Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
Joeita speaks to Max Brault about a number of recent initiatives designed to promote employment among People with Disabilities. Max Brault is Vice President of the Strategy & Operations Consulting at BDO Canada. #disability #jobs #accessiblity
The Pulse is a weekly, long-form interview show that dives into issues impacting the disability community across Canada. Host Joeita Gupta is blind and deeply passionate about disability rights.
The Pulse airs weekly on AMI-audio and is available as a podcast on your favourite platform. For more information, visit amiplus.ca/m/0/episode?seriesId=81331440-8e73-4b5b-aff1-1e8ca4a85790&app-config=%2Fc%2Fpodcasts
Follow Joeita on Twitter: twitter.com/joeitagupta
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Episode Highlights:
Introduction (0:00)
Mission & Mandate of BDO Canada (2:57)
Workplace inclusion and addressing unemployment and underemployment faced by people with disabilities. (4:02)
The fear people with disabilities have in terms of dealing with the employment process. (6:44)
Which nonprofit organizations has BDO chosen to work with and how were they chosen? (7:53)
BDO’s partnership with the Institute for Research and Development on Inclusion in Society to develop an accessibility audit. (9:45)
A description of the auditing process. (12:10)
What aspects of an employer’s processes or practices or structures will be taken into account for this auditing tool. (13:37)
Will this auditing tool be versatile enough to be used for both small- and large-scale employers? (16:21)
What is BDO’s plan for developing this audit engagement tool? (17:36)
When will this audit tool be ready? (18:06)
Max’s project in collaboration with the CNIB about the federal procurement process. (18:20)
Where does the CNIB come into this research? (20:32)
When looking at the federal procurement process, what are some of the considerations from an accessibility point of view that need to be considered? (22:47)
What precisely will the research look at? (24:17)
What is a KPI? (25:38)
When will this research be complete? (25:57)
What do you think the most immediate impact of the research on procurement is likely to be? (26:26)
Conclusion (27:06)
About The Pulse
On The Pulse, host Joeita Gupta brings us closer to issues impacting the disability community across Canada.
Joeita Gupta has nurtured a life-long dream to work in radio! She's blind, moved to Toronto in 2004 and got her start in radio at CKLN, 88.1 FM in Toronto. A former co-host of AMI-audio's Live from Studio 5, Joeita also works full-time at a nonprofit in Toronto, specializing in housing/tenant rights.
Follow Joeita on Twitter: twitter.com/joeitagupta
About AMI
AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI’s vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection, representation and portrayal.
Learn more at AMI.ca
Connect on Twitter twitter.com/AccessibleMedia
On Instagram @accessiblemediainc
On Facebook at @AccessibleMediaInc
On TikTok @accessiblemediainc
Email feedback@ami.ca
Joeita speaks to Max Brault about a number of recent initiatives designed to promote employment among People with Disabilities. Max Brault is Vice President of the Strategy & Operations Consulting at BDO Canada. #disability #jobs #accessiblity
The Pulse is a weekly, long-form interview show that dives into issues impacting the disability community across Canada. Host Joeita Gupta is blind and deeply passionate about disability rights.
The Pulse airs weekly on AMI-audio and is available as a podcast on your favourite platform. For more information, visit amiplus.ca/m/0/episode?seriesId=81331440-8e73-4b5b-aff1-1e8ca4a85790&app-config=%2Fc%2Fpodcasts
Follow Joeita on Twitter: twitter.com/joeitagupta
Like the Pulse on Facebook: facebook.com/the.pulse.ami
Subscribe to this channel: youtube.com/channel/UCpSCygsB9AFBhl_mhK86C6g?sub_confirmation=1
Episode Highlights:
Introduction (0:00)
Mission & Mandate of BDO Canada (2:57)
Workplace inclusion and addressing unemployment and underemployment faced by people with disabilities. (4:02)
The fear people with disabilities have in terms of dealing with the employment process. (6:44)
Which nonprofit organizations has BDO chosen to work with and how were they chosen? (7:53)
BDO’s partnership with the Institute for Research and Development on Inclusion in Society to develop an accessibility audit. (9:45)
A description of the auditing process. (12:10)
What aspects of an employer’s processes or practices or structures will be taken into account for this auditing tool. (13:37)
Will this auditing tool be versatile enough to be used for both small- and large-scale employers? (16:21)
What is BDO’s plan for developing this audit engagement tool? (17:36)
When will this audit tool be ready? (18:06)
Max’s project in collaboration with the CNIB about the federal procurement process. (18:20)
Where does the CNIB come into this research? (20:32)
When looking at the federal procurement process, what are some of the considerations from an accessibility point of view that need to be considered? (22:47)
What precisely will the research look at? (24:17)
What is a KPI? (25:38)
When will this research be complete? (25:57)
What do you think the most immediate impact of the research on procurement is likely to be? (26:26)
Conclusion (27:06)
About The Pulse
On The Pulse, host Joeita Gupta brings us closer to issues impacting the disability community across Canada.
Joeita Gupta has nurtured a life-long dream to work in radio! She's blind, moved to Toronto in 2004 and got her start in radio at CKLN, 88.1 FM in Toronto. A former co-host of AMI-audio's Live from Studio 5, Joeita also works full-time at a nonprofit in Toronto, specializing in housing/tenant rights.
Follow Joeita on Twitter: twitter.com/joeitagupta
About AMI
AMI is a not-for-profit media company that entertains, informs and empowers Canadians who are blind or partially sighted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI’s vision is to establish and support a voice for Canadians with disabilities, representing their interests, concerns and values through inclusion, representation, accessible media, reflection, representation and portrayal.
Learn more at AMI.ca
Connect on Twitter twitter.com/AccessibleMedia
On Instagram @accessiblemediainc
On Facebook at @AccessibleMediaInc
On TikTok @accessiblemediainc
Email feedback@ami.ca
