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2023 Annual General Meeting

  1. Annual General Meetings

On April 6 2023, we hosted our 2023 Annual General Meeting. Highlights of the 2023 AGM included:

  • The election of our new Board Members.
  • “Year in Review,” presented by Dr. Jonathan Lai, Executive Director of Autism Alliance of Canada.
  • Guest presentations, “The Employment Ecosystem: National Initiatives Supporting the Employment Journey of Autistic Job Seekers.”
Title slide of Year in Review presentation

2022 Year in Review

Dr. Jonathan Lai, Executive Director of Autism Alliance of Canada, shared an overview of the development of Autism Alliance of Canada’s various initiatives, projects and accomplishments over the last year.

Poster for Annual General Meeting with detaila about the the guest presentations.

Guest presentations:
The Employment Ecosystem: National initiatives supporting the employment journey of Autistic job seekers

To close this Annual General Meeting, we were joined by guest speakers, Tanya McLeod, President at Sinneave Family Foundation and National Project Director for the EmploymentWorks National Project, and Sinthea Chowdhury, National Program Coordinator for the Ready, Willing & Able (RWA) Initiative. Tanya McLeod and Sinthea Chowdhury presented “The Employment Ecosystem: National Initiatives Supporting the Employment Journey of Autistic Job Seekers,” exploring how both national initiatives work together to connect employers and neurodiverse job seekers towards meaningful employment.