Research
CASE investigates emerging trends and challenges in supported employment.
CASE is committed to sharing and advancing evidence-based best practices and innovative approaches around supported employment and inclusive workplaces for persons experiencing disability.
Before best practices can be established, the successes and challenges must be understood, various approaches must be discussed with diverse stakeholders, and potential new methods must be tested. CASE collaborates with stakeholders in the supported employment sector to learn about the experiences of persons living with disability, including those with intersectional identities, as they navigate their employment journeys.
Latest Research
Mentoring for Persons Experiencing Disabilities: A Review of the Literature
Mentor Canada and CASE’s MentorAbility initiative undertook an environmental scan and literature review to better understand the benefits of mentoring for persons experiencing disability who participate in mentoring activities and programs.
Emerging evidence suggests that mentoring can be an effective intervention for persons experiencing disabilities, with the potential to support educational attainment, career outcomes, social skills, self-esteem, and self-determination.
Past Research Projects
DEAM Discussions
CASE and Inclusion Canada’s Ready, Willing and Able Initiative were thrilled to hold DEAM Discussions, a series of five focus group sessions held throughout September and October of 2023. Participants helped shape the development of national resources for the supported employment community of job seekers, employers and service providers.
Diversity Works
Diversity Works aimed to understand the experiences of Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) who experience disability (BIPOC-D) as they navigate their employment journey with the assistance of supported employment service providers.
The Mentoring Effect: Youth Experiencing Disability
What prevents children and youth experiencing disability from accessing mentors? How can we close the mentoring gap? This Issue Brief was produced in partnership with Mentor Canada.
Canada COVID-19 Impact on Disability Employment Outcomes and Services
CASE partnered with APSE (Association of People Supporting Employment First) in their mission to assess the direct impact that COVID-19 has had on disability employment outcomes and services. They also identified any programming needs that may have resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Related research from other sources
- Shaping Canada's Disability Inclusion Action Plan: Bridging the gap between lived experiences and policy through a community-led, capacity building and knowledge-exchange approach
- The Employment Quality of Persons with Disabilities: Findings from a National Survey
- Advancing Equal Access in the Workplace for Persons Who Experience Intellectual Disability
- Status of IDEA in Canada’s Life Sciences Sector
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