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There are Business Leadership Councils to promote inclusion for persons with disabilities across the globe. Ontario JOIN is committed to the excellent results and history of BLNs where business takes leadership to ensure ongoing hiring of persons with disabilities and all issues related to accommodation, accessibility and inclusion for all. 

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Ontario JOIN - Job Opportunity Information Network would like to thank the following organizations for their generous support and assistance to develop the Ontario JOIN Business Leadership Network.

Register Now for the Next BLN Breakfast Series Event

What:	Moving Towards an Accessible Website
When:	Monday, June 10 , 2013 (8:00am - 11:00am)
Where:	The Westin Harbour Castle Regatta Room 1 Harbour Square, Toronto, ON M5J 1A6 (MAP)

THIS EVENT IS STRICTLY FOR EMPLOYERS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS

Over 90 percent of web sites in Canada are not accessible for persons with disabilities. A lot of persons with disabilities avoid web sites because of this and this creates a huge barrier for both them and your business. If barriers exist on your websites, access to your products, services, and resources are also limited. Having universal access for your customer base and your employees to your web portal will become imperative for best in class organizations that are becoming more and more reliant on website activities every day.

This event will familiarize the audience with accessibility issues pertaining to Web page design, taking into consideration that many users with disabilities may be operating in contexts very different from your own. Through exploring best practices and the steps to consider along the road to web accessibility, you will leave with greater knowledge for your journey.

To register for this event please access the link: http://jointechjune2013.eventbrite.com

PESENTED BY:

Abbott Canada
Throughout our 100+ year history, Abbott people have been driven by a constant goal: to advance medical science to help people live healthier lives. It’s part of our heritage. And, it continues to drive our work. Today, nearly 70,000 Abbott employees around the world share the passion for " Turning Science Into Caring." It's a commitment to focusing on what matters most: life and the potential it holds when we are feeling our best.
Abbott Canada is an affiliate of Abbott and the first international office to be established. From its beginnings on St.-Paul street in Old Montreal back in 1931, our growth has mirrored the dramatic changes in the pharmaceutical industry. Today Abbott Canada employs about 1,500 individuals across the country with headquarters in the Montreal borough of Ville Saint-Laurent.
The promise of our company is in the promise that our work holds for health and for life.

Angus Systems 
Angus Systems is the industry leader in Operations Management Software for commercial real estate. Through the continual, innovative advancement of our comprehensive suite of software, Angus Systems makes it easy for building owners, property managers, tenants, and staff to manage their operations and measure sustainability practices. With the most skilled, tenured and knowledgeable team in the industry, Angus Systems is committed to the relentless betterment of its software and services and to delivering the industry's leading products.

AON Canada
AON Corporation is a leading global provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human capital consulting. Through its more than 59,000 colleagues worldwide. AON Canada offers a range of sophisticated advisory and consulting services in risk control and risk management, reinsurance, and human capital. We design, structure and implement solutions that may involve traditional insurance products or risk-transfer programs, alternative financing techniques, or entirely new products to address a specific problem.

American Airlines
American Airlines, Inc. (AA) is the world's fifth largest airline in passenger miles transported[4] and operating revenues. American Airlines is a subsidiary of the AMR Corporation and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, adjacent to its largest hub at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. American operates an extensive international and domestic network, with scheduled flights throughout North America, the Caribbean, South America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific.

Assurant Solutions
Assurant Solutions is a global provider of credit insurance programs and extended service contracts for consumer electronics, home appliances, wireless handsets and motor vehicles. We develop, underwrite and administer specialty insurance products through collaborative relationships with leading financial institutions, retailers, automobile dealers, funeral homes, utilities and other entities. As specialty risk managers, we partner with financial service providers and retailers to minimize their risk, enhance their customer satisfaction and achieve operational excellence.
Assurant Solutions Canada has over 40 years of experience in the insurance and warranty markets in Canada. With approximately 14,000 employees internationally, Assurant Solutions operates in 17 locations across 10 different countries, with a local presence in both Toronto and Kingston Canada.

BMO Financial Group
Founded in 1817 as Bank of Montreal®, today BMO Financial Group is a highly diversified financial services provider. We offer clients a broad range of personal, commercial, corporate and institutional financial services across Canada and in the United States.

Career Edge Organization
Career Edge Organization is a national not-for-profit that has worked with over 1000 reputable employers across Canada to provide more than 9,000 paid internships since 1996.
Career Edge Organization operates three innovative paid internship programs: Career Edge for recent or new graduates, Ability Edge for graduates with disabilities and Career Bridge for internationally qualified professionals.

