Recently, Professor Dan Samosh was invited to share a talk as part of a workshop on disability inclusion at Gakushuin University in Tokyo, by the Japanese Association of Administrative Science (JAAS; https://jaas-org.jp/english/), supported by Daiohs Memorial Foundation.
Prof. Samosh shared ongoing and previous research during the workshop with researchers and practitioners, discussing the state of disability inclusion in Canada, the “three-legged stool” model of career success (https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0007650320907134), and other practice-focused research relating to disability inclusion at work. If you are interested in the presentation he shared, a link to the slides is posted below this article.
After the seminar, Prof. Samosh spoke with several university classes about disability inclusion, in Tokyo and Osaka, learning students’ perspectives on disability and work, and where they feel Japanese workplaces are heading next.
He had the opportunity to learn more about the Japanese employment system and conduct qualitative research interviews in Tokyo and Fukuoka with his research collaborator, Prof. Naito, from Musashi University (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Chikae-Naito) as well. Prof. Naito and Prof. Samosh recently started a research project together on workplace disability inclusion practices in Japan, with the aim of developing applied research outputs to support inclusion in Japanese workplaces and to learn about current practices in Japan that could be brought to Canada and elsewhere.
During his trip, Prof. Samosh was lucky enough to catch the end of cherry blossom season in Tokyo, visit a couple of active volcanoes, eat delicious food, and learn about tea from some very patient tea experts and colleagues, among much more.
Disability inclusion_seminar.pdf
