Workplace Accommodation Advisor jointly with the Canadian Council on Rehabilitation and Work (CCRW) hosted a Celebration event, recognizing RBC’s completion of 1000 cases of accommodation for employees with disabilities. Our dedicated in-house Workplace Accommodation Advisor continued to support managers and employees in 2010.The campaign features our REACH Executive champion and RBC employees with disabilities sharing their stories, talking about their careers and the impact of being open in the workplace about their disability.

A Let’s Talk About It communication campaign was launched to increase diversity and disability awareness and highlight the importance of self-identification as a person with a disability.The webcast focuses on how to recognize the impact disclosing a disability may have for the individual, how to provide workplace accommodation, performance enablement and career coaching to employees with disabilities.

Delivered Creating an Inclusive Workplace for Employees with Disabilities – webcasts for People Managers.

Continued to sponsor our employee resource group REACH, with a focus on growing the membership to over 150 employees and encouraging managers of employees with disabilities to join.

Recognizing the power of having a work environment which provides learning, networking and mentoring opportunities in 2010 we:

Continued to sponsor the RBC Olympians program, which hires both Canadian Olympic and Paralympic athletes as community ambassadors who bring Olympic messages of excellence and leadership to Canadian communities.

Placed 34 interns through Ability Edge, a paid internship program for graduates with disabilities.

Hired 109 employees with disabilities through the Pursue your Potential program - an initiative for recruiting candidates from diverse backgrounds.

RBC Permanent Workforce (Full and Part Time) Chart for RBC Permanent Workforce Group The following chart provides a snapshot of the representation of our diverse Canadian federally regulated population. We believe diversity creates better value, delivers superior client experiences and develops innovative solutions for the markets and communities we serve. We embrace the power of a diverse workforce and provide an inclusive and collaborative workplace-one that unleashes the talents of all our employees. Diversity for growth and innovation is one of RBC’s core values.

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