Accessibility Committee
BCI’s Accessibility Committee was established to make our workplace more accessible for all our employees, clients, suppliers, and partners. The committee is comprised of representatives from key functional areas impacted by the implementation of BCI’s Accessibility Plan and its membership is comprised of 80% of employees with personal experience of disabilities and/or supporting others living with disabilities. The committee played a key role in identifying and understanding barriers, ultimately informing BCI’s Accessibility Plan. The Committee will continue to advise BCI on strategies to prevent and eliminate barriers within policies, programs, activities, and services throughout the corporation.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at BCI
Accessibility is part of BCI’s broader commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI). Our strategic EDI goals aim to create intentionality and accountability around EDI, attract and accelerate top diverse talent, and activate engagement, performance, and innovation through inclusion. We have developed a three-year strategic roadmap with staged priorities and milestones, as well as an EDI learning roadmap to advance organizational awareness and understanding of EDI principles.
Accessibility Plan
BCI’s Accessibility Plan identifies the strengths and barriers for employees with diverse abilities and outlines eleven priorities across five areas to improve accessibility at BCI over the next three years. The plan was developed in consultation with BCI’s Accessibility Committee, functional areas of the corporation, and external accessibility advisors. On a triennial basis, we will review and amend the plan as required to incorporate feedback received on accessibility and in line with evolving best practices.
- Assess and improve the accommodations process to increase employee awareness and understanding.
- Maintain and evolve our comprehensive suite of supporting resources and extended health benefits including telehealth services and health and wellness spending accounts.
- Continue to assess employee needs and implement required changes.
- Assess existing technologies and commit to streamlining the accommodations process for assistive technology requests from employees.
- Incorporate accessibility best practices for intra- and inter-net and provide guides to improve the incorporation of accessibility into corporate communications.
- Incorporate accessibility into both procurement templates and procurement decision-making processes.
