The barriers between employers of the City of Peterborough and people with learning disabilities in obtaining jobs

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to discover if employers in the City of Peterborough were willing or reluctant to hire people with learning exceptionalities, as well as breakdown the barriers that exist.

    Item Description
    Type
    Genre
    Contributors
    Date Issued
    2007
    Date (Unspecified)
    2007
    Language
    Table Of Contents

    Acknowledgements -- Abstract -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Literature review. 2.1 Terminology. 2.2 Geographies of disability. 2.3 Studies in the geographies of intellectual and developmental disabilties. 2.4 Employment and the intellectually disabled in Canada -- Chapter 3: Methodological review -- Chapter 4: Results -- Chapter 5: Discussion. 5.1 Willingness v. Reluctance. 5.2 Barriers. 5.3 Limitations. 5.4 Future research -- Chapter 6: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- Appendix E.

    Extent
    iii, 53 p. : ill., map, charts. ; 29 cm.
    Rights
    Copyright is held by the author(s), with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted.
    Dewey Classification
    331
    Local Identifier
    TCRC Project ID: 836
    Note

    Includes: Bibliography and Appendices.

    Completed for: Jenny Nelson & Linda Slavin at COIN ; Supervisor: Alan Brunger, Trent University; Trent Centre for Community-Based Education.

    Date of submission: April 2008.

    GEOG 470, Geography, Community-Based Research in Human Geography.