The Co-operators
The Co-operators is a leading Canadian-owned, insurance and financial services organization with 65 years of history as a co-operative. Our member-owners represent a variety of sectors and regions across the country with more than $42.4 billion in assets under administration.
Within our three core areas of operation of Property and Casualty (P&C) insurance, Life insurance, and institutional investments, we employ over 5,000 staff members. We rely on a coast-to-coast network of exclusive agents with over 600 retail outlets, four contact centres, and one call centre with an extensive national broker network support us. We also serve approximately 327 credit unions with more than five million members.

Citi
Citi™ has had a presence in Canada for over 50 years. We have a consumer and corporate customer base of more than 6 million individual accounts and businesses. Our more than 5,000 employees are located in every province and the Yukon. We proudly serve our customers and local communities every day, providing financial solutions in corporate and investment banking, credit cards, consumer finance, investment, leasing and private banking. Citi operates in Canada through the Citibank®, Citi Cards Canada, CitiFinancial and Citi Global Markets.

CIBC
CIBC is a leading North American financial institution with nearly 11 million personal banking and business clients.
CIBC offers a full range of products and services through its comprehensive electronic banking network, branches and offices across Canada, and has offices in the United States and around the world.

Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto
The Catholic Children's Aid Society on behalf of the Catholic community is committed to provide social services that protect children and strengthen family life. The CCAS is one part of a province-wide network of agencies in Ontario working to protect children from neglect and physical, sexual and emotional abuse.
CCAS is one of four mandated child protection agencies in Toronto. The Catholic Children's Aid Society of Toronto is funded and regulated by the Ministry of Children and Youth Services and mandated by the Child and Family Services Act to protect Catholic children in Toronto age 16 and under from abuse and neglect.

Chidren's Aid Society of Toronto
For 23,102 children and 10,321 families, the Children’s Aid Society of Toronto is hope for a brighter future. We protect children from abuse including neglect, help parents build healthy families and provide a safe, nurturing place for children and young adults to grow up and realize their dreams.

Christian Blind Mission
cbm Canada is motivated by God's love to break the cycle of poverty and disability. We work together with Canadians, international Partners and our clients - those we serve - to set people free for life.

Deloitte
Deloitte, one of Canada's leading professional services firms, provides audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services through more than 7,600 people in 57 offices. Deloitte operates in Québec as Samson Bélair/Deloitte & Touche s.e.n.c.r.l. Deloitte & Touche LLP, an Ontario Limited Liability Partnership, is the Canadian member firm of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited.

Disability Awareness Consultants
Disability Awareness Consultants has the expertise to help you develop and implement your own sensitivity training program on disability issues. We will guide you through each critical step. Take advantage of our know-how through this process. The selection of training tools for sensitivity and awareness. You can develop the tools for training your staff.

Express Scripts Canada
Express Scripts Canada is a leading health benefits management company offering innovative and flexible online adjudication services for both health and dental. Serving over 7 million members, we help insurance carriers, third party administrators, and the public sector optimize the value of health benefits by linking the talent and professional expertise of our people with leading-edge information management systems and technology.
Express Scripts Canada is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Express Scripts Inc., one of the largest pharmacy benefit management (PBM) companies in North America.

GM Canada
Headquartered in Oshawa, Ontario, General Motors of Canada Limited (GMCL) employs over 10,000 people across the country and is a recognized leader in green manufacturing. GMCL markets the full range of fuel-efficient Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles and related services through Canada's largest automotive dealer network, which employs over 23,000 people dedicated to delivering a top customer experience. GMCL also plays a leadership role in automotive design and engineering, engaging in innovative research and development partnerships with leading Canadian universities and research institutes. In addition, through its Canadian Engineering Centres, GMCL conducts development activities ranging from cold weather testing to the advancement of key electric vehicle and green technologies.

HP Canada
HP is a technology company that operates in more than 170 countries around the world. We explore how technology and services can help people and companies address their problems and challenges, and realize their possibilities, aspirations and dreams. We apply new thinking and ideas to create more simple, valuable and trusted experiences with technology, continuously improving the way our customers live and work. No other company offers as complete a technology product portfolio as HP. We provide infrastructure and business offerings that span from handheld devices to some of the world's most powerful supercomputer installations. We offer consumers a wide range of products and services from digital photography to digital entertainment and from computing to home printing. This comprehensive portfolio helps us match the right products, services and solutions to our customers' specific needs.

