them the opportunity to either explore a job or a career prior to pursuing training or&nbsp;job searching in that field, or for others who have completed their training helping them use the program to network and narrow down the scope of&nbsp;what particular job they\u2019re interested in pursuing.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Alex&nbsp;Rascanu:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Next, we asked Lisa&nbsp;to share a&nbsp;MentorAbility&nbsp;Canada success story from Ontario.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Lisa Livingston:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>One that&nbsp;brings everything together and comes to mind is that of a young graduate that I was working with, from Wilfrid Laurier University. He holds a bachelor of arts and applied economics, and a financial and valuation modeling certificate. He was looking for mentors in the areas of business, economics and technology.&nbsp;We had arranged previous mentoring experiences through the program, including ones in investing and financial planning. His goals for participating were to network with potential employers&nbsp;and to narrow down his job focus after completing his degree. In February we matched him with OpenText, a world leader in information management&nbsp;and is one of Canada\u2019s largest software companies. They\u2019re headquartered in Ontario and they had participated as a mentor for other Prot\u00e9g\u00e9s&nbsp;as part of the&nbsp;MentorAbility&nbsp;Canada project in the last couple of years. We contacted them and they were very excited about participating again, and one of the neat things about OpenText is that they really&nbsp;break down the mentoring experience into separate sessions which gives the Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 a good overview of the company culture, their business, and then the specific role that they\u2019re interested in.&nbsp;This mentoring experience included five different meetings. The first one was with their HR [human resources] department and that\u2019s where the Prot\u00e9g\u00e9&nbsp;got an introduction to the company, an overview of the culture, as well as the various roles within the company that he might be interested in and to give him an&nbsp;overview of what the company is about. He then had a meeting with new graduates and that allowed them to share their experiences with the Prot\u00e9g\u00e9: finishing university and joining OpenText, what that experience was like, what they\u2019re enjoying, what their days are like, etc. His third meeting was with their Digital Business&nbsp;Services Department. He then met with the Internal Audit, Financial Planning and Analysis Group. And, finally, he had a meeting with the Financial Controllership Department. During these meetings, the Director of Finance from Open Text was so impressed with the&nbsp;Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 that she recommended that he be put into the candidate pool for upcoming positions. As a result of this, two Managers wanted to hire him for a&nbsp;role within their departments. In the end, he was hired for a 20 months full-time contract in a Billing and Operations role. He\u2019s&nbsp;really enjoying the position. I\u2019ve been keeping in touch with him, as well as the Director of Finance, and they\u2019re both very happy that they participated in the program. It\u2019s been a great success for the program, showing the opportunities for both&nbsp;the&nbsp;Prot\u00e9g\u00e9s to network, to ask a lot of questions, and learn more about roles, as well as for employers to tap into this non-traditional talent pool and to bring in some other skills&nbsp;and personalities to their company. The Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 has said that [OpenText] is a company that\u2019s really walking the walk, not just talking the talk.