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Schools must not discriminate against students with disabilities during strike. Inclusion Alberta
January 14, 2025

For Immediate Release – January 14, 2025  The ongoing school support worker strike in Edmonton, Sturgeon County and Fort McMurray is almost exclusively impacting the education of students with disabilities […]

2025 Awards. Inclusion Alberta. Award nominations open! Community Inclusion Award National Inclusive Education Award Bruce Uditsky Leadership Award Colonel Eric W. and Dr. Barbara V. Cormack Memorial Award
January 9, 2025

We take time every year to recognize those in Alberta who are creating inclusive communities with our Inclusion Alberta Awards. We hope you’ll share with us those individuals and organizations […]

Season's greetings. Hope for positive change in 2025. Inclusion Alberta
December 18, 2024

An inclusive life is something most of us without disabilities enjoy without question. It’s true when you don’t have a disability, we typically don’t refer to our lives as inclusive, […]

Budget 2025 survey. An opportunity to make your priorities known. Take the survey by January 12. Inclusion Alberta
December 12, 2024

As it does annually, the Alberta government is soliciting the views of Albertans on their priorities for government spending in the 2025-26 provincial budget. You have until January 12th to complete the government’s online budget […]

Seclusion rooms in Alberta schools. Inclusion Alberta
November 7, 2024

UPDATE: NOVEMBER 5, 2024 While this blog is now a year old, it is still as relevant as it was at the start of the school year in 2023 as […]

October is Disability Employment Awareness Month. Inclusion Alberta. Central Alberta COOP Red Deer
October 29, 2024

October is Disability Employment Awareness Month, and we are highlighting how Rotarians and local businesses are creating meaningful jobs for individuals with intellectual disabilities through Inclusion Alberta’s Rotary Employment Partnership. Albertans with […]

Survey. PDD & FSCD. Persons with Developmental Disabilities & Family Support for Children with Disabilities. Tell us about your experience. Inclusion Alberta
October 22, 2024

Inclusion Alberta needs your help to understand how people are experiencing PDD (Persons with Developmental Disabilities) and FSCD (Family Support for Children with Disabilities) by completing a survey.   Inclusion Alberta […]

On the right is an image of two employees wearing grey suits washing the outside of a black car. Below, text reads: "Carstars Ellerslie". To the left, text reads: "October is Disability Employment Awareness Month. Inclusion Alberta"
October 21, 2024

October is Disability Employment Awareness Month, and we are highlighting how Rotarians and local businesses are creating meaningful jobs for individuals with intellectual disabilities through Inclusion Alberta’s Rotary Employment Partnership. Albertans with […]

Coalition launches charter challenge of Track 2 MAiD (medical assistance in dying). Inclusion Alberta
October 2, 2024

On September 25, Inclusion Canada, DAWN-RAFH Canada DisAbled Women’s Network Canada/Réseau d’action des femmes, Indigenous Disability Canada, and Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), alongside two individuals, announced the filing […]

Text on left reads: Inclusion Alberta Rotary Employment Partnership. Amanda @ Sobeys Airdrie. On right is an image of Amanda with two coworkers. Amanda is in the middle, they are all wearing black uniforms and are smiling. They are in front of a flower display at a grocery store.
August 30, 2024

Amanda is nearing her one-year anniversary working at Sobeys’ Airdrie location, a job that is supported by Inclusion Alberta’s Rotary Employment Partnership, and continues to appreciate being able to work […]