NIDMAR Celebrates 30th Anniversary
NIDMAR celebrated its 30th Anniversary on May 23 with a lineup of speakers and a new video highlighting achievements undertaken in the last 30 years. Video can be viewed at: NIDMAR 30th Anniversary Video
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| National AccessAbility Week May 2025 The week of May 26, 2025 is National AccessAbility week.
Canada's federal Minister of Jobs and Families, Patty Hajdu, issued the following statement.
"This year's theme is 'Breaking barriers together: Paving the way for an inclusive future' signals that a barrier-free Canada can only be achieved if we work with the disability community, in the spirit of 'Nothing Without Us'. I welcome this approach of joining forces to help ensure that persons with disabilities have equal opportunities to contribute to our communities and workplaces."
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CDMP and CRTWC Certification Examinations to be held May 28, 2025 across Canada.JPG)
Wednesday, May 28, 2025 is the date for the annual CDMP and CRTWC certification examinations across Canada.full story |
Visitors from the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) meet with NIDMAR and PCU-WHS
Janine Dyck, Chief Employer Services Officer; Rod Cook, Vice President Workplace Health and Safety Services; and Tyler Beauchamp, Manager Workplace Health and Safety Services of the WSIB (Ontario WCB) spent the day at the PCU-WHS campus facility on January 16 meeting with staff learning about the various education programs available through the University including the proposed new masters degree and reviewing details of workplace program assessments available through NIDMAR as well as the Reducing Poverty Initiative that NIDMAR has undertaken.
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Gord Johns, MP, Visits NIDMAR and PCU-WHS
Gord Johns, MP for Courtenay–Alberni for the last 10 years and who has been a major champion of the efforts of NIDMAR and PCU-WHS, stopped by on January 14, 2025 for a first-hand update on latest developments. To view the short video interview, please click on the following link: Interview with Gord Johns, MP
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Support for BC Workplaces to Assess, Improve or Develop a DM Program
This initiative is being delivered through the NIDMAR DM program Assessment Services and is comprised of two levels of opportunity.full story |
Support for BC Residents to Obtain Professional DM Designations
This support provides BC Residents the opportunity to obtain the professional designations for those working in the field, i.e. Certified Disability Management Professional (CDMP) or Certified Return to Work Coordinator (CRTWC).full story |
Scholarship Opportunities for BC Residents
The Scholarship opportunity to enroll in the Bachelor of Disability Management (BDM) degree program is offered through PCU-WHS.full story |
BC Workplaces Supported with DM and RTW Continuing Education
Free access to Continuing Education courses in Disability Management and Return to Work is being offered through the Pacific Coast University for Workplace Health Sciences (PCU-WHS).full story |
Grant provides British Columbia Workplaces the opportunity for Building a Culture of Accommodation
Grant supports a range of opportunities for BC employers and workers in developing enhanced workplace capacity to address accommodation challenges. Funding provided by the Government of Canada through the Canada-British Columbia Workforce Development Agreement.
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IDMSC Calculators
CALCULATORS available for Individuals, Employers and Social Security Agencies (occupational and non-occupational): Three calculators designed to allow individuals, employers and social security agencies to assess a range of economic consequences resulting from the loss of employment for an individual as a result of a disabling impairment. full story |
| PCU-WHS News PCU-WHS NEWS: Deadline for applications is June 30, 2025. Please click on the following link to the PCU-WHS website: WDA Grant Scholarship for BC Residents CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS NOW AVAILABLE: DISABILITY MANAGEMENT FROM A HR PERSPECTIVE Many of the traditional HR functions involve aspects of disability management. HR practitioners may be directly or indirectly involved in return to work planning. This eight-course certificate program is designed for HR practitioners with disability management responsibilities and focuses on knowledge and skills that they use when workers incur disabilities. For further details, please click on the following link to the PCU-WHS website: DM from a HR Perspective EFFECTIVE WORKPLACE RESPONSES TO MENTAL HEALTH This eight-course Certificate Program addresses the mental health aspects of disability management for those responsible for return to work, disability management, human resources, and health and safety. For further details, please click on the following link to the PCU-WHS website: Effective Workplace Responses to Mental Health Certificate Program Schedule for Credit Courses for 2025-2026 can be found at: Schedule for Courses Continuing Education for 2025-2026 - Disability Management Practitioner Program: PCU-WHS Disability Management Practitioner Program Continuing Education 2025-2026 - Special and Advanced Courses: PCU-WHS Special and Advanced Courses
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Grant Provides British Columbia Workplaces the Opportunity for Building a Culture of Accommodation
The WDA Grant that has been available to support BC employers and workers in developing enhanced workplace capacity to successfully address accommodation challenges for workers has been extended to March 31, 2027. Information regarding the various opportunities available under this grant initiative can be found on the following webpage: WDA Grant |
| Land acknowledgement NIDMAR respectfully acknowledges that our offices in the beautiful Alberni Valley are located on the traditional and unceded territories of the Hupačasath and Tseshaht First Nations, two of the fourteen nations of the Nuu-chah-nulth people of western Vancouver Island. |