&nbsp;<br>Hiring was definitely not one of the measurable goals, but something we would like to ultimately see came for our participants in the program. In Ontario, we\u2019ve seen over 25 of our Prot\u00e9g\u00e9s be hired, so many of our mentors and many of our employers are definitely seeing the value in the Prot\u00e9g\u00e9s&nbsp;that we are connecting them with, and hire them. It\u2019s been a really great surprise and happy accident \u2013 so to speak \u2013 from the program, and we\u2019re really excited about that.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Alex&nbsp;Rascanu:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Next, let\u2019s shift to Quebec and speak with the&nbsp;MentorAbility&nbsp;coordinator there. Marussia\u2019s answers are in French and you can find their translation by visiting SupportedEmployment.ca\/AbilitiesAtWork, click on episode 6, and scroll down to see this episode\u2019s transcription in both of Canada\u2019s official languages. We started our conversation with Marussia by asking her to share her journey of how to she joined the supported employment community.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong><em>Marussia Paradis:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>Hello&nbsp;Alex.&nbsp;Thank&nbsp;you very much for having me on your podcast.&nbsp;My name is&nbsp;Marussia Paradis.&nbsp;I work in the field of employment opportunities for people with disabilities for about twelve years now. I started as a job counsellor. I have worked with people living with deafness, and I\u2019ve also worked with people who have physical disabilities and people who have language disorders, yes, such as aphasia and dysphagia for instance. So, I have been in this field&nbsp;for 12 years now. I studied communication, then, I would say that the employment field&nbsp;chose me, in the sense that I really wanted&nbsp;to work towards a more egalitarian&nbsp;society, and I found that it made sense to allow people living&nbsp;with a disability to have as much of a chance for workforce integration&nbsp;as people without a disability.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Alex&nbsp;Rascanu:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>Next, we asked Marussia to&nbsp;share her perspective on&nbsp;MentorAbility&nbsp;and to&nbsp;discuss&nbsp;her&nbsp;MentorAbility&nbsp;hub in Quebec.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Marussia Paradis:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>In fact,&nbsp;MentorAbility&nbsp;is a major national movement to raise awareness about the reality of employment for people living with limitations. The initiative is coordinated by The Canadian Association for Supported Employment and&nbsp;MentorAbility. I call it the new tool. It\u2019s a new ally, enabling and bringing about meetings between employers, organizations and job seekers experiencing occupational challenges because of their limitations. With the objective of increasing the awareness and knowledge of employers regarding the hiring of people with disabilities, we, the national team in different provinces, I would say have two major streams. There are a lot of little ones, but let\u2019s focus on the big ones. First, there are across the country, different events and trainings sessions, seminars and webinars to raise awareness and share information. Second, we plan, or we participate in, or support organizations by providing mentorships. Short mentoring events. These short mentoring events enable employers to meet the special workforce, demystify it, and give the workers the opportunity to get to know the company and yes, meet the potential workforce without the pressure and standard interview format. It also gives our job seekers a chance to explore workplaces that interest them, or to check them out before registering for a course, or on