EmployAbilities

EmployAbilities Promoting and enhancing employment and/or learning opportunities for persons with disabilities. Please note that EmployAbilities is not a recruitment agency.

EmployAbilities is a community-based charitable non-profit organization governed by a volunteer board of directors. Active in Edmonton, Alberta since 1974, EmpoyAbilities serves people with disabilities and/or barriers to employment living in the Capital region and northern Alberta with a variety of programs and services. We also assist employers in finding staff that are ready, willing, and able

to work - accessing an untapped market to fill their staffing needs. At EmployAbilities, we believe that community and economy are fundamentally intertwined, and that inclusive employment is the best way to build a stronger society and more profitable businesses. We measure success by assisting our clients in finding long-term meaningful employment, and work alongside allied organizations, government partners, and donors to raise awareness of the contributions people with people disabilities make to workplaces. We provide support for people with disabilities and barriers to employment. We provide resources that make them more employable, and help them find a job.

Are you passionate about empowering people with disabilities? Want to help us in our mission to connect ABILITY to OPPOR...
08/25/2025

Are you passionate about empowering people with disabilities? Want to help us in our mission to connect ABILITY to OPPORTUNITY? Join our Board of Directors!

We are currently seeking to fill three vacant Volunteer Board Member Positions:

✔️Treasurer
✔️Community Engagement
✔️Business Development

Click here for details https://employabilities.ab.ca/careers/, and please get in touch with Jason Loewer with your resume and cover letter!

✉️ jasonl@employabilities.ab.ca.
👉Subject line: Volunteer Board Position.

!We love hearing positive feedback from our clients, especially related to confidence-building and professional growth....
08/23/2025

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We love hearing positive feedback from our clients, especially related to confidence-building and professional growth.

Read TS's success story with the Strive 4 Work program.
https://ow.ly/bHLX50WFlJK

08/22/2025

Looking for work in Grande Prairie? Passionate about empowering people with disabilities and/or barriers to employment?

We have job openings in the following positions, supporting the Future Works Program:

✅Employer Liaison
✅Employment Facilitator
✅Program Supervisor

Visit our Careers page to learn more about these opportunities and apply.
https://employabilities.ab.ca/careers/

🚦Just a reminder that our Learner's License Prep Course starts next week! 🚗It's offered at Lakeland Employment Services ...
08/20/2025

🚦Just a reminder that our Learner's License Prep Course starts next week! 🚗
It's offered at Lakeland Employment Services in Vegreville on August 26th and 28th. IT'S FREE!

Call us at 587-280-6488 or email jhunter@employabilities.ab.ca to register.

We've had a time of learning and growth with our latest Learn 2 Earn participants. They're starting week seven of their ...
08/19/2025

We've had a time of learning and growth with our latest Learn 2 Earn participants. They're starting week seven of their job skills training, and in two more weeks, they'll graduate from the program and be ready to work!

Learn about Learn 2 Earn. 👇
https://employabilities.ab.ca/learn-2-earn/,

That's a wrap! 👍Our latest session of Restart Your Career celebrated its graduates with a small event. Participants were...
08/18/2025

That's a wrap! 👍
Our latest session of Restart Your Career celebrated its graduates with a small event.

Participants were asked to describe the program in one word. Here's what they offered: self-discovery, exceptional, supportive, confidence-building, authentic, challenging, safe, resilience, commitment, empowering and understanding.

Fall intake for the Restart Your Career program starts in September. Stay tuned for application details! https://employabilities.ab.ca/restart-your-career/

!Yonatan came to Canada as a refugee from Uganda and attended the Learn 2 Earn program. He learned critical job search ...
08/16/2025

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Yonatan came to Canada as a refugee from Uganda and attended the Learn 2 Earn program. He learned critical job search and application skills, as well as computer skills, and obtained useful certificates.

Yonatan gives a detailed account of his experience and how it helped him find employment and a step forward towards building a life here in Canada. https://ow.ly/ZpbM50WFhOo

If you're trying to apply for a job, but don't have access to technology like a computer or internet, drop by Lakeland E...
08/15/2025

If you're trying to apply for a job, but don't have access to technology like a computer or internet, drop by Lakeland Employment Services. You can use our tech for free, and we'll give you other resources, too.

Find our locations here 👉 https://employabilities.ab.ca/lakeland-employment-services/

The participants of Strive 4 Work had some fun while learning how to build PowerPoint Presentations. Everyone enjoyed th...
08/13/2025

The participants of Strive 4 Work had some fun while learning how to build PowerPoint Presentations. Everyone enjoyed the wide range of topics and did a fantastic job.

Learn more about the Strive 4 Work program - https://employabilities.ab.ca/strive-4-work/

EmployAbilities is hiring! We have multiple positions available for our Future Works program in Grande Prairie, High Lev...
08/12/2025

EmployAbilities is hiring! We have multiple positions available for our Future Works program in Grande Prairie, High Level and Peace River.

Read about them and apply here!
https://employabilities.ab.ca/careers/

In this photo, Jon and Susan from EmployAbilities are conducting disability awareness training to 50 attendees from Dent...
08/11/2025

In this photo, Jon and Susan from EmployAbilities are conducting disability awareness training to 50 attendees from Dentons Canada LLP and PwC Canada.

Disability awareness training can eliminate misconceptions about people with disabilities that lead to exclusion. It helps build respectful, supportive and stronger teams!

Learn more. 👇
https://ow.ly/1FOr50WymWZ

Address

10909 Jasper Avenue NW # 402
Edmonton, AB
T5J3L9

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+17807021003

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