![]() ![]() I also want to thank the Deputy Minister Accessibility Group, which has, since 2018, helped guide the development and implementation of the strategy to make meaningful and measurable change in accessibility across our federal organizations.Īs we look to 2022, I encourage all public service employees to commit fully to advancing accessibility even further, not just because it is our legal obligation to do so under the Accessible Canada Act, or because it is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better, stronger and more capable public service, delivering the best possible programs and services to the citizens of this country. I want to thank the many leaders and early adopters across the public service who continue to take the initiative to lead on accessibility in their own organizations. It reflects feedback provided over the course of the past year from accessibility practitioners, public servants with disabilities, and input from professionals working in every functional community, whether it be human resources, information technology, real property, programs and services, policy or learning. This is why this report continues to follow the “nothing without us” principle. Nor is it work with a start and end date. This year’s update offers some notable highlights, as well as areas where we have an opportunity to make more impact to remove and prevent barriers in 2022.Īccessibility is not the work of one small group of individuals. Our rallying call for 2021 has been “making it real.” And part of making it real is offering a frank assessment of how we are progressing in accessibility. In many ways, the focus in 2020 was on creating the critical conditions to encourage a shift from discussing accessibility to taking action on accessibility. released new studies to understand barriers in the workplace accommodation process, and more.began technical assessments of our built environment.launched new projects through the Centralized Enabling Workplace Fund.Much of this important early work focused on identifying systemic barriers and initiating the co-design of new solutions to make our workplaces more accessible. ![]() In December 2020, we released our first Progress Report, highlighting initial steps taken to improve accessibility in our public service, amid the global pandemic. We have a lot to be proud of since the launch of the strategy in 2019. The strategy serves as a roadmap to prepare the federal public service to lead by example and become a model of accessibility. The law requires that all federally regulated organizations take a proactive and a systemic approach to identify, remove and prevent barriers to accessibility.Īs part of this effort, the Government of Canada co-developed and launched an Accessibility Strategy to guide our work to become the most accessible and inclusive public service in the world. The Accessible Canada Act (2019) aims to make Canada barrier-free by January 1, 2040. Fostering inclusion means looking inward at how we can continue to prevent and remove barriers within Canada’s federal public service. ![]() On this day, we are reminded of the rich and varied contributions of persons with disabilities, and of our shared responsibilities to remove barriers that have too often impeded inclusion. On December 3, 2021, the world will once again mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Deputy Minister of Public Service AccessibilityĪs the Deputy Minister of Public Service Accessibility, I am pleased to present the second annual update report on the implementation of “Nothing Without Us”: An Accessibility Strategy for the Public Service of Canada.
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