the contrary, confirm that the workplace is not for them, but maybe find another way to work in the same area, or not. And it gives professionals, employment partners \u2014 for example employment counsellors, a chance to accompany their clients, observe them, and assess their plan to help their client&#8217;s job search, as well as make their organization known to employers. I often say and I make people laugh when I say it,&nbsp;MentorAbility&nbsp;is a small portal into mentorship, but it really leads to major exchanges and meetings that make a big difference. Most importantly, it\u2019s not complicated. The regional and provincial coordinators\u2019 role across Canada is, in fact, sharing the good news and communicating it, as well as, raising their partners and employers\u2019 awareness. I often like to say that we have a network \u2014 an increasingly sensitized network. For example, we speak with employers and at the same time, let them know the services exist. It allows them\u2026 like I\u2026 to meet as I was saying, to meet with a potential workforce and let them know they will not be alone as employers if they want to welcome aboard someone living with a limitation. Their role is to provide the national team with information on what is happening in each province and to supply the province, its partners, employers, as well as, of course, job seekers with concrete tools. SPHERE was very enthusiastic as provincial coordinator in Quebec. We were very keen to get on board because we&#8217;ve seen for a long time that employers are the key \u2014 they are a huge part of the solution. For a long time, because of our network, experience and highly personalized service, we\u2019ve wanted to provide more employer assistance and we\u2019ve seen that&nbsp;MentorAbility&nbsp;offers a way to introduce the special workforce.&nbsp;So&nbsp;we really see&nbsp;MentorAbility&nbsp;in Quebec as a new tool which SPHERE and employers need to know exists and by extension, employment partners and the special workforce need to know exists too. We have a really participatory culture at SPHERE. It\u2019s a very cooperative environment \u2014 we work very closely with our partners as a team. So when, for example, one of their clients is interested in an area, we don\u2019t hesitate to contact the employer and raise their awareness of the special workforce, making sure that it&#8217;s organic \u2014 that it&#8217;s easy to connect employers, job seekers and partners. SPHERE is the provincial coordinator of&nbsp;MentorAbility&nbsp;in Quebec. SPHERE Qu\u00e9bec is very reputable. It\u2019s been around for 25 years unless I\u2019m mistaken. And we are very well-known for our flexibility. We provide both expertise and financial support for employment integration projects, but we like to say, rather than tailoring our participants to our programs, we offer the opportunity to talk to the employment partner, talk to the employer and see what we can do to ensure that our clients&#8217; employment integration goes well. We want to break down as many barriers as possible with our highly personalized approach, and we hope to attract employers and offer them the possibility of a mentorship adapted to their needs, based on their capabilities. So, we can really take advantage of SPHERE\u2019s flexibility.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Alex&nbsp;Rascanu:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>Thank you for listening to the&nbsp;sixth&nbsp;episode of the Abilities at Work podcast.&nbsp;Until next time!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">If you like what you\u2019re hearing, make sure to subscribe and share Abilities at Work with someone who needs to hear this message. For more resources from individuals who experience disability with employment&nbsp;or resources to make your workplace more inclusive, visit SupportedEmployment.ca.