Workplace

Building for the future requires us to take different pieces and combine them with others pieces.

KEY 7. Integration

The Resource Key Joins The Valuable Directory for Disability Inclusion

The Restaurant Redefining How to Build Community

  321 Coffee is a “coffee shop and roaster providing meaningful work opportunities to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.”

Equipping youth to process and tell their stories through photography.

A United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded program that provides support, education, and assistance to ranchers and farmers with disabilities.

Providing career skills training and employment services to individuals with disabilities to assist them in developing the skills they will need to secure a career within the entertainment industry earning a competitive wage.

Yes I Can Unity Through Music and Education

Technology-centered inclusion solution and employment platform for job seekers with disabilities, mental health conditions, and chronic illnesses. 

Photography and video exhibit – both online and in-studio – that showcases the food-related stories of eight disabled Canadians, eight Canadians from culturally diverse backgrounds, and eight Cowichan Valley food and beverage producers.

Cowichan Valley Disability, Culture and Food Through Art Exhibit

Input from the disabled community is a critical part of any company’s inclusivity efforts. Here’s how to seek out their perspectives.

How to include workers with disabilities in your DEI initiatives

THE Project Why is what comes to mind when starting, agreeing or pursuing any project.

Events have the capacity to bring about change, to create spaces to develop relationships to bring about change, and gather new information to use to bring about change.

Authentic Representation is so important.  Authentic is key because you can have representation without it being authentic. 

Music can be such a powerful tool for activism in the community, leadership through lyrics, and communicating authentic messages. 

Who are we designing for? What are we considering when we are designing? So many more questions that come to mind when designing and more importantly inclusive and accessible design. 

Stay Connected takes on a whole new meaning depending on the person, context, and environment.

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Our CEO wrote an article for Fast Company recently in partnership with two of The Resource Key Community Experts, Tanisha Dayal and Antoine Hunter.

"The world’s largest minority group, according to the World Bank—15% of the global population (or 1 billion people)— experiences some form of disability, whether visible or invisible. Establishing the foundation for and maintaining successful diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives starts with including this significant minority. And businesses can increase their value by taking important steps to ensure members of this population are included in workplaces."