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How the ADA and AODA are directly linked to Workforce Planning
My response in Linked In to the HR folks in the Hospitality Group regarding the importnat topic of Workforce Planning; Many employers are not looking at workforce planning as they try to get thru...
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How Optimal Performance Built Environment Accessibility Auditors conduct...
In order to gain a true understanding of how each building works, Optimal’s auditors will audit of the building(s) when the building(s) is fully operational. Our auditor will visit the external and...
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“We Have Designed Cities To Make People Ill”| Co.Design | business + design
“We Have Designed Cities To Make People Ill” | Co.Design | business + design. Great article and discussion to read about. Has relevance to Active Design experts and to Human Centred Design (also called...
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The Province of Manitoba Family Services and Labour; Welcome to an Accessible...
Province of Manitoba | Family Services and Labour. First Ontario….and now Manitoba. Which Province will be next? The Accessibility for Manitobans Act became law on December 5, 2013. The purpose of the...
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Tribunal fines Employers for Contraventions of the AODA reports Optimal...
Tribunal fines Employers for Contraventions of the AODA; Attention BOMA Members, IFMA, FAMOS & OPC Clients September 30, 2014 JESleeth Over the Summer 2014, the License Appeal Tribunal, which has...
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In ‘Ageist’ Silicon Valley, 90-Year-Old Designer; Its all about Human Centred...
In ‘Ageist’ Silicon Valley, 90-Year-Old Designer Happy at IDEO – Venture Capital Dispatch – WSJ. Human Centred Design has been practiced by OPC Inc across Canada with clients such as Chrysler (new...
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December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities
A great reminder to make built environments, hiring policies & society’s attitudes universal to all.December 3: International Day of Persons with Disabilities Global Alliance on Accessible...
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2014 in review for Optimal Performance Consultants’ Bog; we recommend you...
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,300 times in 2014....
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RESNA, ISO and ANSI Standards for Wheelchairs and other Assistive Devices...
Assistive Device Standards for Wheelchairs RESNA, Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America. RESNA members promote the exchange of ideas and information for the...
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Open Office Designs are leading to distracted and more error prone employees
These designs sure save real estate costs. Neurological and cognitive research finds these are negative to employee’s work abilities.Remember when education gurus experimented with open classrooms? I...
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