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong>Transcription de l&#8217;\u00e9pisode du podcast:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Voici le&nbsp;balado&nbsp;hebdomadaire Les forces au travail, pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 par l\u2019Association canadienne de soutien \u00e0 l\u2019emploi.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Alex&nbsp;Rascanu:<\/em>&nbsp;<\/strong>Bonjour, tout le monde! Je suis votre animateur, Alex&nbsp;Rascanu. Le sixi\u00e8me \u00e9pisode du&nbsp;balado&nbsp;Les forces au travail pr\u00e9sente l\u2019incidence de&nbsp;MentorHabilet\u00e9s&nbsp;Canada dans le centre du Canada.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Pour l\u2019\u00e9pisode d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui, nous recevons Lisa Livingston qui travaille \u00e0 La Marche des dix sous et qui est coordonnatrice provinciale de&nbsp;MentorHabilet\u00e9s&nbsp;Canada en Ontario, ainsi que&nbsp;Marussia&nbsp;Paradis de SPHERE, la coordinatrice de&nbsp;MentorHabilet\u00e9s&nbsp;Canada au Qu\u00e9bec.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>Pour commencer, d\u00e9couvrons comment Lisa est arriv\u00e9e \u00e0&nbsp;MentorHabilet\u00e9s&nbsp;Canada et \u00e0 quoi ressemble le programme en Ontario.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Lisa Livingston:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>Merci de me recevoir. Je suis tr\u00e8s heureuse de m\u2019entretenir&nbsp;au sujet du&nbsp;projet avec vous aujourd\u2019hui, de ce que nous faisons et de quelques-unes de nos histoires de r\u00e9ussite.&nbsp; Je suis gestionnaire r\u00e9gionale des services d\u2019aide \u00e0 l\u2019emploi \u00e0 La Marche des dix sous Canada.&nbsp;&nbsp;La Marche des dix sous existe depuis&nbsp;plus de 70\u202fans&nbsp;et&nbsp;aide les personnes en situation de handicap dans plusieurs domaines,&nbsp;dont les services d\u2019emploi.&nbsp;&nbsp;Il y a environ deux ans et demi, nous avons soumis une proposition \u00e0 l\u2019ACSE&nbsp;(Association canadienne de soutien \u00e0 l\u2019emploi)&nbsp;en collaboration avec&nbsp;l\u2019ODEN (Ontario&nbsp;Disability&nbsp;Employment&nbsp;Network) pour le projet national de&nbsp;MentorHabilet\u00e9s&nbsp;Canada visant \u00e0 promouvoir conjointement le programme en Ontario.&nbsp; Notre proposition a \u00e9t\u00e9 accept\u00e9e et,&nbsp;au cours des deux derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es&nbsp;et demie, nous avons aid\u00e9 diff\u00e9rents groupes et&nbsp;diff\u00e9rentes&nbsp;agences \u00e0 travailler ensemble et \u00e0 \u00e9tablir le contact entre des personnes en situation de handicap et un employeur dans leur champ d\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eat.&nbsp; Nous leur permettons de faire des recherches sur un m\u00e9tier&nbsp;ou une carri\u00e8re avant de suivre une formation ou chercher un emploi dans ce domaine, ou pour ceux qui ont termin\u00e9 leur formation, nous les aidons \u00e0 mettre \u00e0 profit le programme pour tisser un r\u00e9seau et circonscrire leurs recherches pour le poste qu\u2019ils souhaitent occuper.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Alex&nbsp;Rascanu:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Ensuite, nous avons demand\u00e9 \u00e0 Lisa de nous raconter une histoire de r\u00e9ussite de&nbsp;MentorHabilet\u00e9s&nbsp;Canada en Ontario.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Lisa Livingston:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>Une histoire qui rassemble tout et me vient \u00e0 l\u2019esprit est celle d\u2019un jeune dipl\u00f4m\u00e9 de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Wilfrid-Laurier avec lequel je travaillais.&nbsp; Il est titulaire d\u2019un baccalaur\u00e9at \u00e8s arts en \u00e9conomie appliqu\u00e9e&nbsp;et d\u2019un certificat en mod\u00e9lisation et en \u00e9valuation financi\u00e8re.