HSBC
HSBC Bank Canada, a subsidiary of HSBC Holdings plc, has more than 260 offices, including over 140 bank branches. With around 7,500 offices in 87 countries and territories and assets of US$2,455 billion at 31 December 2010, the HSBC Group is one of the world's largest banking and financial services organizations.

IBM Canada
IBM Canada Ltd. is one of Canada's leading providers of advanced information technology, products, services and business consulting expertise.

Jazz Aviation
Jazz is a regional airline; operating approximately 800 flights daily to more than 80 destinations across North America on behalf of Air Canada. Jazz also offers private charters throughout North America and in 2010 began operating Boeing 757 aircraft on behalf of Thomas Cook Canada Inc. during the winter season from Canadian gateways to various sun destinations.

KPMG
KPMG LLP, is the Canadian member firm affiliated with KPMG International, a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax, and Advisory services. Member firms operate in 145 countries and have more than 134,000 professionals working around the world. In Canada, we have over 5,000 staff working in offices across the country.

Loblaw
Loblaw Companies Limited (Loblaw) is Canada's largest food retailer and a leading provider of drugstore, general merchandise and financial products and services. Through our portfolio of store formats, we are committed to providing Canadians with a wide, growing and successful range of products and services to meet their everyday household demands. We are known for the quality, innovation and value of our food offering.
With more than 1,000 corporate and franchised stores from coast to coast, Loblaw and its franchisees employ more than 135,000 full-time and part-time employees. This makes us one of Canada’s largest private-sector employers. We are committed to being socially responsible by respecting the environment, sourcing with integrity, making a positive difference in our community, reflecting our nation’s diversity and being a great place to work.

MANPOWER
Whether you're entering the workforce for the first time, returning to the world of work or have decided on a career change, Manpower can help. We've been a world leader in employment services for more than 60 years. Our goal is to make the experience better and easier for you. We start by listening closely to understand your skills, interests and goals. Then we work to give you choices that suit your work style and fit your lifestyle.
We believe that there's a role for every individual in the world of work. As a leader in employment services, we make our job to find you the right job: the job that fits not only your skills and experience, but also what's important to you. We take great pride in furthering the potential of individuals of diverse cultures, talents and experience.

Mount Sinai Hospital
Mount Sinai Hospital is more than a community; it's a family. A family made up of Bright Minds and Big Hearts; a winning combination that allows us to provide The Best Medicine. Located in downtown Toronto, the Hospital serves a broad community and is a globally recognized centre of excellence in patient care, teaching and research.

Morneau Shepell
Morneau Shepell Ltd. is the largest Canadian-based firm providing human resource consulting and outsourcing services. The company’s solutions are designed to assist employers in managing the financial security, health and productivity of their employees. With over 2,500 employees in offices across North America, Morneau Shepell Inc. provides its services to organizations in Canada, the United States and around the globe.

Oracle
Oracle is the largest business software company in the world, with more than 320,000 customers-including 100 of the Fortune Global 100-and supports these customer in more than 145 countries.

ORHMA 
The Ontario Restaurant, Hotel & Motel Association (ORHMA) is dedicated to the collective and individual good of Ontario’s hospitality businesses. We provide the dual benefit of immediate and long-term value. We lobby all levels of government for policies that favour the overall outlook of your business environment.
Today, the ORHMA a not‐for profit association is the largest provincial hospitality association in Canada representing 4,000 members with over 11,000 business establishments. The membership consists of independent and corporate entities within the accommodation and foodservice sectors.

Plan Canada
Plan is a global movement for change, mobilizing millions of people around the world to support social justice for children in developing countries.

The Redwood
Since 1993, The Redwood have been helping women and children live free from domestic violence. Free from fear. Free from threat.
Leaving an abusive situation is one of the toughest things any woman or child has to face. The Redwood provides the emotional, practical and social support that families need to get their lives back on track – we offer free and confidential services in 170 different languages.

RBC
Royal Bank of Canada (RY on TSX and NYSE) and its subsidiaries operate under the master brand name RBC.
We are Canada's largest bank as measured by assets and market capitalization, and among the largest banks in the world, based on market capitalization.
We are one of North America's leading diversified financial services companies, and provide personal and commercial banking, wealth management services, insurance, corporate and investment banking and transaction processing services on a global basis.
We employ approximately 79,000 full- and part-time employees who serve close to 16 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 56 other countries.

