October is Disability Employment Awareness Month (DEAM)

The Goal of DEAM is to Promote and Bring Awareness to the Economic Benefits of Hiring People Experiencing Disability.

What is DEAM?

The goal of DEAM is to build awareness about the benefits of inclusive hiring. Benefits include:

  • Increased safety rates
  • Increased productivity
  • Increased morale
  • Increased profits – increases the bottom line!

SARC Member Organizations Could Win a $500 Inclusive Employment Celebration!

October is Disability Employment Awareness Month (DEAM), and we have an exciting new way for SARC Members to celebrate.

Your organization could win an Inclusive Employment Celebration valued at $500—and there is no limit to the number of contest entries you can earn.

Watch our video for all the details, then earn entries by:
  • Registering job seekers with the EmployLink Pilot
  • Sharing SARC’s social media posts about DEAM throughout October
  • Posting about your organization’s DEAM celebrations
  • Profiling an inclusive employer in your community
  • Highlighting a job seeker who has found employment
  • Submitting locations participating in Light It Up! For NDEAM on October 15
  • Sharing photos of buildings or structures lit purple
  • Registering for the Supported Employment Success online program (no cost for SARC Regular and Associate Members)
  • Visiting the EmployLink table at the SARC Fall Conference

For eligible social media posts, remember to tag SARC and include #EmployLink.

Your posts should promote the benefits of inclusive hiring and reflect supported employment: an employer-employee relationship in which the employee earns minimum wage or higher.

Already registered job seekers with the EmployLink Pilot? Your organization will receive an entry for each person registered since the pilot began.

Need help registering someone? Email employlink@sarcan.sk.ca and we’ll walk you through the process.

Enter by October 30 at 12:00 p.m.

The more entries your organization earns, the more chances you will have to win. Start celebrating inclusive employment today!

Light It Up! For NDEAM

Light It Up! For NDEAM (National Disability Employment Awareness Month) is a national campaign spearheaded by the Ontario Disability Employment Network. In Saskatchewan, SARC leads this campaign. This national campaign started in 2021 and we’ve seen more organizations participate each year.

For the past five years, SARC has been participating in and promoting the national Light It Up! For NDEAM (National Disability Employment Awareness Month) campaign.  This years Light It Up! For NDEAM will take place on Thursday, October 15th.

Last year, SARC ranked first amongst all participating provinces for locations lit up and we need your help to stay on top.  Our SARC Members can help us to light up the Saskatchewan sky and show how brightly we can shine for inclusive employment on the night of October 15th!  We encourage you all to get local business and municipalities to join you in lighting up. Together we can once again show the rest of Canada how brightly Saskatchewan can shine!

Ready to join us in lighting up on October 15th?  Send an email to deam@sarcan.sk.ca with your name, community, and the addresses of the buildings/structures being lit up on October 15th.

We look forward to the Saskatchewan sky brightly shining in hues of purple and blue on Thursday, October 15th

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