&nbsp;&nbsp;Il cherchait des mentors dans les domaines des affaires, de l\u2019\u00e9conomie et de la technologie.&nbsp; Nous avions organis\u00e9 de pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes activit\u00e9s de mentorat dans le cadre du programme, y compris d\u2019autres dans le domaine de l\u2019investissement et la planification financi\u00e8re.&nbsp; En y participant, il voulait tisser des relations avec de potentiels employeurs et circonscrire ses recherches d\u2019emploi apr\u00e8s avoir obtenu son dipl\u00f4me.&nbsp; En f\u00e9vrier, nous l\u2019avons jumel\u00e9 \u00e0&nbsp;OpenText, un leader mondial en gestion d\u2019informations et&nbsp;une des plus grandes soci\u00e9t\u00e9s de logiciels du Canada.&nbsp; Ils ont leur si\u00e8ge en Ontario&nbsp;et ils avaient \u00e9t\u00e9 mentors pour d\u2019autres mentor\u00e9s dans le cadre du projet de&nbsp;MentorHabilet\u00e9s&nbsp;Canada ces derni\u00e8res ann\u00e9es.&nbsp; Nous les avons contact\u00e9s et ils \u00e9taient tr\u00e8s ravis de participer \u00e0 nouveau&nbsp;et ce qui est bien avec&nbsp;OpenText, c\u2019est que le mentorat est r\u00e9parti en&nbsp;s\u00e9ances distinctes, ce qui permet au mentor\u00e9 d\u2019avoir un bon aper\u00e7u de la culture de l\u2019entreprise, de ses activit\u00e9s et&nbsp;du poste qui l\u2019int\u00e9resse&nbsp;en particulier. Ce mentorat comporte cinq diff\u00e9rentes rencontres.&nbsp;&nbsp;La premi\u00e8re s\u2019est d\u00e9roul\u00e9e avec le d\u00e9partement des RH&nbsp;(ressources humaines)&nbsp;et c\u2019est l\u00e0 o\u00f9 le mentor\u00e9 s\u2019est familiaris\u00e9 avec l\u2019entreprise, a eu une vue d\u2019ensemble de celle-ci et des&nbsp;diff\u00e9rents postes qui pourraient l\u2019int\u00e9resser ainsi qu\u2019un aper\u00e7u de la&nbsp;raison d\u2019\u00eatre de l\u2019entreprise.&nbsp; Par la suite, le mentor\u00e9 a&nbsp;rencontr\u00e9 de nouveaux dipl\u00f4m\u00e9s et cela leur a permis de lui raconter leurs exp\u00e9riences, \u00e0 savoir\u202f: la fin de leurs \u00e9tudes universitaires et leur&nbsp;d\u00e9but chez&nbsp;OpenText, le d\u00e9roulement&nbsp;de cette exp\u00e9rience, ce qu\u2019ils aiment, \u00e0 quoi ressemblent leurs journ\u00e9es, etc. Sa troisi\u00e8me rencontre s\u2019est pass\u00e9e avec le&nbsp;service&nbsp;des services commerciaux num\u00e9riques.&nbsp;&nbsp;Puis, il a rencontr\u00e9 le Groupe charg\u00e9 de la v\u00e9rification interne&nbsp;ainsi que de la&nbsp;planification et&nbsp;de&nbsp;l\u2019analyse financi\u00e8res.&nbsp; Et, pour terminer, il a eu une rencontre avec le&nbsp;service&nbsp;du contr\u00f4le financier.&nbsp;&nbsp;Lors de ces rencontres, la directrice des finances d\u2019OpenText&nbsp;a \u00e9t\u00e9 tellement impressionn\u00e9e par le mentor\u00e9 qu\u2019elle a recommand\u00e9 qu\u2019il soit inscrit dans le bassin de candidats pour de futurs postes.&nbsp; \u00c0 la suite de cela, deux gestionnaires ont voulu le recruter dans leurs&nbsp;services.&nbsp;Finalement, il a \u00e9t\u00e9 recrut\u00e9 pour un contrat \u00e0 temps plein de 20\u202fmois pour assumer des t\u00e2ches au niveau de la facturation et des op\u00e9rations.&nbsp;&nbsp;Il aime vraiment ce poste.&nbsp;&nbsp;Je suis en contact avec lui, ainsi&nbsp;qu\u2019avec&nbsp;la directrice des finances, et ils sont tous les deux tr\u00e8s heureux d\u2019avoir particip\u00e9 au programme.&nbsp;Ce fut un v\u00e9ritable succ\u00e8s pour le programme, car cela a donn\u00e9 aux mentor\u00e9s l\u2019occasion de tisser des liens,&nbsp;de&nbsp;poser beaucoup de questions et d\u2019en savoir plus sur les postes&nbsp;et les employeurs ont pu exploiter ce bassin inhabituel de talents et attirer d\u2019autres comp\u00e9tences et personnalit\u00e9s dans leurs entreprises.