Lunch & Learn - Inclusion Alberta

Speaker: Jaelyn Kupilik 
Rotary Employment Partnerships, Team Lead Edmonton
Inclusion Alberta 

The Rotary Employment Partnership is a collaboration between Rotary Clubs, Inclusion Alberta and the Government of Alberta. The purpose of the Partnership is to create meaningful employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities in association with business owners, employers and municipalities. People with intellectual disabilities experience unemployment rates in excess of 70%. 

Inclusion Alberta’s Rotary Employment Partnership is working to reverse this statistic. Like everyone else, people with intellectual disabilities have strengths, interests, talents, and abilities. Inclusion Alberta and its community partners provide all the necessary assistance and follow-up to ensure success on the job.

To date, we have created over 900 meaningful jobs for adults with intellectual disabilities with an average wage of more than $17.00 per hour. Worksites include a wide array of companies from one-person businesses to large international firms ranging from office jobs to manufacturing and technology.

Rotary Employment Partnership Video: https://youtu.be/UVltgfBUCTM?si=SWix6s0IAuc6Zywe