OPSEU/SEFPO’s Disability Rights Caucus Presents: Navigating Accessibility in the Workplace
- Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
- Time: 7:00pm – 8:30pm
- Click here to register – Please ensure you register to receive a Zoom link
The OPSEU/SEFPO Disability Rights Caucus invites you to a National Accessibility Week virtual panel discussion featuring current and former OPSEU/SEFPO leaders, who will share their experiences navigating the workplace as persons with disabilities.
Panellists will discuss topics such as requesting accommodations, advocating for their own rights and the rights of other members with disabilities. These leaders are trailblazers in the field of disability rights.
Please bring your questions as there will be time for a Q&A following the panel discussion.
Note: This event will be in a webinar format. Cameras and microphones will not be enabled for attendees, but participants will have the option to submit questions to the panellists during the session.
Panellist Bios
Tracey Halkyard (Region 3, Disability Rights Caucus Representative & Equity Executive Board Member)
Born in Britain and living in Canada for 25 years, Tracey identifies as a deaf woman and currently serves as the Equity Executive Board Member for Disabilities at OPSEU/SEFPO. She is the first person in her hospital to successfully secure the right to have her hearing dog accompany her at work. Tracey candidly shares that navigating the corridors of privilege and ableism is exhausting—but it doesn’t have to be that way. She is a passionate advocate for education, change, and equality.
Operating from a lens of equality in equity, her mission is to provide strategic direction and support on inclusion-related initiatives. She is committed to fostering a workplace culture where equity and inclusion are fully integrated. Tracey is not afraid to be a voice for the voiceless. Unwavering in her pursuit of inclusion, she brings both spirit and grit to her advocacy. She believes that by journeying through the silos together, we can create change—by being the change.
Tracey is honoured to advocate for persons with disabilities and hopes to see universal design become the norm.
Carol Mundley (Region 5, Chair, Coalition of Racialized Workers)
Carol Mundley is a passionate psychiatric nurse with over two decades of service at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). She is the President of the largest psychiatric hospital local in Canada and is well known for challenging systems of oppression and anti-Black racism affecting both staff and patients. Carol has dedicated her career to advocacy and activism within marginalized communities, especially supporting Black and racialized women and families across Canada. Her work spans education, empowerment, and leadership in areas such as workers’ rights, health and safety, and systemic change.
Carol has played a pivotal role in developing and implementing policies related to accommodation, return to work, and WSIB. She led the creation of a three-day supervisory competency training approved by the Ministry of Labour and was instrumental in establishing the Horizontal Violence, Anti-Racism & Anti-Oppression Committee—specifically targeting anti-Black racism. As Chair of the Provincial Coalition of Racialized Workers, she provides education and advocacy for Black and racialized members.
Carol also served as the Health and Safety Coordinator for the Mental Health and Addiction Division (MHAD), where she helped develop the widely adopted Violence in the Workplace Toolkit. A psychological injury toolkit is currently in the works. Carol lobbies at Queen’s Park and travels the province supporting workers impacted by violence in the workplace, aiming to create safer and more inclusive policies.
A certified Health and Safety Instructor on behalf of the Ministry of Labour, Carol believes that education is the key to building stronger, safer communities. She is driven by a vision of empowerment that results in sustainable, effective systems and healthier workplaces.
Greg Snider (Region 7, Retired OPSEU Member)
Greg Snider is a retired OPSEU/SEFPO member who worked across three locals during his career—in Institutional Care, the Ontario Disability Support Program, and Community Living. Greg was a founding member of the OPSEU/SEFPO Disability Rights Caucus (DRC) in 2001 and served as co-chair for 10 years, much of that time alongside leading disability activist Carol McGregor. He also served multiple terms on the Provincial Human Rights Committee (Region 7), including one term as Chair, and was President of Local 714, a small northern Ontario local, for over a decade.
Greg has been recognized with the OPSEU Human Rights Award and the Canadian Labour Congress Carol McGregor Award. He is currently Vice President of the Thunder Bay and District Injured Workers Support Group and serves as Northern Region Representative on the Ontario Network of Injured Worker Groups. He remains an active member of the Thunder Bay and District Labour Council.
Greg is married to Sandra Snider, a two-term OPSEU/SEFPO Board Member, former member of the Provincial Women’s Committee, recipient of the OPSEU Human Rights Award, and current Chair of the OPSEU/SEFPO Retirees Committee.
Moderator: Gillian Axten, (Region 4, Disability Rights Caucus Representative)
Gillian is a Chief Steward and a member of the Bargaining Team with her local. She is a former Chair of the Disability Rights Caucus and brings her deep knowledge and passion for equity to the role of moderator.
This event would not be possible without the support of the Disability Rights Caucus and the collaboration of OPSEU/SEFPO Equity Committees.
We welcome your feedback after the event.