&nbsp; Le mentor\u00e9 a d\u00e9clar\u00e9 que [OpenText]&nbsp;est&nbsp;une soci\u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9cid\u00e9e \u00e0 avancer&nbsp;et qui ne se&nbsp;contente&nbsp;pas de faire de beaux discours.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>L\u2019embauche n\u2019\u00e9tait absolument pas un des objectifs mesurables, mais quelque chose que nous voulions voir se produire pour nos participants dans le programme.&nbsp; En Ontario, plus de 25 de nos mentor\u00e9s ont \u00e9t\u00e9 embauch\u00e9s.&nbsp;Un grand nombre de nos mentors et de nos employeurs reconnaissent manifestement la valeur des mentor\u00e9s que nous mettons en contact avec eux&nbsp;et&nbsp;les recrutent.&nbsp; Ce fut v\u00e9ritablement une agr\u00e9able surprise et un heureux hasard, pour ainsi dire, du point de&nbsp;vue du programme, et cela nous impressionne vraiment.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Alex&nbsp;Rascanu:<\/em><\/strong>&nbsp;Maintenant, rendons-nous au Qu\u00e9bec pour nous entretenir avec la coordonnatrice de&nbsp;MentorHabilet\u00e9s&nbsp;l\u00e0-bas.&nbsp; Les r\u00e9ponses de&nbsp;Marussia&nbsp;sont en fran\u00e7ais et vous trouverez leur traduction en visitant SupportedEmployment.ca\/AbilitiesAtWork, en cliquant sur l\u2019\u00e9pisode\u202f6 et en d\u00e9filant vers le bas pour voir la transcription de cet \u00e9pisode dans les deux langues officielles du Canada.&nbsp; Nous avons demand\u00e9 \u00e0&nbsp;Marussia&nbsp;de nous raconter comment elle est devenue membre de la communaut\u00e9 de soutien \u00e0 l\u2019emploi.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Marussia&nbsp;Paradis:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>Bonjour Alex, merci beaucoup de me&nbsp;recevoir&nbsp;au Balado.&nbsp;Je&nbsp;m&#8217;appelle&nbsp;Marussia Paradis. Je&nbsp;travaille&nbsp;dans le milieu de&nbsp;l&#8217;employabilit\u00e9&nbsp;des&nbsp;personnes&nbsp;en&nbsp;situation de handicap&nbsp;depuis&nbsp;une&nbsp;douzaine&nbsp;d&#8217;ann\u00e9es&nbsp;maintenant. J&#8217;ai&nbsp;commenc\u00e9&nbsp;comme&nbsp;conseill\u00e8re&nbsp;en&nbsp;emploi.&nbsp;J&#8217;ai&nbsp;travaill\u00e9&nbsp;avec les&nbsp;personnes&nbsp;vivant avec&nbsp;une&nbsp;surdit\u00e9&nbsp;ainsi&nbsp;que&nbsp;j&#8217;ai&nbsp;travaill\u00e9&nbsp;avec les&nbsp;personnes&nbsp;qui&nbsp;avaient&nbsp;des handicaps physiques et des&nbsp;personnes&nbsp;qui&nbsp;avaient&nbsp;des\u2026 troubles du&nbsp;langage&nbsp;oui,&nbsp;comme&nbsp;l&#8217;aphasie, la&nbsp;dysphasie&nbsp;justement.&nbsp;Donc,&nbsp;\u00e7a&nbsp;fait&nbsp;douze&nbsp;ans&nbsp;que&nbsp;je&nbsp;suis&nbsp;<br>dans le milieu,&nbsp;j&#8217;ai&nbsp;\u00e9tudi\u00e9&nbsp;en&nbsp;communication,&nbsp;puis, je&nbsp;dirais&nbsp;que le milieu de&nbsp;l&#8217;employabilit\u00e9&nbsp;m&#8217;a&nbsp;choisie,&nbsp;dans le&nbsp;sens&nbsp;que&nbsp;je&nbsp;voulais&nbsp;vraiment&nbsp;travailler&nbsp;pour&nbsp;rendre&nbsp;la&nbsp;soci\u00e9t\u00e9&nbsp;plus&nbsp;\u00e9galitaire,&nbsp;puis&nbsp;je&nbsp;trouvais&nbsp;que&nbsp;\u00e7a&nbsp;faisait&nbsp;du&nbsp;sens&nbsp;de&nbsp;permettre&nbsp;aux&nbsp;personnes&nbsp;en&nbsp;situation de handicap&nbsp;d&#8217;avoir&nbsp;autant&nbsp;de chance&nbsp;l\u00e0&nbsp;pour&nbsp;l&#8217;int\u00e9gration&nbsp;en&nbsp;emploi&nbsp;qu&#8217;une&nbsp;personne&nbsp;sans handicap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Alex&nbsp;Rascanu:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>Ensuite, nous avons demand\u00e9 \u00e0&nbsp;Marussia&nbsp;de nous donner son point de vue sur&nbsp;MentorHabilet\u00e9s&nbsp;et de nous parler du centre de&nbsp;MentorHabilet\u00e9s&nbsp;au Qu\u00e9bec.