ROM - The Royal Ontario Museum
The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) is an internationally renowned museum and a popular public attraction in downtown Toronto, Canada. First opened to the public in 1914, the ROM has grown to become Canada's largest museum of world cultures and natural history, with some six million objects in its collections today.

SCEA
The Scarborough Centre for Employment Accessibility (SCEA) is a drop-in Employment Resource Centre to assist Persons with Disabilities (PWD) who are job ready clients to prepare for employment or self-employment, as well as develop the skills necessary to maintain that new employment.
Services include access to a variety of specialized related employment information, equipment, self-help resources, materials and tools. Walk in and wheel chair accessible services are provided to clients who require minimal assistance and who wish to use the resources available to them in the ERC.

Scotiabank
Scotiabank is one of North America's leading financial institutions, and Canada's most international bank. We provide innovative financial products and services to individuals, small and medium-size businesses, corporations and governments across Canada and around the world.

Shangri-La Hotel
The 202-room luxury hotel will be built in a new 65-storey tower on University Avenue at Adelaide Street. This is due to open in August 2012. Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto, will occupy the first 17 floors of this development, which incorporates the historic "Bishops Block"- one of the oldest remaining buildings in Toronto. Shangri-La Hotel, Toronto, will be Shangri-La's second property in Canada following the debut of the Shangri-La Hotel, Vancouver in January, 2009 by the same development team.
This Toronto hotel is ideally located in the centre of the financial and entertainment districts. This makes it an easy walk to major downtown office buildings. Bloor & Yorkville shopping and dining areas, theatres and performance venues are also easily accessible. In addition to the hotel property, luxury condominium residences will be located on the upper levels of the tower.

Shoppers Drug Mart
My Shoppers is a phrase that means something here. And that sense of ownership is something we’re pretty proud of.
Whether it’s the choice of careers we have, our franchise Associate Owner concept, the charitable and community initiatives we do, or the people we serve and work with, Shoppers employees find more ways to care about their work, community, customers and patients every day. Shoppers Drug Mart Corporation is a licensor of full-service retail drug stores operating under the name Shoppers Drug Mart® (Pharmaprix® in Québec). Founded in 1962 by Toronto pharmacist Murray Koffler, we have grown to a national network of more than 1,200 Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix stores across Canada. We’re dedicated to improving the overall health and quality of life of the Canadians we serve.

Starwood Hotels and Resorts
Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is a hospitality ownership and management organization, headquartered in Stamford, CT. One of the world's largest hotel companies, it owns, operates, franchises and manages hotels, resorts, spas, residences, and vacation ownership properties under its nine owned brands. As of December 31, 2009, Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, Inc. owned, managed, or franchised 992 properties employing over 145,000 people.

Stikeman Elliot
Stikeman Elliott LLP is one of Canada's largest, most sophisticated and most successful business law firms, with offices across Canada (Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Calgary and Vancouver) as well as internationally (New York, London and Sydney).
Stikeman Elliott has been repeatedly recognized for its commitment to its employees and to the community. Over the past four years the firm has been recognized as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers and as one of the 50 Best Employers in Canada for 3 consecutive years. As well, the firm was recognized as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers in 2010 and has received various "green awards" reflecting the firm's commitment to the environment as part of its Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.

Symcor
Symcor is one of Canada's leading financial processing services providers, supporting major banks and retail and telecommunications companies in Canada. Our business is dedicated to providing outsourced services and we are focused on being the best at what we do.

TD Financial Group
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, with offices around the world, TD Bank Financial Group offers a full range of financial products and services. TD Bank Financial Group is the first truly North American bank.

Tim Hortons
The Tim Hortons chain was founded in 1964 in Hamilton, Ontario. The chain's focus on top quality, always fresh product, value, great service and community leadership has allowed it to grow into the largest quick service restaurant chain in Canada specializing in always fresh coffee, baked goods and homestyle lunches.

The War Amps
The War Amps is a Canadian nation-wide registered charitable organization founded in 1918 and operated under the direction of war amputees. Since its inception, The War Amps has had as its hallmark the unique philosophy of “amputees helping amputees.” The War Amps is able to operate its many programs for amputees solely through donations from the public to the Key Tag and Address Label Service these services include:

WGW Services Ltd
WGW Services is a consultancy firm who specializes in governance framework and not-for-profit strategic planning.