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SUMMARY:From Campus Innovation to Cross-Institutional Strategy: Building 
 a System-Level Approach to Advancing Career Outcomes for Autistic Studen
 ts 
DESCRIPTION:-- Spotlight on the Sapphire Program --\n\nJoin us for an ove
 rview of an exciting and innovative student-led not for profit program a
 nd national conversation exploring opportunities for a system-level appr
 oach to empowering the career success of autistic students across the co
 untry on:\n\n-- March 12th, 2026 | 2:00 – 3:00 pm ETvia Zoom --\n\n-- 
 Session Overview --\n\nAcross the post-secondary landscape career centre
 s are exploring approaches to improve career outcomes for neurodiverse
  students.\n\nSapphire is a student-led, non-profit program created to 
 support autistic postsecondary students to transition successfully from 
 their post-secondary studies to the workplace. The program was co-create
 d with autistic students, informed by ethics-approved research, and deve
 loped in consultation with autism organizations and self-advocates acros
 s Canada.\n\nSapphire supports students through career-readiness trainin
 g, individualized job. and career coaching, mentorship, and access to pa
 id work placements. Sapphire also supports employers through neuroinclus
 ivity training, and a simple but comprehensive neuroinclusivity toolkit 
 that covers recruitment, hiring, and working with autistic employees to 
 achieve their full career potential.\n\nCurrently operating as a single-
 campus program at Wilfrid Laurier University, Sapphire is exploring a na
 tional pilot that would engage 8–10 institutions and support approxima
 tely 500 autistic students, while advancing a coordinated approach to im
 proving career outcomes for autistic students across the postsecondary 
 ecosystem.\n\nThis session moves beyond a program showcase. It invites s
 enior and operational leaders into a strategic yet pragmatic conversatio
 n about advancing career success for autistic students, strengthening su
 pports for career educators, students, and employers, and exploring the 
 potential benefits of evolving from a single-campus initiative to a coor
 dinated, system-level approach to transition to the workplace programmin
 g and support for autistic students.\n\nWe invite you to review the Sap
 phire Program One-Page Overview in advance of the session to familiarize
  yourself with its structure and core components.\n\n-- Who Should Atten
 d? --\n\nSenior and operational leaders in career education, experienti
 al learning, accessibility, employer engagement, and student success who
  are interested in strengthening institutional approaches to supporting 
 career outcomes for autistic students.\n\n-- Why Attend? --\n\nParticipa
 nts will:\n\n* Gain a comprehensive understanding of the Sapphire progra
 m model\n\n* Connect with colleagues interested in advancing neuroinclus
 ive career education and campus recruitment strategy\n\n* Engage in dial
 ogue about what would be needed to move towards a system-level approach 
 to improving career outcoems for autistic and neurodiverse students\n\n*
  Explore the potential of participating in a cross-institutional pilot i
 nitiative\n\n-- Join the Conversation --\n\nThis session is FREE to att
 end. Please register using the button at the bottom of this page.\n\nUpo
 n registration, you will receive a confirmation e-mail which includes th
 e Zoom link to join the session. You will also receive a reminder 24 hou
 rs prior to the session.\n\nWe can't wait to welcome you to this event!
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