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Marussia&nbsp;Paradis:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>En&nbsp;fait,&nbsp;MentorHabilet\u00e9s&nbsp;est&nbsp;une&nbsp;grande&nbsp;mouvance&nbsp;nationale&nbsp;de sensibilisation \u00e0 la&nbsp;r\u00e9alit\u00e9&nbsp;de&nbsp;l&#8217;emploi&nbsp;chez les&nbsp;personnes&nbsp;en&nbsp;situation de handicap. C&#8217;est une initiative qui est coordonn\u00e9e par l&#8217;Association canadienne du soutien \u00e0 l&#8217;emploi, et MentorHabilet\u00e9s, je l&#8217;appelle comme le nouvel outil. Le nouvel alli\u00e9 qui permet, provoque les rencontres entre les employeurs, entre les organisations et les chercheurs d&#8217;emploi qui vivent des d\u00e9fis professionnels reli\u00e9s \u00e0 une limitation. Dans cet objectif-l\u00e0, d&#8217;augmenter la sensibilisation et la connaissance des employeurs face \u00e0 l&#8217;embauche des personnes en situation de handicap, l&#8217;\u00e9quipe nationale, nous, dans diff\u00e9rentes provinces, nous avons, je dirais, deux grands volets. Il&nbsp;y en&nbsp;a des plus petits, mais disons si on se concentre au grand volet, il y a d&#8217;une part, on organise \u00e0 travers le pays diff\u00e9rents \u00e9v\u00e9nements, diff\u00e9rentes formations, des colloques, des webinaires de sensibilisation et d&#8217;information. Et d&#8217;autre part, on organise ou on participe, on soutient \u00e0 l&#8217;organisation d&#8217;activit\u00e9s de mentorat. De courtes activit\u00e9s de mentorat.&nbsp;Ces&nbsp;courtes&nbsp;activit\u00e9s&nbsp;permettent&nbsp;d&#8217;une&nbsp;part aux&nbsp;employeurs&nbsp;de&nbsp;rencontrer&nbsp;cette&nbsp;main-d&#8217;oeuvre-l\u00e0, de la&nbsp;d\u00e9mystifier,&nbsp;leur&nbsp;permet&nbsp;de faire&nbsp;conna\u00eetre&nbsp;leur&nbsp;entreprise&nbsp;et&nbsp;oui, de&nbsp;rencontrer&nbsp;une&nbsp;main d&#8217;oeuvre&nbsp;potentielle&nbsp;sans pression et sans la structure&nbsp;habituelle&nbsp;des&nbsp;entrevues. \u00c7a permet aussi \u00e0 nos chercheurs d&#8217;emploi d&#8217;explorer des milieux de travail qui les int\u00e9ressent, de valider peut-\u00eatre avant de s&#8217;inscrire \u00e0 un cours, ou au contraire de valider que ce n&#8217;est pas fait pour eux, mais qui ont peut-\u00eatre une fa\u00e7on de travailler dans le m\u00eame domaine et autrement. Et \u00e7a permet aux professionnels, aux partenaires en emploi, par exemple aux conseillers en emploi d&#8217;accompagner leurs clients, de pouvoir les observer, de pouvoir valider justement l&#8217;approche qu&#8217;ils auront pour aider \u00e0 la recherche d&#8217;emploi du client et en plus de faire conna\u00eetre leur organisation aux employeurs. Je dis souvent, je fais rire les gens, quand je dis que MentorHabilet\u00e9s, c&#8217;est la petite porte du mentorat, mais \u00e7a l&#8217;ouvre vraiment \u00e0 de grands \u00e9changes, de grandes rencontres qui font une diff\u00e9rence pour tout le monde. Et surtout, c\u2019es pas compliqu\u00e9.&nbsp;Le r\u00f4le des coordonnateurs r\u00e9gionaux, provinciaux \u00e0 travers le Canada, c&#8217;est de justement transmettre les bonnes nouvelles et transmettre cette volont\u00e9-l\u00e0 de sensibilisation aupr\u00e8s de leurs partenaires, de leurs employeurs. Souvent j&#8217;aime bien dire qu&#8217;on a un r\u00e9seau. Un r\u00e9seau de plus en plus sensibilis\u00e9. Par exemple, on parle avec des employeurs, \u00e7a leur permet de conna\u00eetre \u00e0 la fois les services qui existent, \u00e7a leur permet de&#8230; comme je&#8230; rencontrer comme je le disais rencontrer une main-d&#8217;oeuvre potentielle, de savoir qu&#8217;ils ne sont pas seuls comme employeur s&#8217;ils veulent accueillir des personnes en situation de handicap. Donc leur r\u00f4le c&#8217;est vraiment d&#8217;\u00e0 la fois alimenter l&#8217;\u00e9quipe nationale sur qu&#8217;est-ce qui se passe dans chaque province et \u00e0 la fois alimenter avec les outils concrets au national, alimenter la province, les partenaires, les employeurs et bien s\u00fbr les chercheurs d&#8217;emploi. SPHERE \u00e9tait tr\u00e8s enthousiaste, le coordonnateur provincial au Qu\u00e9bec, c&#8217;est SPHERE. Nous \u00e9tions tr\u00e8s enthousiastes d&#8217;embarquer car \u00e7a fait longtemps qu&#8217;on