New Brunswick Premier David Alward issued a letter to all participants in the “Policy Making for Inclusion – Leadership Development Program”. The program is designed to assist policy makers in achieving the government’s platform commitment to “enable New Brunswickers with disabilities to actively participate in all aspects of society and take their rightful place as full citizens.”

With Deputy Ministers, Assistant Deputy Ministers, Human Resources Directors and Policy/Program Directors from across government participating in the week-long series of leadership development workshops, major strides will be taken towards creating a public service in New Brunswick that is ready and able to deliver on the government commitment to people with disabilities.

In his letter, Premier Alward thanked IRIS Institute “for developing this program to inform our public servants on the latest research on disability and inclusion…”  A core resource for the program is the guide to Disability and Inclusion Based Policy Analysis published by IRIS.