Panel

Accessible Employment Panel

3:05 pm - 3:50 pm · Discovery room

People with disabilities remain one of the most underemployed populations in the country. The gap is not because of a lack of talent or willingness to work. It exists because hiring systems, job descriptions, interview processes, and workplace cultures were not designed with disability in mind. This panel examines what it actually takes to make employment accessible, from the first job posting to long-term career development. The conversation will move past awareness and into the operational reality of inclusive hiring: how organizations can redesign recruitment to remove barriers, what happens after someone is hired, and why retention matters as much as representation in the numbers. Panelists will share what they are seeing across employment programs and workforce inclusion efforts, where progress is real, and where the same systemic gaps keep showing up. For organizations that say they want to hire inclusively, this is the conversation about what that looks like in practice.

Speakers

Moderator

Director, Partnerships

Wayne Henshall

CNIB

Wayne Henshall has spent his life navigating and dismantling the barriers that people with sight loss encounter every day. As someone who understands these challenges firsthand, he has become a powerful advocate for building a world where accessibility is not an afterthought but a shared responsibility. His mission is simple and bold: empower people who are blind or have low vision, and equip sighted allies with the tools to stand beside them. Wayne joined the CNIB Foundation in 2018 after helping design and launch the groundbreaking Come to Work program as a volunteer. His early leadership shaped a national movement that connects job seekers who are blind, low vision, or Deafblind with employers ready to embrace talent, innovation, and inclusion. Today, as CNIB's Director of Partnerships and Innovation, Wayne brings together business transformation, collaboration, and community insight to build partnerships that open doors and keep them open. Before stepping into the nonprofit sector, Wayne spent two decades with IBM and Lenovo, leading global teams and developing customer-focused systems across multiple industries. He now channels that experience into reshaping how organizations think about accessibility, inclusive hiring, and the role every person can play in creating equitable spaces. Wayne believes that being an ally to the blind community is not about perfection. It is about curiosity, accountability, and action. Whether he is advising executives, mentoring job seekers, or designing new initiatives, he champions a simple truth: when we remove barriers for people with sight loss, we build a better world for everyone.

Panellists

Panelist

Toan Dinh

CEO, Fable

Toan Dinh is the CEO of Fable, a global accessibility research platform. Fable also employs people with disabilities as testers and panel experts, helping organizations bring real-world evidence and lived experience into the way they design, build, and improve digital products. Toan brings a people-first lens shaped by years of leading growth, customer, and revenue teams at companies including Boast, Quantum Workplace, Patsnap, and Touchbistro. At the Accessible Employment Panel, he will share what becomes possible when organizations stop treating accessibility as a checklist, and start recognizing disabled people as talent, testers, advisors, and leaders who make work better for everyone.

Panelist

Isma Nasim

National Program Lead, Disability Recruitment, Deloitte

Isma Nasim is the National Program Lead for disability recruitment at Deloitte. Isma has accumulated a wealth of experience through her various professional roles across a range of organizations, spanning both the private and public sectors. Currently positioned as an integral member of the Talent Acquisition team, Isma has spearheaded pivotal recruitment efforts focusing on the inclusion of individuals with disabilities within the company. Her enduring advocacy for employment equity underscores her commitment to cultivating a diverse workforce, underpinned by her profound conviction in the principle of equal employment opportunity for all designated groups. This commitment is not only informed by professional experience but also by her personal convictions and lived experiences. Isma fosters an unwavering belief in the untapped potential of every individual. She maintains that when provided with an inclusive and adaptive working environment, individuals are empowered to exceed their own expectations of performance. In addition, Isma has been the face of Deloitte in numerous panel discussions and events, using these platforms to showcase the firm's strides towards the creation of a more accessible work environment since her tenure commenced. She is steadfast in her belief that everyone has a role to play in raising awareness and fostering a culture of inclusivity, and she actively embodies this ethos in her day-to-day responsibilities.

Panelist

Amandipp Singh

Founder, Enabled Talent, Enabled Talent

Amandipp Singh is an entrepreneur and founder with partial vision, working at the intersection of accessibility, inclusion, technology, education, and workforce innovation. He is the founder of Enabled Talent, an accessibility and workforce inclusion company building AI-powered tools, inclusive workforce systems, and accessible opportunities for people with disabilities across multiple regions globally. He also leads the ENABLE Canada Series and Tour, bringing together communities, employers, educators, policymakers, and innovators across Canada to advance conversations around accessibility, workforce inclusion, and building systems where more people can participate fully.