voit que les employeurs sont la cl\u00e9, font vraiment partie de la solution. \u00c7a fait longtemps qu&#8217;avec notre r\u00e9seau, notre exp\u00e9rience et notre c\u00f4t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s individualis\u00e9 que nous offrons, nous voulions apporter plus d&#8217;aide aux employeurs et on a vu avec MentorHabilet\u00e9s cet aspect de la petite porte, cet aspect de l&#8217;introduction \u00e0 la main-d&#8217;oeuvre. Donc on voit vraiment MentorHabilet\u00e9s au Qu\u00e9bec comme un nouvel outil tant pour nous SPHERE, pour faire conna\u00eetre aux employeurs ce qui existe pour eux, que pour les partenaires en emploi de se faire conna\u00eetre puis faire conna\u00eetre leur main-d&#8217;oeuvre. On a un aspect tr\u00e8s participatif chez SPHERE, c&#8217;est-\u00e0-dire c&#8217;est tr\u00e8s collaboratif, tr\u00e8s travail d&#8217;\u00e9quipe avec nos partenaires. Donc lorsque par exemple un de leurs clients est int\u00e9ress\u00e9 par un secteur d&#8217;activit\u00e9, on a pris le r\u00f4le de nous-m\u00eames, peut-\u00eatre contacter l&#8217;employeur et le sensibiliser, lui faire conna\u00eetre la main-d&#8217;oeuvre et de vraiment s&#8217;assurer que \u00e7a soit organique, que \u00e7a soit facile les liens entre les employeurs, les chercheurs d&#8217;emploi et les partenaires. Le coordonnateur provincial au Qu\u00e9bec de MentorHabilet\u00e9s, c&#8217;est SPHERE. SPHERE- Qu\u00e9bec, qui est souvent connu. SPHERE, on existe depuis vingt-cinq ans maintenant, si je ne me trompe pas. Puis nous sommes vraiment reconnus pour notre flexibilit\u00e9. Nous apportons un soutien tant d&#8217;expertise qu&#8217;un soutien financier aux projets d&#8217;int\u00e9gration en emploi, mais on aime bien dire que plut\u00f4t qu&#8217;adapter nos participants \u00e0 nos mesures, nous offrons la possibilit\u00e9 de discuter avec le partenaire en emploi, discuter avec l&#8217;employeur et voir tout ce qu&#8217;on peut faire pour s&#8217;assurer que l&#8217;int\u00e9gration en emploi de nos clients se passe bien. C&#8217;est avec cette approche-l\u00e0 tr\u00e8s individualis\u00e9e qui veut tomber le plus de barri\u00e8res possible, faire tomber le plus de barri\u00e8res possible, qu&#8217;on esp\u00e8re chez les employeurs et en offrant la porte du mentorat adapt\u00e9 selon leurs besoins, selon leurs capacit\u00e9s dont on profite vraiment de cette adaptabilit\u00e9 que SPHERE.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Alex&nbsp;Rascanu:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong>Merci d\u2019avoir \u00e9cout\u00e9 le sixi\u00e8me \u00e9pisode du&nbsp;balado&nbsp;Les forces au travail.\u202f&nbsp;\u00c0 la prochaine!&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>Si ce&nbsp;balado&nbsp;vous a plu, n\u2019oubliez pas de vous y abonner et de partager Les forces au travail avec quelqu\u2019un qui a besoin d\u2019entendre ce message. Pour plus de ressources provenant de personnes en situation de handicap \u00e0 l\u2019emploi ou de ressources pour rendre votre lieu de travail plus inclusif, visitez <a href=\"https:\/\/supportedemployment.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/<\/a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;sixth episode of the Abilities at Work podcast showcases the impact of&nbsp;MentorAbility Canada&nbsp;in Ontario and Queb\u00e9c, and describes how the initiative provides a simple way for employers to build more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3633,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6051","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abilities-at-work"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6051","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\/3633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supportedemployment.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}